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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

STIMMER, v. Sc. form of Eng. stammer.

1, To go about in a confused manner, to blunder about (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). See Stammer.Gall. 1933 Gallov. Annual 89:
[To] tak' a dram an orra time, wi'oot comin' stimmerin' hame.

2. To stammer, to speak haltingly, to stutter (Ork. 1971).Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii. 321:
[To] stimmer oot like an alarm knock rinnan doon “I canna had me tong ony langer.”

[The form derives from 15th c. O.Sc. variant stemer with fronted vowel.]

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