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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BARDIE, n.¹ A minor poet, a humble bard. [′bɑrdɪ̢, ′bɑrdi]Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 2:
Ae night a bardie about witching time, Frae Ardies nae langsyne was saunterin' hame.Ags. 1845 P. Livingston Poems, etc. (1855) 61:
But accept frae humble bardie, A' he has — an earnest prayer.m.Sc. 1987 Ian Bowman in Joy Hendry Chapman 50-1 77:
Auld Aunt Jemima aye tell't us that John Davidson, the bardie frae Greenock, had spiert at her to marry him, but she wadna hae him.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 26:
The fuddlin' Bardies now-a-days Rin maukin-mad in Bacchus' praise.Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 48:
Come, canty Muse, an' be advis't To tent the Bardie's prayers.Ayr. 1786 R. Burns Scotch Drink xviii.:
O Whisky! soul o' plays an' pranks! Accept a Bardie's gratefu' thanks! attrib.Ayr. 1789 Burns Second Ep. to Davie (Cent. ed.) v.:
Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man Commen' me to the Bardie clan.