mirdv.
/məːd/, U.S. /mərd/, Scottish English /mɪrd/ Scottish.† 2. transitive. To attempt, venture; to dare. Usually with infinitive or clause as object. Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To behave playfully; to dally, flirt (with). Also: to have dealings with; to meddle.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt, philander, or dally [verb (intransitive)]
flicker?c1225
dallyc1440
mird?c1625
pickeer1646
to dally away1685
niggle1696
coquet1700
gallant1744
philander1778
flirt1781
fike1804
gallivant1823
butterfly1893
vamp1904
romance1907
to fool up1933
floss1938
cop1940
horse1953
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)]
floxec1200
ragea1275
to dance antics1545
rig1570
to keep (also play) reaks1573
wanton1582
wantonize1592
frolic1593
wantonize1611
hoit1613
mird?c1625
to play about1638
freak1663
romp1665
rump1680
ramp1735
jinket1742
skylark1771
to cut up1775
rollick1786
hoity-toity1790
fun1802
lark1813
gammock1832
haze1848
marlock1863
train1877
horse1901
mollock1932
spadger1939
grab-ass1957
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > interfere or meddle
entermeenec1449
intermit1456
intromit?a1475
intermeddle1477
intromeddle1524
to put (also have) an oar in every man's boat1542
to put (also stick, shove, etc.) one's oar in1542
to have a hand in the dish1551
pudder1624
mird?c1625
to mell or make with1634
potter1655
dabble1660
meddle1711
interfere1743
to bugger about1937
to bugger around1961
?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1513 Wow dey, minnie wold mird.
1638 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 390 Albeit they were jearing, mirding, and confident, yet the Lord was insnaring and intrapping them.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 86 'Tis nae to mird wi' unco fouk ye see, Nor is the bleer drawn easy o'er their eye.
a1784 A. Ross in A. Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Song (1843) 360/1 He there wi' Meg was mirdin' seen.
1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads II. 335 Wi' lasses I ne'er mean to mird or to mell.
1832 A. Beattie Poems 131 And though he couldna speak a word, (Nor wi' their matters did he mird.)
1881 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) III. 283/1 Aye, ye dinna mird about her for naething.
1927 ‘H. M'Diarmid’ Lucky Bag 3 Awa' and mird wi' your maiks, ye smatchet, And mint nae mair wi' me!
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a1784 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherd in Sc. Wks. (1938) 179 Ye may no mird Throw the out glens some days the sheep to hird.
1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caledonian Mag. Sept. 499 He squeel'd to her like a young gyte, But wadna mird to gang Back a' that day.
1853 Banffshire Jrnl. 21 June 4/1 But when to travel now we mird, We needna waddle i' the yird.
1863 J. Hamilton Poems & Ess. 300 But the nameless, though giftit, are caul' i' the yird, Ere a sang or a word i' their praise she wull mird!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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