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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1926-1928

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LIDDEN, v. To echo, resound, make a constant noise. Liter.Sc. 1926 H. M'Diarmid Drunk Man 45:
The thocht o' Christ and Calvary Aye liddenin' in my heid.
Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie Poems 42:
Nae poet was but bid tae ken His ain thochts liddenin' but and ben.

[Ad. Eng. dial. lidden, ledden, a noise, din, monotonous refrain, Mid.Eng. ledene, lydene, speech, song, orig. the same word as Leed, n.1, q.v.]

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