donnered
Scots
Adjective
donnered (comparative mair donnered, superlative maist donnered)
- stunned or dazed; confused
- 1899, John Buchan, "The Oasis in the Snow", in Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People, John Lane (1899), page 188:
- Had I been i' my clear senses, I wad hae been rale puzzled about the maitter, but I was donnered wi' the drifts and the weariness, and thocht only o' getting by 't.
- 1899, John Buchan, "The Oasis in the Snow", in Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People, John Lane (1899), page 188:
- foolish or stupid; daft
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, Cassell and Company Ltd (1886), Chapter XXIX:
- "Why, ye donnered auld runt, how else would I ken?" cried Alan.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, Cassell and Company Ltd (1886), Chapter XXIX:
References
- donnered on Merriam-Webster.com
- donnered on Dictionary.com
- The Online Scots Dictionary
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