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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

ABRAIRD, ABREARD, adv. or pred. adj. Brairded, sprouted. In most districts now archaic or poetical.Wgt. 1702 in G. Fraser Lowland Lore (1880) 26:
Yt no beasts be found lying upon ye streit aither night or day from ye tyme ye bear is abraird till ye samen be ingathered.Uls.2 1929:
Abraird, abreard, seed such as oats or wheat just sprouted and showing above ground.

[A, pref.1 + braird, q.v. In Older Sc. on breird is found in Henryson Test. of Cress. 413, abreird in Prologue to his Fables 10 (another text has on brerd), and in prose.]

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