Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ALOOR, int. Alas! Alack!Ork. 1885 Col. D. Balfour Ancient Ork. Melodies (No. III.):
What ails my heart to feel sae sad? Aloor! My Mary is away.Ork.(D) 1888 W. T. Dennison, translation of John Gilpin, E.E.P. V. 805:
“Aloor!” ko' he, “yet fetch hid me.” [Transliterated.]Ork. 1920 J. Firth Remin. Ork. Par. (1922) 149:
Aloor — an expression of pity.Ork. 1987 George MacKay Brown The Golden Bird (1989) 169:
There came the sound of Tommy's baton thwacking on half-a-dozen skulls. And Tommy's wife Nell skirled 'Aloor! Murder!'
