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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thud, v. [? Onomatopoeic, or ? related to ME þudde (a1225), thud (1400), OE þyddan to strike or thrust with a weapon; to press with force.] intr. To come or pass with a gust of turbulence and accompanying dull noise. — 1513 Doug. xii vi 136.
As the blastis with thar bustuus sovn … cumis thuddand doun On the deip sey Egean 1513 Doug. xii xiii 152.
And scho onon doun flaw, to ples the lard, And to the grund thuddis with hasty fard a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 222 (L).
Cupide … Quha thundring … I hard vpthrow the air; Throw cluidis so he thudis so 1590 Burel Pilgr. i 26.
The borial blasts … Not caldly, bot baldlie, They thudit throw the treis 1587-99 Hume 50/86.
The mightie winds blaws to and fra, … We heare them thudding by vs ga