Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1894-1929
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HIME, n. Also hyme, heym. Sc. variant of Eng. hymn (I.Sc., Cai., Kcd., Ags., wm.Sc. 1957). [həim]Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 89:
The faimly Bible'ill be like a heym-book aside the volum.Dmf. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 32:
The mither's keen on the himes — "Abide with Me," "Rock of Ages," . . . an' sic-like.Sh. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. I. 155:
My jewel at ye ir, du ye not kno what da hyme says, "Whaar duty caals or danger, Be niver wantin dere?"Kcd. 1929 J. B. Philip Weelum o' the Manse 23:
In these days no "human himes" were included and it was not till the eighties that a hymn-book was used.Tyr. 1929 M. Mulcaghey Ballymulcaghey 27:
Tam an' her wud sit in the parlour singin' himes till all hours of the night.
