affuird

• affoord
• affeurd (Orkney)

From Middle English aforthen, from Old English ġeforþian, forþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”). Compare English afford.

• (Southern Scots, North East Central, South Northern Scots, Northern Isles) IPA^(key): /əˈføːrd/
• (Central Scots) IPA^(key): /əˈfeːrd/
• (Doric, North Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /əˈfuːrd/

affuird (third-person singular simple present affuirds, present participle affuirdin, simple past affuirdit, past participle affuirdit)

1. to afford

• “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.