See, fond youth, to yonder window, Lovely seems the moon's fair lustre 15 Gilding mountain, grove, and plain, 20 Lovely seems the sun's full glory But a thousand times more lovely To her longing lover's sight, Tip-toe stands the anxious lover, Is it true the dreadful story, An old lord from Antiquera Thy stern father brings along; If 'tis true, now plainly tell me, Nor thus trifle with my woes; Percy. 1. 1 Alla is the Mahometan name of God. 26 A GLOSSARY OF THE OBSOLETE AND SCOTTISH WORDS IN THE FIRST The Scottish words are denoted by s. French by f. Latin by 1. AngloSaxon by A. S. Icelandic by Isl. &c. For the etymology of the words in this and the following volumes, the reader is referred to JUNII ETYMOLOGICUM ANGLICANUM. Edidit ED. LYE, Oxon. 1743, fol. For such words as may not be found here, the reader is desired to consult the Glossaries to the other volumes. Abone, aboon, s. above. Abraide, p. 143, abroad. Acton, a kind of armour made of taffaty, or leather quilted, &c., worn under the habergeon, to save the body from bruises. f. Hocqueton. Aft, s. oft. Agayne, against. Ain, awin, s. own. Ancyent, standard. Aras, p. 5, arros, p. 8, arrows. Assinde, assigned. Assoyl'd, assoyled, absolved. Astate, estate; also a great person. Astound, astonyed, stunned, astonished, confounded. Ath, p. 6, athe, p. 8, o' th', of the. Austerne, p. 247, stern, austere. Avoyd, p. 178, void, vacate. Bar, bore. Bar hed, bare-head, or perhaps bared. Barne, p. 6, berne, p. 19, man, person. Base court, the lower court of a castle. Basnete, basnite, basnyte, bassonet, bassonette, helmet. Bauzen's skinne, p. 263, perhaps, sheep's leather dressed and coloured red, f. bazane, sheep's leather. In Scotland, sheepskin mittens, with the wool on the inside, are called Bauzon - mittens. Bauson also signifies a badger, in old English; it may therefore signify, perhaps, badger skin. Be that, p. 6, by that time. Behove, p. 155, behoof. Bode, p. 81, abode, stayed. Borrowe, borowe, pledge, surety. Bot, but. Belyfe, p. 148, belive, immediately, by Bote, boot, advantage. and by, shortly. Ben, bene, been. Bende-bow, a bent-bow, qu. Benison, blessing. Bent, p. 5, bents, p. 38, (where bents, long coarse grass, &c. grow,) the field, fields. Benyngne, p. 85, benigne, benign, kind. Beste, beest, art. Bestis, beasts. Be-strawghted, p. 162, distracted. Bickarte, p. 5, bicker'd, skirmished. (It is also used sometimes in the sense of swiftly coursed, which seems to be the sense, p. 5. Mr. Lambe1.) Bille, &c. p. 244, I have delivered a promise in writing, confirmed by an oath. Blane, p. 10, blanne, did blin, i. e. linger, stop. Blaw, s. blow. Blaze, to emblazon, display. Blee, colour, complexion. Bleid, s. blede, bleed. Blist, blessed. Blive, belive, immediately. Bloomed, p. 262, beset with bloom. Blude, blood, bluid reid, s. blood red. Bluid, bluidy, s. blood, bloody. Boare, bare. Bougill, s. bugle-horn, hunting-horn. Bounde, bowynd, bowned, prepared, got ready. The word is also used in the north in the sense of went or was going. Bowndes, bounds. Bowne ye, prepare ye, get ready. Bowne, ready; bowned, prepared. Bowne to dyne, p. 36, going to dine. Bowne is a common word in the north for going; e.g. Where are you bowne to? Where are you going? Bowre, bower, habitation: chamber, parlour, perhaps from Isl. bouan, to dwell. Bowre-window, chamber window. Braid, s. broad, large. Bred banner, p. 22, broad banner. Breng, bryng, bring. Brether, brethren. Broad arrow, a broad forked-headed 1 Mr. Lambe also interprets "BICKERING," by rattling, e. g. "And on that slee Ulysses head Sad curses down does BICKER." Translat. of Ovid. |