ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin;
possibly an altered form of vandie, vauntie
EXAMPLE
“…How lang shall our land thus suffer distresses,
Whilst traitors, and strangers, and tyrants oppress us!
How lang shall our old, and once brave warlike nation,
Thus tamely submit to a base usurpation?
Thus must we be sad, whilst the traitors are vaudie,
Till we get a sight of our ain bonnie laddie…”
From: Jacobite Songs, 1871
How Lang Shall Our Land
By William Meston,
Lexicophilia 