Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FIELDWARD, adv. To (in) the fields, to the open country, away from home (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Also fieldwart and in reduced form fieldert.Abd. 1778 A. Ross Helenore (1789) 25:
Nor was it fairly, for she had na been So far a fieldward, or sic glens had seen.Abd. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads II. 165:
They took their budgets on their backs And fieldert they were boun'.Fif. c.1850 R. Peattie MS.:
He's fieldwart some gait.
