chalder
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a form of chaldron.
Noun[edit]
chalder (plural chalders)
- An old Scottish dry measure, equal to 16 bolls.
- 1786, Daniel De Foe [i.e., Daniel Defoe], “Appendix. Part I. Containing an Account of Transactions in both Parts of the United Kingdoms, subsequent to the Union; […]”, in A History of the Union between England and Scotland, with a Collection of Original Papers Relating thereto. […], London: Printed for John Stockdale, […], →OCLC, page 600:
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Norn chaldro, from Old Norse tjaldr. Cognate to Icelandic tjaldur m and Faroese tjaldur n.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chalder (plural chalders)
Further reading[edit]
- “chalder” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN