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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BELANG, v. Gen.Sc. for Eng. belong, indicating ownership of; with a direct obj., to belong to. Sometimes used, as in O.Sc., with an indirect obj.Bnff.² 1933:
I'm sorry for the man himsel' bit mair for them 'at belangs him.Abd.(D) 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xvii.:
The richts an' preevileges o' the Kirk o' Scotland, as weel's fat belangs to the ceevil poo'er.m.Sc. 1994 Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 12:
It's no weans we hiv, it's spies! Ayeways stickin thur noses in where they dinnae belang! Ah'm gaunnae leather thum stupid wan ae thae days...Gsw. 1990 John and Willy Maley From the Calton to Catalonia 2:
Naw, ye cannae get a shot. Because it belangs tae the cinema an ah buy the batteries.Ayr. 1792 Burns O' Saw Ye Bonie Lesley (Cent. ed.) iv.:
The Deil he could na skaith thee, Or aught that wad belang thee.Rxb. 1707 Stitchill Court Bk. (S.H.S.) 158:
Twa heids [gravestones] which belongid the petitioner.Rxb.(D) 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 9:
Ee canna pass keind — it belangs eer foak, man!

2. To own, possess (Ork., m.Sc. 1975). Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xxviii.:
"Wha belangs thae legs?" "They are Tammy Nisbet's. We ken by his duddy breeks." Ayr. 1970:
Wha belangs thae kye?

3. To belong to (a place), to be a native of (m.Sc. 1975). Ags. 1880 Arbroath Guide (9 Oct.) 4:
As they belanged Auchmithie. s.Sc. 1880 Border Counties Mag. I. 92:
Men that belanged Ettrick.