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The Scottish National Dictionary (SND) was published by the Scottish National Dictionary Association (SNDA) from 1931 to 1976 and documents the Modern (Lowland) Scots language. The original editor, William Grant, was the driving force behind the collection of Scots vocabulary.
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Meaning magic, enchantment, spell. From English grammar and Scottish gramarye (occult learning or scholarship). gloaming Middle English (Scots) gloming, from Old English glomung "twilight", from OE glom golf glengarry (or Glengarry bonnet) A brimless Scottish cap with a crease running down the crown, often with ribbons at the back.
The current project team includes editorial staff from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and from the Scottish National Dictionary Association. In 2021, Scottish Language Dictionaries became an SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and changed its name to Dictionaries of the Scots Language.
The true reason for it is that books and public discourse in Scotland are in the English tongue. Modern authorities agree that the Scots language was gradually eclipsed after the adoption of the Protestant English Bible during the Scottish Reformation and as a result of the later institutional dominance of southern English following the Union ...
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The Cailleach is often referred to as the Cailleach Bhéara in Irish and Cailleach Bheurra in Scottish Gaelic. Gearóid Ó Crualaoich believes this comes from a word meaning 'sharp, shrill, inimical' – bior or beur – and refers to the Cailleach's association with winter and wilderness, as well as her association with horned beasts or cattle ...