daunder

verb

1. (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.”

   “I'll tak my staff and daunder: west, For nature age is grand to me;”

   “There's more for him to do than daunder about the hillside with a trout-wand over his shoulder.”

2. (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.”

   “I have always pitied people whose engagements daundered on year after year without coming to anything.”

   “And so. beguiled by feathered pen, I daunder on.”

noun

1. (Scotland)A stroll.

   “"Takin' a bit daunder, Laird?" said Davy with the assurance of an old servant.”

   “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.”

   “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.”