Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1732-1733, 1908
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BUND, BOND, Boond, Bound, n.1 "A peasant, a small farmer" (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., boond). [bɔnd, bund]Sh. a.1733 Shetland Acts 22 in Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. (1892) XXVI. 200:
That bounds have no more persons in their families than effeirent to their estates.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Shø's married a guid bond.
Combs.: (1) bundsman, bondsman, "crofter, tenant of a piece of land" (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); 1914 Angus Gl.); (2) bundsfolk, boonds-, "poor crofters" (Ib.), "peasantry" (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., boondsfolk); (3) bundslass, "(poor) crofter's girl" (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928)).
[O.Sc. has bond, a peasant or serf, a bondman, and bond(e)man, id. (D.O.S.T.); O.E. bōnda, bunda, householder, free man (Sweet); cf. Mod.Eng. bondsman, a villein, serf. O.N. bóndi, a farmer, peasant (Zoëga); Sw. bonde, idem (Falk and Torp).]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Bund n.1". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 10 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/bund_n1>
