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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1899-1991
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HURT, v., n. Also hort (n.Sc. 1825 Jam.; s.Arg. c.1850 Flory Loynachan in Colville (1909) 114; Abd. 1883 W. Jolly J. Duncan 388; Cai.1 c.1920; Ags. 1949 Forfar Dispatch (3 Feb.); Cai. 1957). Used as in Eng. Sc. pa.t. and pa.p. hurtit, -et, -ed; -id (Sh.). Phr.: †hurtit fae da grund, injured by a supernatural agency; brought down by elf-shot. See Grund.Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 154:
Most forms of illness were supposed to be . . . "hurted frae da grund."Sh. 1937 J. Nicolson Yarns 6:
When either cattle or sheep became suddenly unwell, it was immediately believed that these had been "hurtit fae da grund" (hurt from the earth), which meant that the trows had shot them. Gsw. 1962 Bill McGhee Cut and Run 43:
Are ye hurtit?Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 35:
hurtit A past tense of hurt: 'He says it never hurtit him.'Dundee 1991 Ellie McDonald The Gangan Fuit 26:
They maun be ettlan
tae be hame nou,
my puir wee hurtit bairnies.
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