Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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DWALL, v.1 Sc. form of Eng. dwell. Also †duall (Abd. 1705 Abd. Jnl. N. & Q. VI. 274). See P.L.D. § 56.ne.Sc. 1888 D. Grant Keckleton 23:
This is a dry an' bare ootline o' the pitifu' story, for I haena the hairt to dwall upon particulars.Fif. 1894 J. Menzies Our Town 6:
It was there that deil Dishie dwalt.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 33:
I dwall amang the caller springs That weet the land o' cakes.Ayr. 1792 Burns Willie Wastle i.:
Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed.sm.Sc. 1979 Alan Temperley Tales of Galloway (1986) 1:
"I lived in a lan' where we saw nae sky,
I dwalt in a spot where a burn rins na by;
But I'se dwall now wi' you, if ye like to try -
Hae ye wark for Aiken-drum?"Rxb. 1826 A. Scott Poems 56:
Deep in a brae, no far frae Cowdenknowes, Fu' snug I dwalt.
Hence 1. dwaller, an inhabitant; 2. dwallin', dwelling, abode.1. Wgt. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables frae French 56:
“Weel,” quo' the dwaller o' the burn, . . . “The difference is plain.”2. Sc. 1920 A. Gray Songs, etc. from Heine 29:
When I gae by your dwallin' In the caller mornin' air.Lth. 1813 G. Bruce Poems 170:
May auld Scotia's canty callans . . . Aye hae warm an' couthie dwallin's.Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) I. 185:
The dinging down of Tamtallan, They swore it mean'd some other dwallion [sic].
