Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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†SKOLDER, n.2 In phr. a skolder o' beens, used of a lean emaciated person or animal, ‘a bag of bones' (n.Ork. 1929 Marw.).
[Cf. Sh. Norn skolder, a thin lean coalfish, of uncertain orig.]
