English and Scottish Ballads Volume 8 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ... GLOSSARY. Q DEGREES* Figures placed after words denote the pages in which they occur. aboon, above. abye, pay a penalty for, suffer. ae, one. a-fit, afoot. ahin, ahint, behind, besides. aim, iron. anceane, ancient, aged. ane, 148? aneath, beneath. angel, a coin worth from 6s. Sd. to 10s. aninder, under. anis, once. aquoy, coy, averse. a-rowe, in a row. assy-pan, 140, ash-pan. astonyd, confounded. athir, either. atweel, well, very well. atween, between. avow, vow. aw, all. ayont, beyond, on Hie other side of ban'd, execrated. bandoun, 150, captivity. barker, tanner, from the bark used in his business, barrow-hogge, 47, a geldea hog. battes, cudgels, or blows. bauld, 117, bold, self-complacent bayarde, bay-horse, horse in general: "blind Bayard" Ay as a proverb. be, by. bede, 105, put forward, offer. behuvit, behoved, must. beik, 117, warm. ben, bend, in. bent, coarse grass, field. berry, 285, corrupt? besene, wel, appearing wellt well dressed, cf-c. bet, beat. bet, better. beth, both. betrasit, betrayed. beur, bore. big, 279, cultivate. bigly, spacious, commodious. bill, bull. bill, halbert. birk, birch. birled, poured out drink, drank. blanne, stopped. bledoch, buttermilk. blink, smile; blinkit, 95, looked kindly. bolles, bowls. borrow, borrowit, ransom, ransomed. bot and, but also. boud, 264, behoved, must needs. bouks, bodies. bour, bower, chamber, dwelling. bowne, ready. brast, burst. brat, cloth. bra', braw, brave, handsome; braw wallie, fair fortune, exclamation of pleasure or admiration. brayn-pannes, skulls. bred, breed. bree, soup, broth. brenning, burning; brenyiig drake, fre-drake, fery dragon. brest, burst. bricht, the, 149, the fair one. brode-hen, 105, brood-hen, sitting-hen? brodit, pierced. brok, bruik, bruke, have possession of...