Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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OKRABUNG, n. Also okrebung; ekra-, eker- (Jak.). Coarse grasses of various kinds such as tall oatgrass, Arrhenatherum elatius, couchgrass, Agropyrum repens, and tuberous oatgrass, Arrhenatherum tuberosus, which invade arable land (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 162, 1908 Jak. (1928), 1947 Sh. Folk Bk. I. 85). [′okrəbʊŋ]
[Norw. aker, O.N. akr, a field, + Norw. bunk, bunt, a kind of grass.]
