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Sinder, adj. Also: syndir, -er. [Sc. var. of ME sunder (c1200), OE sundor; cf. Sindry adj.] = Sindry adj. 2. Also absol. — 1375 Barb. v 504.
Bot I herd syndir men oft say Forsuth that his ane e ves out 1494 Loutfut MS 113a.
And al his harnes salbe casting in synder partis of the feild 1570 Leslie 187.
As wes done at … the Bromehouse, and in sinder uther places —absol. 1458 Inverness Burgh Charters in Orig. Par. II ii 431.
Sinder of the inhabitandis the toun of Tayn
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