Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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† or ‡AIVERIE, AEVERY, YIVVERY, EEVERY, adj. Obs. in most districts. (See quots. 2–5.) [′e:vərɪ̢, ′jɛvərɪ̢ Sc.; ′jɪ̢vəri Ork., Abd.; ′i:vəri Ayr, s.Sc.]Sc. a.1784 Dick o the Cow in Ballads ed. Child (1904) No. 185 xxv.:
The lads, that hungry and aevery was, Above the door-head they flang the key.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Yivvery, desirous of, yearning, anxious for = Scots aiverie.Abd. and Per. 1898 G. W. in E.D.D.:
Aiverie is a very well known word meaning . . . eager to get at food, etc. They are a' yevery to be fed.Abd. and Per.1898 G. W. in E.D.D.:
Dinna eat sae yivvery like [greedily]. Abd.2 1931:
The cat hasna seen maet for a week. It's a peer yivverie cratur.em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 15:
He hauds a thoosan thunners ready
Tae connach an destroy his faes,
Trummlin an yivvery in his grup.Ayr. 1825 Jam.2:
Eevery, hungry.Rxb. 1825 Jam.2:
Aiverie. Very hungry . . . a term nearly obsolete. [Aiverie and also Every (′i:vəri), “hungry,” are now obs. in Rxb. (Watson W.-B. 41 and 125).]
