Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1743, 1818, 1873, 1927
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D, pron. A voiced variant of 't, it, used after a voiced sound (Sc. 1887 Jam.6). See M.M.Sc. Part I. § 28. Known to Ags.2, Ags.17, Fif.10 1939; Per., Fif., Lth. Wilson. For Ork. and Cai. id = it, which can also be contr. to 'd, see It, pron., 1. Occas. written in one with the preceding word.Sc. 1743 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 525:
The back o' the hand o'd [a small child] 's a' brunt.Sc. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xix.:
Naething will drived out o' my head, that the dog-kennell at Osbaldistone Hall is better than mony a house o' God in Scotland.s.Sc. 1873 D.S.C.S. 191:
Gie the man'd.Rxb.(D) 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 5:
The callant an yow micht dui'd eersels.
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