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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1880-1956

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WHIME, v. Also whyme. To go about in a furtive insinuating manner, to sneak (Ork. 1974). [ʍɑim]Ork. 1880 W. Dennison Sketch Bk. 68:
Is that a wey tae come whiman' among gentlemen?Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Gaan whyman aboot the hoose [of a dog].Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 122:
Oot he whimed, threatenan vengeance on Sarah.

[Appar. ad. Norw. dial. kvima, to flit about, to trifle, take whims, O.N. hvima, to bustle about, glance furtively, Icel. hvima, to make sudden erratic movements.]

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