The Scottish National Dictionary The Scottish National
Dictionary Association (SNDA) was founded in 1929 to foster and
encourage the Scots language, in particular by producing a
standard dictionary of modern Scots. This primary aim was
fulfilled in 1976 with the completion of the 10-volume Scottish
National Dictionary (SND), covering the language from 1700 to
1976. Material for SND is drawn from a wide variety of written
and oral sources of Lowland Scots from Shetland to Ulster. SND
was produced under the editorial direction of William Grant
(from 1929-1946), and of David Murison (from 1946-1976). The
inception of SND was greatly influenced by Sir William Craigie
(the original editor of DOST) who gave a lecture in Dundee in
December 1907 on the action necessary to involve local people in
collecting 'Scots words, ballads, legends, and traditions still
current'. Soon afterwards, the Scottish Dialects Committee was
set up, with William Grant as convener, to pursue an
'investigation into the present condition of