Stead, Stede, place. Stel, steel, Steilly, s. steely. Steid, s. Stede, steed. Sterris, stars. Sterne, stern, or perhaps, stars. Stert, start, started. Sterte, Sterted, started. Steven, time. Steven, voice. Still, quiet, silent. Stint, stop, stopped. Stirande stage, a friend inter preted this, "many a stirring travelling journey." Stonderes, standers by. Stoup of weir, pillar of war. Stound, Stonde, (Intro.) space, moment, hour, time. Stoand, time, A-stound, a-while. Stour, Stower, Stoure, fight, disturbance,, &c. This word is applied in the north to signify dust agitated and put into motion, as by the sweeping of a room. tree, or any other thing, cling-Hence Fontaine, with great humour, in his tale entitled "La Fiancée du ing to it with the legs and arms, Roy de Garbe," says, as hath been suggested by an ingenious correspondent. Swa, Sa, so. Swat, Swatte, Swotte, did sweat. Swearde, Swerd, sword. Sireare, swearing, oath. Sweaven, a dream. Sweit, s. Swete, sweet. Sweere, Swire, neck. Sweypyls. A Sweypyl is that staff of the flail, with which corn is beaten out, vulg. a Supple, called in the midland counties, a Swindgell, where the other part is termed the hand-stuff. Swinkers, labourers. Swith, quickly, instantly. Swyke, sigh. Swyoing, whoring. Swypyng, striking fast, (Cimb. Suipan, cito agere, or rather "scourging" from volvere, raptare).-Scot. Sweap, to scourge. Vide. Glossary to Gawin Douglas. Sych, such. Stower, Stowre, stir, disturbance, Syde-shear, Sydis-shear, on all Styntyde, stinted, stayed, stopped. Take, taken. Styrt, start. Suar, sure. Summere, a sumpter horse. Sum, s. some. Sumpters, horses that clothes, furniture, &c. Sune, s. soon. Talents, perhaps golden ornaments, hung from her head to the value of talents of gold. Targe, target, shield. carry Tear, this seems to be a proverb, "That tearing, or pulling, occasioned his spurn or kick." Suore by ys chin, sworn by his Teene, Tene, sorrow, indignation, wrath, properly injury affront. Teenefu, s. full of iudignation, wrathful, furious. Te he interjection of laughing. Teir, s. Tere, tear. Tent, s. heed. Termagaunt, the god of the Saracens. See a memoir on this subject in page 75. The old French romancers, who had corrupted termagant into tervagant, couple it with the name of Mahomet, as constantly as ours; thus, in the old Roman de Blanchardin, "Cy_guer pison tuit Apolin, "Et reviant Mahom. Jupin, et Terva gant, Avec maint autre die unon moins extravagant." Mem. de l'Acad. des Inscript. tom. 20, 4to, p. 352. As termagant is evidently of AngloSaxon derivation, and can only be explained from the elements of that language; its being corrupted by the old French romancers proves that they borrowed some things from ours. Terry, diminutive of Thierry, Theodoricus, Didericus. Lat. also of Terence. Te, to, Te make, to make. Tha, them, Thah, though. Thair, their, Thair, Thare, there. Thame, s. them. Than, s. then. Thare, Theire, Ther, Thore, there. Thear, Ther, there. Thee, thrive, Mote he thee, may he thrive. The God, seems contracted for The he, i. e. high God. The, Thee, thrive. So mote I thee, so may I thrive. So in Chaucer, passim, Canterbury Tales, vol. i. p. 308. "God let him never the." The, they, The wear, they were. The, thee, Thend, the end. Ther-for, therefore. Therto, thereto, Thes, these. Thii, they. Thie, thy, Thowe, thou. Thi sone, thy son. Thilke, this. Thir towmonds, s. these twelve months. Thir, s. this, these. Thirtti thousent, thirty thousand. Thole, Tholed, suffer, suffered. Thoust, thou shalt, or shouldest. Thrall, captive, Thraldom, captivity. Thrung, s. throng, close. Threape, to argue, to affirm or assert, in a positive overbearing manner. Thre, Thrie, s. three. Thrilled, twirled, turned round. Thruch, Throuch, s. through. Tor, a tower; also a high pointed Unsonsie, s. unlucky, unfortunate. rock, or hill. Tow, Towe, two, Twa, s. two. Tow, s. to let down with a