GLOSSARY. The Scottish words are denoted by s., French by f., Latin by 1., Anglo-Saxon by a. s., Icelandic by isf., &c. For the etymology of the words in this volume, the reader is referred to Junii Etymologicum Anglicanum, Edidit Ed. Lye, Arowe, p. 8, col. 1, vow Avoyd, p. 51, col. 2, void, vacate Ayance, p. 73, col. 1, against Azont the ingle, s. beyond the fire. The fire was in the middle of the room. In the west of Scotland, at this present time, in many cottages they pile their peats and turfs upon stones in the middle of the room. There is a hole above the fire in the ridge of the house to let the smoke ont at. In some places are cottage-houses, from the front of which a very wide chimney projects like a bow window: the fire is in a grate like a malt-kiln grate, round which the people sit: sometimes they draw this grate into the middle of the room.-Mr. Lambe. Aras, p. 2, col. 2, Arros, p. 3, col. Bale, evil, mischief, misery 1, arrows Arcir, p. 21, col. 1, archer Argabushe, harquebusse, an old fashioned kind of musket Ase, as Assinde, assigned Assoyl'd, Assoyled, absolved Balow, s. a nursery term, hush, lullaby, &c. Balysbete, p. 5, col. 2, Better our bales, i. e. remedy our evils Bane, bone Ban, curse, Banning, cursing Banderolles, streamers, little flags Band, p. 13, col. 2, bond, covenant Bar, bare Bar-hed, bare-head, or perhaps bared Barne, p. 2, col. 2, Berne, p. 6 col. 2, man, person Base court, the lower court of castle Basnete, Basnite, Basnyte, Basonet, Buttes, heavy sticks, clubs Bauzen, s. Skinne, p. 80, col. 1, perhaps sheep's leather dressed and coloured red, f. Barane, sheep's leather. In Scotland, sheepskin mittens, with the wool on the inside, are called bauson mittens. Bauson also signifies a badger, in old English, it may therefore signify perhaps badger's skin Bayard, a noted blind horse in the old romances. The horse on which the four sons of Aymon rode is called Bayard Montalbon, by Skelton, in his "Phillip Sparrow." Bearing arrow, an arrow that carries well. Or perhaps bearing or birring, i. e. whirling or whirring arrow, from isl. Bir. ventus, or a. s. Bene, fremitus Bearn, Bairn, s. child, also human Ben, be, are Ben, Bene, been Ben, s. within the inner-room "But o' house," means the onter part of the house, outer room, viz. that part of the house into which you first enter, suppose from the street. "Ben o' house," is the inner room, or more retired part of the house. The daughter did not lie out of doors. The cottagers often desire their landlords to build them a But and a Ben. (Vid. Gloss )— Mr. Lambe. Ben, s. within doors Of the Scottish words BEN an! BUT, BEN is from the Dutch BINNEN, Lat. intra, intus, which is compoun led of the preposition By or Be the same as By in English), and of IN. Be that, p. 2, col. 2, by that time Bet, better, bett, did beat It is also used sometimes in the sense of, "swiftly coursed," which seems to be the sense, n. 2, col. 2.—Mr. Lambe) Mr. Lambe also interprets" BICKER" ING," by rattling, e. g. And on that slee Ulysses head, Bill, &c., p. 74, col. 2, I have de livered a promise in writing, confirmed by an oath. Bi mi leauté, by my loyalty, honesty Birk, s. birch-tree Blan, Blanne, did blin, i. e. linger, stop Blane, p. 4, col. 1, Blanne, did blin, i. e. linger, stop Blare, to emblazon, display Blee, complexion Blee, colour, complexion Bleid, s. Blede, bleed Blent, ceased Blinne, cease, give over Blinkan, Blinkand, s, twinkling Blink, s. a glimpse of light, the Blive, Belive, s. immediately Bloomed, p. 80, col. 1, beset with bloom Blude, Bluid red, blood, s. blood red Bluid, Bluidy, s. blood, bloody Bode, p. 25, col. 1, abode, stayed Boltes, shafts, arrows Borrowed, p. 9, col. 1, warranted, pledged, was exchanged for Borrowe, Borowe, pledge, surety Borowe, p. 42, col. 2, to