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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
¶SIRDON, v., n.
I. v. To emit a plaintive cry or wail, as some birds do (Rnf. 1825 Jam.).
II. n. A low, murmuring, or plaintive cry (Sc. Ib.).
[A ghost word, arising from a textual misreading of O.Sc. firdon, id., of birds, in Hume's Day Estivall, and Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae (c.1585), from which Jam.'s information seems to have come.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Sirdon v., n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sirdon>
