daunder

daunder verb: to stroll; to meander.

Verb

daunder (third-person singular simple present daunders, present participle daundering, simple past and past participle daundered)

(Scotland) To stroll; to meander.
- I daunder'd about till my back turned sair, When I met wi' some neighbours, and then did repair To Farries's inn, where some whisky we got, And talked of harvest, and horses, and stots.1831, Robert Shennan, Tales, songs, and miscellaneous poems, page 80
- I'll tak my staff and daunder: west, For nature age is grand to me;1890, Canadian horticulture and home magazine - Volume 13, page 150
(Scotland) To go on without reaching a conclusion.
- He must do one of these two things: in the first case, his ministry may daunder on till there is another strike of half-a-dozen, like the present ; in the latter, it will be blown about his ears, from without.1828, The London Magazine, page 449
- I have always pitied people whose engagements daundered on year after year without coming to anything.1880, The Sunday at Home - Volume 27, page 406

daunder (plural daunders)

(Scotland) A stroll.
- "Takin' a bit daunder, Laird?" said Davy with the assurance of an old servant.1913, Aylmer Keith Fraser, A Garden of Spices, page 232
- I tak an occasional daunder roond the lawn, near every five minutes in fact, and throw lumps o sile at oor cat stalkin birds in the flooer beds.2006, Duncan Glen, Collected poems, 1965-2005, →ISBN, page 87

There's more for him to do than daunder about the hillside with a trout-wand over his shoulder.1892, Robert Leighton, The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands, page 26:
And so. beguiled by feathered pen, I daunder on.1925, The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Volume 30, page 71:
Old folks out for a wee daunder might, through force of habit, find themselves wandering into this kinematic museum to watch the breakdowns and odd snippets of film.2012, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, →ISBN:

Verb
third-person singular present	daunders
present participle	daundering
past participle	daundered
past	daundered
alternative form	dauner
alternative form	dawner
alternative form	dawnder
alternative form	donder
alternative Ulster	daunther
Noun
plural	daunders

What does daunder mean?: Daunder means to stroll; to meander.
How do you use daunder in a sentence?: There's more for him to do than daunder about the hillside with a trout-wand over his shoulder.
What part of speech is daunder?: Daunder can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of daunder?: The past tense of daunder is daundered.

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