redeem by a pledge Bote, boot, advantage Boot, Boote, advantage, help, as Bowne, is a common word in the North for going, e. g. Where are you bowne to, where are you going Bower Boure, any bowed or arched room, a parlour, chamber, also a dwelling in general Boure, bower, habitation, chamber, parlour, perhaps from isl. Bowan, to dwell Bowre-woman, s. chamber-maid Boure-window, chamber-window Bowendes, bounds Bowne, ready Bowne, ready, Bowned, prepared Bowne ye, prepare ye, get ready Bowys, bows Brade, Braid, s. broad Brae, s. the brow or side of a hill, a declivity Braes of Yarrow, s. the hilly banks of the river Yarrow Braid, s. broad, large Brayd, s. arose, hastened Brayde, drew out, unsheathed Brede, breadth. So Chaucer Brenand-drake, p. may perhaps be the same as a fire-drake, or fiery serpent, a meteor or fire-work so called. Here it seems to signify burning embers, or fire brands Breng, Bryng, bring Breere, Brere, briar Bridal (properly bride-all), the Britled, carved, vid. Bryttlynge. Gloss, vol. 1. Broad-arrow, s. a broad forked Brocht, s. brought Bryttiynge, p. 2, col. 2, Brytlyng, p. 2, col. 2, cutting up, quartering, carving Buen, Bueth, been, be, are Bugle, bugle-horn, a hunting-horn, being the horn of a bugle, or wild bull Buik, s. book Burgens buds, young shoots Bushment, ambushment, ambush, a snare to bring them into Busket, Buskt, dressed Busk and boun, p. 31, col. 2, i. e. Bute, s. boot, advantage, good But without, But let, without hin- But, s. without, out of doors BUT, or BUTT, is from the Dutch BUYTEN. Lat. extra, præter, præterquam, which is compounded of the same preposition, By or BE, and of UYT, the same as our in English. Butt, s. out, the outer room, Bye, buy, pay for, also A-bye, Byll, Bill, an ancient kind of hal bert, or battle-axe, p. 2, col. 2. Ry thre, p 40, col. 2, of three good manners Can, Gan, began Cannes, wooden-cups, bowls Cantabanqui, ital. ballad-singers, singers on benches Cantles, pieces, corners Canty, s. cheerful, chatty Capul, a poor horse Capull hyde, p. 25, col. 2, horse hide Care-bed, bed of care Carle, churl, clown. It is also Carline, s. the feminine of carle censure Carping, reciting Carp of care, p. 4, col. 2, com- GLOSSARY. Cast, p. 3, col. 1, mean, intend Cauld, s. cold Caytiffe, caititi, slave, despicable Certes, certainly Cetywall, p. 79, col. 2, Setiwall, Chays, chase Check, to stop Check, to rate at Che, (Somerset dialect), I Cheefe, the upper part of the dom Church-ale, a wake, a feast in com- Churl, clown, a person of low Chylder, children, children's Clattered, beat so as to rattle p. 47, col. 1, figuratively beat Clead, s. clothed Cled, s. clad, clothed Cleaped, Cleped, called, named Clerks,clergymen, literati, scholars Clim, the contraction of Clement 66 Cokeney, seems to be a dimi. 295 nutive for cook, from the Latin coquinator, or coquinarius. The to be that meaning seems 66 every five and five had a cook or scullion to attend them."Chaucer's Cant. Tales, 8vo. vol. iv. p. 253. Collayne, p. 8, col. 1, Cologne steel Cold rost, (a phrase), nothing to the purpose Cold, could, knew Coleyne, Cologne stcel Comen, Commyn, come Confetered, confederated, entered into a confederacy Con, can, gan, began. Item. Con- Corsiure, p. 4, col. 1, courser steed Cote, cot, cottage. Item, coat dye, p. 8. col. 2, died (a phrase) Could bear, a phrase for bare Could creip, s. crept. Could say, said Could weip, s. wept Could his good,knew what was good Countie, p. 78, col. 2, count, earl Couth, could Covetise, covetousness Countrie, p. 80, col. 1, Coventry Cramasie, s. crimson Crancky, merry, sprightly, exulting Cranion, skull Credence, belief Cricke, s. properly an ant, but means probably any small insect Crinkle, run in and out, run into flexures, wrinkle Chistes cors, p. 3, col. 1, Christ's |