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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1808
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†GEND, adj. Foolish. Here used arch.Sc. 1808 Water Kelpie in Jam.:
The gerron gend gaif sic a stend, As on the yird him flang.
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