buird

See also: bùird

Manx

Noun

buird m

1. genitive singular of boayrd
2. plural of boayrd

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
buird	vuird	muird
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English bord (“board, slab; table; boat; shield”). Cognate with English board.

Pronunciation

• (Shetlandic, Orkney) IPA^(key): /bøːrd/
• (Central, Down, Southern) IPA^(key): /beːrd/
• (Donegal, Doric) IPA^(key): /bi(ː)rd/
• (Caithness, Moray, Nairn) IPA^(key): /b(j)uːrd/

Noun

buird (plural buirds)

1. board (relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making)
   • 1847, James Paterson, The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire, page 90:

     A briest like a buird, and a back like a door.

     "A breast like a board, and a back like a door.

2. table
   • 1877, Alex G. Murdoch, The Laird's Lykewake and Other Poems‎^[1], London, Edinburgh and Glasgow: Simpkin, Marshal, & Co.; John Menzies & Co,, Bring the Bodie Ben, page 183:

     They brocht him ben, an' sat him doun before a weel-spread buird,

     They brought him in, and sat him down before a well-spread table,