Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1898, 1956-1973
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VOO, n., v. Also ¶vou (Sc. c.1805 Richie Story in Child Ballads No. 75. B. iv.). Sc. forms of Eng. vow (Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 207; Knr. 1886 H. Haliburton Horace 39; Abd. 1901 Banffshire Jnl. (8 Jan.) 6; Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii. 320; Rxb. 1921 Kelso Chronicle (28 Jan.) 3). See P.L.D. §40. Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie in Neil R. MacCallum Lallans 51 (1998) 6:
An this meed the folk sae mad they vooed they wad caa oot the Shapinsay Volunteers if they didno geung awa at eence.
Sc. intr. usage: to curse, utter maledictions; with for: to swear about, imprecate against. Agent n. voo(e)r, a wooer, suitor (Ork. 1929 Marw.; Sh. 1932 J. M. E. Saxby Trad. Lore 115; Ork. 1973) sc. 'one who avows his love ', not connected with Eng. wooer. Comb. voor's man, a friend who accompanies a young man on his courting expeditions. [vu:]Sh. 1898 W. F. Clark Northern Gleams 33:
Mony a nicht I gued wi' him for voor's man whin he wis coortin' Ibbie.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 200:
Little dis thoo ken hoo muckle A'm vooed for yin aald 'durk', as Jennie ca'ed id!Abd. 1973:
He lay there vooin out o' im.
