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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Ȝondir, -er, -yr, (compar.) adj. Also: yondir, -er, ȝounder, younder, yonther. [ME and e.m.E. ȝonder (Cursor M.), yonder (Chaucer), yonther (1523); Ȝond(e adj.] a. Describing the other side, bank, etc. of a stretch of water: Farther, more distant, other. Also in fig. context. b. As part of a farm name: The farther away (of two of the same name). c. At a distance (but within sight), over there.a. a1500 Henr. Fab. 2853.
‘Be quhat craft thow [sc. the paddock] gar me [sc. the mouse] vnerstand That thow wald gyde me to ȝone ȝonder land? … 'I sall thé leir to swym' 1513 Doug. vi v 166.
Onhabill Owr Stix … to fair … Oncallyt on the ȝondyr [Sm. ȝondir, Ruddim. ȝound] bra wald thou be? 1513 Doug. iii vii 14.
Out our the sey to ȝondir grond ȝe fair 1533 Boece 145a.
Karanath king … passing ȝe firth, with his folkis wan sauflie the ȝounder land 1533 Boece 483b.
Apoun the ȝounder syde of Spey c1641-54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 543.
Ther ar twa Achagleins upon this syd and the younder syd of the burnfig. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 484.
If I were at the yonder end of my weak desiresb. 1507 Exch. R. XII 510.
Terrarum de Yondir Bargadill 1609 Reg. Great S. 51/2.
Hither and yonther Barscheuallis 1678 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 14 Oct.
John Halliday in Yonder Little Lochduganc. 1513 Doug. xi x 69.
In the how slak, be ȝonder woddis syde c1590 Fowler II 109/11.
Gif the enmeye wer incamped vpon yonder hill and we heir