We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BONOUR, Bonnar, n. A bond.Sc. [1769] D. Herd Sc. Songs (1776) II. 190:
I've taen three riggs of bra' land, And hae bound mysel under a bonour. [R. Jamieson, Pop. Ballads, I. 312, spells this bonnar.]

[Perhaps for *bonder. Jam. suggests a Fr. origin. Godefroy gives boniere, mesure de terre, but the extension of meaning makes this doubtful. L.Lat. bonnarium denotes a certain measure of land.]

3870

snd

Hide Advanced Search

Browse SND:

    Loading...

Share: