Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1827, 1916
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BEDUNDER, BEDUNNER, v. Stupefy, confound, used gen. in pa.p. [bə′dʌn(d)ərt]Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 59:
For they had heard the trumpet-sound, That had the kintra round and round Bedunder't wi' its din.Edb. 1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon xxi. 12:
They'll be bedunner't at the hinner-en' wi' a dreidfu' discomfishment.
