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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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Quotation dates: 1952-2000
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HAURDLY, adv. Also haurly, herdly
Sc. forms of Eng. hardly.Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston Stenwick Days (1984) 25:
" ... Thoo forced him tae leave Orkney, an' emeegrett tae Austrellia, an' he hid a gey herd time o'd workin' in the mines an' herdly makkin' enough tae bring up his femly. ... "Ags. 1988 Raymond Vettese The Richt Noise 56:
Look at it on the map:
Gin meisurement by acres
were aa, it wadna be
warth a thocht (an's haurdly,
I ken, gien a thocht
by monie).Dundee 1996 Matthew Fitt Pure Radge 9:
raxin
till his jyntes crackil
an gits
haurdlie
no even a haill
fingir
tae itw.Lth. 2000 Davie Kerr A Puckle Poems 56:
This slight aberration,
afflictin oor Nation,
indeed could be haurly much worse.
