affuird

== Scots == === Alternative forms === affoord affeurd (Orkney) === Etymology === From Middle English aforthen, from Old English ġeforþian, forþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”). Compare English afford. === Pronunciation === (Southern Scots, North East Central, South Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): /əˈføːrd/ (Central Scots) IPA(key): /əˈfeːrd/ (Doric, North Northern Scots) IPA(key): /əˈfuːrd/ === Verb === affuird (third-person singular simple present affuirds, present participle affuirdin, simple past and past participle affuirdit) to afford === References === “affuird, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.