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MODREN, adj. also moadern. Sc. forms of Eng. modern. (modren Ork., Bnff., Abd., Ags., Edb., Gsw., Rxb.; moadern Ayr. 2000s). m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 72:
He'll hap ye ticht in octet an sestet
bi faur the stievest o aw crambo-clink ...
nae easie-osie moadern tapsalteerie.em.Sc. 1991 David Angus in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 66:
Figure o computered babe
Tube-conceivit in the lab?
Naw! A bairn tae leuch an sab;
Yae auld-farrant bairn — no modren —
The ingredient o oor caudron.Gsw. 1992 Herald 11 Dec 16:
They should make a modren fillum about it.m.Sc. 1993 K. M. Windmill in A. L. Kennedy and Hamish Whyte New Writing Scotland 11: The Ghost of Liberace 159:
And my Modren Studies teacher — She likes us to call her Auntie GillSc. 1996 Scotland on Sunday 18 Aug 17:
He is promising "a wee Dictionar o Modren Yiss" and new made-up Scots words for the likes of cassette and telephone (yoospeek is his suggestion).Uls. 2001 Belfast News Letter 27 Jan 16:
Quhit a kist-hoose this modren graith an gear wull be! An forbye, we're fur haein a fu record o scrievit Ulster-Scotch frae hunners o yeirs syne, alang wi a twa-ennit dictionar o Ulster-Scotch an Inglis.