Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1845-1853, 1987
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†GRAND-DEY, n. Also grandey, grandye. A grandfather (Fif. 1825 Jam., Fif. 1955). Cf. also grannie-dey s.v. Grannie, n., 8. (3).Fif. 1845 T. C. Latto Minister's Kail-yard 221:
My folk are a' teasing an' jeerin' me sair, Feyther, mither, an' sisters, an' grandey.Ags. 1853 W. Blair Chron. Aberbrothock 7:
Yere grandey there minds as weel as me o' Tam threepin on's deathbed.m.Sc. 1987 Ian Bowman in Joy Hendry Chapman 50-1 77:
I kent a bit aboot the E.U. Kirk, for my grandye, Erchie Bowman, had been pastor o the E.U. Kirk at Beith, Ayrshire.
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