An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Bellenden.

BURDE, s. A strip, properly an ornamental salvedge; as a "burde of silk," a salvedge of silk.
Dunbar.

Su. G. borda, limbus vel praetexta; unde silkesborda, cingulum sericum vel limbus; gullbord, limbus aureus; Teut. boord, limbus.

BURDYN, adj. Wooden, of or belonging to boards.
Wallace.

A. S. bord, S. burd, buird, a board, a plank.

BURDING, s. Burden.
V. [Birth, Byrth].
Montgomerie.

BURDINSECK.
V. [Berthinsek].

BURDIT, part. pa. Stones are said to be burdit, when they split into lamina, S.

Perhaps from burd, a board; q. like wood divided into thin planks.

BURDLY, BUIRDLY, adj. Large and well-made, S. The E. word stately is used as synon.
Burns.