rope, &c. Towyn, town. Traiterye, treason. Trenchant, f. cutting. Tres-hardie, f. thrice hardy. Trie, s. Tre, tree. Triest furth, s. draw forth to an assignation. Trifulcate, three forked, three pointed. Trim, exact. Troth, truth, faith, fidelity. Tuik, s. took. Untyll, unto, against. Ure, use. Uthers, s. others. V. Wame, s. womb. Wame, Wem, s. belly. Wane, the same as Ane, one. So In fol. 355 of Bannatyne's MS. is a short fragment in which Wane is used for Ane; or, one: viz. "Amongst the monsters that we find, There's wane belovved of womankind, Renowned for antiquity, From Adame drivs his pedigree.". Wan neir, s. draw near. War, aware. Warde, s. advise, forewarn. Wassel, drinking, good cheer. Wote, Wotte, know. Wate, s. blamed, Præt. of Wyte, to blame. Wat, Wot, know, am aware. Wat, s. wet, also knew. Wax, to grow, become. Vair, (Somersetsh. Dialect,) fair. Wayward, froward, peevish. Vazen, (Som.) probably for Fai- Venu, (Intro.) approach, coming. W. Wa, s. wa, wall. Tuke gude keip, s. kept a close P. 49, says, " Bright, from the British eye upon her. Tul, s. till, to. Turn, such turn, such an occasion. Turnes a crab, sc. at the fire roasts a crab. Wad, s. Wold, Wolde, would. Tush, an interjection of contempt, Waine, wagon. or impatience. Twa, s. two. Twayne, two. Twin'd, s. parted, separated. Vid. G. Douglas. Wallowit, s. faded, withered. Waltered, Weltered, rolled along, Twirtle, twist, 8. thoroughly Waly, an interjection of grief. Wayde, waved. Weale, happiness, prosperity, &c. Weede, clothing, dress. Weel, well, also we'll. Ween, Ween'd, think, thought. Wedous, widows. Weil, s. Weepe, weep. Weinde, s. Wende, Went, Weende, Weid, s. Wede, Weed, clothes, Weird, wizzard, witch, properly fate, destiny. Well away, exclamation of pity. Wel of pite, source of pity. Weme, womb, belly, hollow. Wende, went, Wendeth, goeth. wars. Werryed, worried. Wes, was. Westlin, s. western. Westlings, western, or whistling. Wha, s. who. Whair, s. where. Whan, s. when. Whang, s. a large slice. Wheelyng, wheeling. Whig, sour whey, or butter-milk. While, until. Whilk, s. which. Whittles, knives. Whit, jot. Whoard, hoard. Whorles. Vide Spindles. Whos, whoso. Whyllys, whilst. Wight, person, strong, lusty. Wight, human creature, man or woman. Worshipfully friended, of wor shipful friends. Worthè, worthy. Wot, know, think. Wote, Wot, know, I wote, verily. Wow, an exclamation of wonder, also Vow, London dialect. Wracke, ruin, destruction. Wrang, s. wrung. Wreake, pursue revengefully. Wringe, contended with violence. Wighty, strong, lusty, active, Wronge, wrong. nimble. Wightlye, vigorously. Will, s. shall. Wild, worm, serpent. Wildings, wild apples. Wilfull, wandering, perverse, erring. Winnae, will not. Windar, perhaps the contraction of Windhover, a kind of hawk. Windling, s. winding. Win, s. get, gain. Winsome, agreeable, engaging. weete. Wode, Wod, wood, also mad. Wolde, would. Wonne, dwell. Wonders, wondrous. Wonde, (Intro.) wound, winded. Won'd, Wonn'd, dwelt. Wrougt, wrought. Wroken, revenged. Wyt, Wit, Weet, know. Y. Y, I, Y synge, I sing. Y-beare, Y-boren, bear, borne. Yeholde yef, I should if. Ye seth, Y-seth, in faith. Yenoughe, ynoughe, enough. Yestreen, s. yester evening. Yfere, together. Y-founde, found. Ygnoraunce, ignorance. Ylke, Ilk, same; That ylk, that Zacring-bell, Som. Sacring bell, a Ze, s. ye, Zee're, ye are. Zeirs, s. years. Zellow, s. yellow. Zeme, take care of, a. s. seman. Zonder, s. yonder. Zou, s. you, Zour, s. your. Zoud, s. you'd, you would. Zour-lane, Yourlane, alone, by The printer has usually substituted the letter z, to express the character which occurs in old MSS., but we are not to suppose that this was ever pronounced as our modern z; it had rather the force of y (and perhaps of gh), being no other than the Saxon letter, which the Scots and English bavo, in many instances, changed into y, as geaɲd, yard, gean, year, geong, young, &c. |