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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.

Quotation dates: 1904

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UPALANGST, adj. Also uppalangst. Ill, not in good health (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).Sh. 1904 E.D.D.:
Wir Aertie is upalangst tu day.

[Orig. uncertain. Jak. connects the word with Faer. uppilagstur, of a fisherman who has laid up his boat and not gone to sea, but there are phonological and semantic difficulties.]

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