A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1660-1689
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1]
Scunner, Skunner, Scownner, n. [f. Scunner,v.] a. Disgust, revulsion, loathing. A source or cause of this. b. Nausea; ? a stomach upset; a sinking feeling. —a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 93.
To se him scart his awin skyn grit scunner I think a1689 Cleland 106.
We might haue mist a beastly blunner, Had we not spewed out our skunner, against this Test —b. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 155/154.
In harte he tuke ȝit sic ane scunner [Bann. scummer] Ane rak of fartis … Went fra him 1660 Rothesay Par. Rec. 26.
She … left her a peice saw to rub to her breast which was good for comforting the hert against scownners [ed. scowmers]
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Scunner n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/scunner_n>
