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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GRANDUR, n. Also grander; -ir (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.), granner (Abd. 1954), gran(ne)ur. Sc. forms of Eng. grandeur (Ork., ne.Sc., m.Lth., Arg., Kcb. 1955). [′grɑndər, ′grɑnər (see P.L.D. § 64)]Bnff. 1852 A. Harper Solitary Hours 29:
Oh! what's a' the walth o' the warld, my Jessie? An' what a' the kickshaws an' granneur sae braw?Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec Forbes xxxvii.:
Do ye think I hae naething ither to do than to grin' the grandur o' an auld haythen into spunemate for a young sinner like you?Ags. 1897 Bards Ags. & Mearns (Reid) 484:
O' warld's gear an' grande'r we ha'e never haen a store.Sc. 1934 Times (7 Dec.) 15:
Irving had tried his wings in the parish church of Kirkcaldy; he had “O'er muckle gran'ner.”

Hence grandery, id. (Cai. 1900 E.D.D.; Slk. 1955). Also in n.Eng. dial.Sc. 1951 S. G. Smith Sc. Literature 29:
A Scotland . . . where there had been granderie and pride as well as the excellent but rather dowdy humours of Souter Johnnie and Poosie Nancie.