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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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GRAND, adj. Also graand, graun(d), gran. [grɑ: nd, grɑ: n (see P.L.D. § 64)]

Sc. form of Eng. grand. (graund Cai., Ags., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s). m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 68:
Ye'll see thaim there on monie a graund occasion
in gowden coronets; the beastie's skin
steekit in winter white on scarlet coat,
proodlie paradin there afore the nation.

Sc. forms of Eng. grand, similarly used colloq. = fine, splendid, capital. Also adv. Abd. 1873 P. Buchan Inglismill 37:
Man, things are deein' gran' — horn, corn, an' woo.Per. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken ii.:
He was graand on Jenny Geddes! an' hoo she was a mither in Israel.Fif. 1896 D. S. Meldrum Grey Mantle 155:
Here's a big, healthy man, wi' that graund land at Broomielaws . . . and ye turn up your nose at him!Gall. 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 81:
That's the Black Water o' Dee, the graunest an auncientest water in Gallawa!Rxb. 1919 Hawick Express (7 Feb.) 4:
There was'na graun new blouses every other Setterday, an' white gloves for whust pairties.

Hence gran'ly, very well, “fine”.Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 254:
I ken her gran'ly — and she's little, if at a' inferior.