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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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WADDIN, n. Also -ing, weddeen (Ork.). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. wedding (Sc. 1776 Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet in Child Ballads No. 66. C. xi.; Sc. 1818 S. Ferrier Marriage xxxiii.; Crm. 1854 H. Miller Schools xi., wm.Sc. 1868 Laird of Logan 363; Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlvi., Kcb. 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend and Foe xix.; m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick 32; m.Sc. 1917 J. Buchan Poems 30; Fif. 1935 St Andrews Cit. (21 Sept.) 5; Gen.Sc.), freq. attrib. [′wɑdɪn]Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston Stenwick Days (1984) 17:
" ... Or er thoo gaun tae invite me tae the weddeen?"Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web iv:
I didna learn Doric frae a buikie. I learned it frae ma bluid kin, at kistins, at waddins, at wark an at play, in the howfs an parks an glens o Deeside, Skene an Cromar.

Sc. combs., deriv. and phr.: 1. dinner wedding, see quot.; 2. free wedding, see quot. under 1.; 3. penny wedding, see Penny, 4. (39); 4. wadding baws, coins scattered at a wedding for children to scramble for, orig. in order to buy a football (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 459). See Ba', n.¹, 2. (3), Ba' Money, Ba-Siller; 5. waddin braws, wedding clothes (Ib.). Gen.Sc. See Braws, n., 1.; 6. waddin coat, the coat worn by the bridegroom (Ork. 1973); 7. weddinger, in pl., the wedding party. Chiefly in Eng. and Ir. dial.; 8. wadding fowk, id. (MacTaggart 408). Gen.Sc.; 9. wedding needs, the bride's trousseau (Sh. 1885 Chambers's Jnl. (April) 252; Ork. 1973); 10. wadding o' craws, a large flock of rooks (MacTaggart 460). Cf. Mairriage, 3.; 11. wadding sark, a shirt made by the bride for the bridegroom (MacTaggart 459; ‡Ork. 1973); 12. weddin-store, the wedding feast; 13. weddin' treat, see quot.1. Per. 1836 G. Penny Traditions 30:
There was the three different kinds of Weddings: First, what was called a free wedding, to which only a few select friends were invited, and where the guests were not allowed to be at any expence. The dinner wedding, where the dinner was provided by the marriage party, the company paying for the drink and the fiddler; and the penny wedding.5. Gsw. 1863 J. Young Ingle Nook 23:
An' yer intended noo maun draw His purse, the waddin' braws to buy.Rnf. 1863 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie (1895) 107:
What like were their waddin' braws?6. Kcb. 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 98:
Amang the puir folk this waddin coat haes tae last them a' their days for gaun tae ye kirk, for kirsnins and burials, an ither gran' occasions.7. Slk. 1820 Hogg Tales (1874) 116:
He was only warning Mess John and the weddingers to be ready to receive them.Dmf. 1912 J. Hyslop Echoes 152:
All the women-folk of the gate-end who peeped from behind the curtains until the “weddingers” were past.10. Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 460:
A fiddler, a fifer, and three castlekaws, Ay gie the music to a wadding o' craws.12. Abd. W. Anderson Rhymes 25:
To help to busk a bonnie bride, or cook the weddin'-store.13. Sh. 1877 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 221:
On the fourth day the young man held the “weddin' treat”, which was simply continuing the marriage festivities and rejoicings for another day and night; and this they did at their own expense, as an expression of their goodwill toward the newly married couple, and also as a return for the liberal entertainment which had been provided for all the wedding guests.