huddroun, a. Sc. ? Obs.
Also 8 huderon.
According to Jamieson, Slovenly. Hence perh. belly huddroun, ‘slow-belly’, sluggard, in Dunbar.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxvi. 70 Mony sweir bumbard belly huddroun. Ibid. lxxv. 38 My belly huddrun, my swete hurle bawsy. 1721 Kelly Sc. Prov. 14 (Jam.) A morning-sleep is worth a foldful of sheep to a huderon duderon Daw. |