v. Sc. (Also jawner, JAUNDER, q.v.) intr. To mutter, grumble, murmur, fret.
c. 1375. ? Barbour, St. Agatha, 123. Quhy channeris þu My gret god agane now?
1790. A. Wilson, Poems, 235 (Jam.). Ay channerin’ and daunerin’ In eager search for cole!
a. 1802. Ballad, xi. in Child, Ballads, III. lxxxi a (1885), 239/2. The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin worm doth chide.
