Volume 5 / Part 3 — GLOSSARY (continued 6)

wraikit, III, 427, note ‡: wrecked, destroyed.

wraith, wroth.

wraith, I, 134, N 15; III, 505, 12: apparition.

wreck, sea-wreck, IV, 442, 7: whatever is thrown up by the sea.

wreke, p. p., I, 243, 6: avenged.

wril, V, 73 a: a drinking-word, in response to pril.

wrist, III, 179, 4; 181, 16; 188, 3: ankle, instep. (Icel. rist, instep, ristar-liðr, instep-joint; Germ, rist, instep or wrist; fotwerst, fotwriust, hondriust, Richthofen, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch.)

writer, writter, IV, 131, 18; 135, 25: scrivener. IV, 180, D 2, 3; 181, 3; V, 256 a, 2, 3: attorney (?).

writhe of, III, 413, 34: (pret. of writhe, twist) twisted off.

writs (things written), papers.

writter. See writer.

wrobbe, I, 326, 4: wrabbe, warble? or Scottish wrable, warble, wriggle? J. A. H. Murray.

wrocht, wrought.

wrocken, wroken, p. p., III, 91, 3: avenged.

wrongeous, II, 129, 25: unjust.

wrought, p. p., II, 46, 40: rought, recked.

wrought, pret., I, 286, 51: raught, reached.

wrthe, I, 243, 5: worthy.

wruched, I, 286, 47: thrown up (ruck, a heap, to gather in heaps); perhaps, thrown ashore as wrack (Icelandic rek, originally vrek, reki, originally vreki, a thing drifted ashore).

wrye, I, 326, 4: twist.

wud, II, 249, 19: mad. See wood.

wud, I, 78, 53: would.

wuddie, IV, 69, 18: widdie, withy, a rope of willow-twigs.

wuman, V, 304 b, 1, 2: woman.

wun, n., II, 315, E 6: wind.

wun, v., II, 190, 4, 10: win, gain. See won.

wundouten nay, I, 334, 9: without, beyond contradiction, truly.

wus, V, 304 b, 1: was.

wush, pret. of wash, III, 386, 20; IV, 166, C 7. p. p. wushen, I, 490, 22.

wuther, V, 304 b, 3, 4: wether.

wyght, adj., strong, sturdy, active. See wight.

wyȝth, n., V, 283, 14: wight.

wyld, III, 307, 6: (like Germ. wild) deer; or, perhaps, an adjective with noun to be supplied, of which there are several cases in the ballad.

wyle, choose. See wile.

wyled, they wyled the bonny lassie by, IV, 205, 26: the meaning cannot be that they (a troop of gentlemen) enticed the lassie aside. Mr. Forbes suggests, very plausibly, wyled (waled, took) their way past the lassie.

wyliecot, V, 107, 2: under-vest.

wynd, alley, lane.

wynke, III, 77, 441: shut the eyes.

wynne, III, 296, 22: joy, pleasure.

wynne, v. See win.

wynter, winter, III, 58, 47; 64, 162; 285, 20: year(s).

wyse in, V, 156, B after 16: show the way in (?), let in.

wystly, III, 76, 410: observingly, thoughtfully.

wyte, I wyte, I, 332, G 3; II, 376, 25; IV, 32 f., 6, 17, 19, 27; 136, 13; 278, 21; 410, 25; V, 299 b, 1, 300, 14, 17, 18: (I know) indeed, assuredly. II, 307, 34: I know, simply. See wit, wyte.

wyte, n. and v., blame. See wite.

wyth, with, III, 297, 42; 358, 75; 434, 23: by.

wythe, I, 334, 11: wight, strong. (Orthography questionable.)

wythowtten, drede, III, 296, 8: without, beyond doubt. withowghten naye, 296, 18: beyond denial. wythowghten (withouten) stryffe (strife), 295, 2; 299, B 2: beyond contestation. See withouten.

X

xal, I, 242, 8, 9; III, 13 f., 7, 10-12, 14: shall.

xalt, III, 13 f., 9, 16, 17: shalt.

xul, sing. and pl., III, 13, 4, 12: shall.

xuld, I, 415 b: should.

