Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1721-1737
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BEDRITE, BEDRATE, v. To soil with excrement. [bə′drəit, bə′dret (pa.t.), bə′drɪtn (pa. p.)]Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 125:
God's Will be done, but Dee'l bedrite the Spee-man.Sc. 1737 A. Ramsay Sc. Proverbs 8:
As gentle as German's Bitch that lap O'er the Ingle and bedrate the Roast.
pa.p. bedritten, “befouled with ordure or dirt” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 52).
[O.Sc. bedrite, pa.t. bedrait, bedret (Dunbar). Prob. from O.N. drīta, to void excrement, pa.t. dreit, pa.p. dritinn, from the last of which comes the metathetic form dirt.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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