Y

(See also under ȝ, at the end of G and I.)

y, first y, III, 3, 15: ae, one. See a, ae.

yad, III, 483, 5, 9: jade, mare.

yae, I, 446, 8, 9: ae, only. II, 183, 17: every. See a, ae.

yard, yerde, I, 287, 63; III, 75, 397: rod, stick.

yard o stane, I, 466, B 23: perhaps, garden stane, something being meant equivalent to the fountain stane of A 23, at which the lady was christened.

yare, ȝare, II, 261, 6; III, 98, 24: ready.

yate, yeat, yett, I, 68 f., 23, 69; II, 336, P 2; III, 268, 15; V, 28, 60: gate. ȝates, ȝatis, III, 99, 61, 62.

yatid, I, 334, 10: granted. (A. S. géatan).

ychon, III, 101, 88: each one.

ydrawe, III, 91 a: drawn.

ydyght, idyght, III, 62, 131, 132: prepared, made, fabricated, adjusted. III, 75, 392: made ready.

yeaman. See yeman.

yeard-fast, yird-fast, II, 88, 11; 94, 8; 97, 15: fixed firmly in the earth.

yearl, II, 191, 20: earl. See yerl.

yeat, IV, 68, D 1: gate. See yate.

yebent, III, 308, 25: bent.

yede, yeede, yeed, yed, ȝede, yode, yod, pret. of gang, gae, go, I, 211, 37; III, 73, 346; 76, 408; 83 and 86, 160; 99, 60; 110, 18; 163, 69: went.

yee, III, 297, 39: eye.

yeen, I, 333, 2: towards, on.

ye feth, i faith.

yeff, yeffe, V, 79 f., 17, 51, 53, 54: if.

yeffell, III, 109, 6; 111, 34: evil, ill.

yeffor. See yeuer.

yeft, III, 70, 295: gift.

yeldyde, surrendered.

yellow-fit, yellow-foot[ed].

yeman, yeaman, III, 22, 4; 24, 43; 25, 51; 28, 121; 30, 165, 170; 56, 1, 3, etc.: yeoman.

yemanr(e)y, yemenrey, yeomanry, yeomandree, yeomandrie, yeomendry, III, 58, 45; 110, 23; 113, 83; 123, 19; 157, 31; 186, 14; 192, 23; 204, 31: class or company of yeomen; what is in accordance with a yeoman’s principles, idea or character.

yend, III, 110, 17: yond, yon.

yenoughe, enough.

yeomanry, yeomandrie, etc. See yemanr(e)y.

ye’r, V, 306 b, 2: ye are.

yerde. See yard.

yerl, yerle, yerlle, yirl, yearl, III, 298, 52, 60; 308, 19; 309, 33; IV, 298, G c 11: 354, 7: earl.

yerly, III, 307, 7: early.

yerning, I, 334, 10: desire.

ye’se, ye shall. See s.

yestreen, II, 20, 7; 21, 7; 22, 6; 23, 7, etc.; V, 299 a, 1: yesterday even, yesternight. See streen.

yet, yett, I, 204, 11; 207, 20; 465, 11, 15; 472, 17, 18, 21; III, 269, 11; 270, 15: gate. See yate.

yett-pin, IV, 483 b: bolt, or latch, of a gate.

yeuer, yeffor, III, 113, 82; V, 79, 33; 80, 52: ever.

ygeve, V, 298 a: given.

yield, IV, 514, 9: grant, concede.

yill, III, 449, 8; IV, 481, 6; V, 99, 9: ale.

yird-fast. See yeard-fast.

yirl, IV, 69, 9: earl. See yerl.

ylk a, I, 328, 45: each, every. See ilka.

ylke, III, 61, 95: same. See ilk.

yll, with grete, III, 26, 90: in much distress.

ymet, III, 85, 72: measured.

ympe tree, I, 216 a: a grafted fruit tree; here, perhaps, apple, see I, 340 a.

ynowe, III, 113, 80: enough.

yo, V, 296 a: you.

yo, V, 296 a: your.

yode, yod, youd, pret. of gang, gae, go, I, 333, 1; II, 138, 12; 265, 9; 483, 7; III, 110, 25: went. good, III, 464, 4. gude, V, 153, 1. See yede.

yolden, III, 282 b: surrendered.

yon, such a blast as yon, III, 4, 7: that.

yonders, III, 187, b 13; 193, b 17; 259, 16, 17; 264, A b, c 17: yonder.

yont, I, 431, 3; II, 82, 51: beyond. lie yond, yont, II, 82, 49; 168, 12; IV, 345, 11; 494, 40: further off.

you, yowe, IV, 195 f., 1, 4, 10, 12, 17; 198, F 6; 206, 1; 261, 20: ewe.

youd, II, 138, 12: went. See yode.

young son, of a babe just born, I, 183 f., 32, 45, 47; II, 89, 35; 91, 30, 33, 35, D 29; 92, 22; 93, 9-12, etc.; called auld son, being the oldest because the only one, I, 184, 3, 8, 9. See auld son, old son.

yowe-bucht. See bucht.

yowre, V, 78 f., 7, 15: our. (But owre twelve times in the same piece, howre six.)

y-slaw, p. p. of slay, III, 28, 140.