Chapter L: B. incredibilis, incredulus
_To_ UNCT, _v. a._ To anoint.
Lat. _unct-us_.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Uncting~, _s._ Anointing.
_Hamilton._
UNCUNNANDLY, _adv._ Unknowingly.
V. ~Cunnand~.
_Dunbar._
UNCUNNANDNES, _s._ Ignorance.
_Douglas._
UNDEGEST, _adj._
1. Rash, imprudent.
_Douglas._
2. Untimely, premature.
_Douglas._
UNDEIP, _s._ A shallow place.
_Douglas._
Teut. _on-deipte_, vadum, brevia.
UNDEMIT, UNDEMMYT, _adj._ Uncensured.
_Gl. Sibb._
UNDEMUS, _adj._ Incalculable, inconceivable; _undeemis_, _undeemint_, S. B.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _un_ negat. and _dem-an_, to judge, to reckon.
_To_ UNDERLY, _v. a._ To undergo, S.
Belg. _onderlegg-en_, to lie under.
_To_ UNDERLOUT, WNDYRLOWTE, _v. n._ To stoop, to be subject.
A. S. _underlut-an_, id.
_Wyntown._
~Underlout, Wndyrlowte~, _adj._ In a state of subjection.
_Wyntown._
_To_ UNDO, _v. a._
1. To cut off.
_Douglas._
2. To unravel.
_Douglas._
3. To disclose, to uncover.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-do-en_, aperire, solvere.
UNDOCH, UNDOCHT, UNDOUGHT, WANDOUGHT, _s._
1. A weak or puny creature; applied both to body and mind, S., _wandocht_, S. B.
_Calderwood._
2. Expl. as signifying a coward.
_Rudd._
Teut. _on-deughd_, vitium; _on_ negative, and _deughd_, virtus.
UNDON, WNDON, _part. pa._ Explained.
_Wyntown._
UNE, _s._ Oven, S.
V. ~Oon~.
_Bellenden._
UNEGALL, _adj._ Unequal.
Fr. _inegal_.
_G. Buchanan._
UNEITH, ONEITH, UNETH, S. UNETHIS, UNEIS, UNESE, WNESS, UNEIST, _adv._ Hardly, with difficulty.
_Wallace._
A. S. _un-eathe_, vix, scarcely.
UNERDIT, _part. adj._ Not buried.
_Doug._
UNESCHEWABIL, _adj._ Unavoidable.
_Douglas._
UNESS, _adv._
V. ~Uneith~.
UNFANDRUM, _adj._ Bulky, unmanageable, Ang.
UNFERY, ONFEIRIE, _adj._ Infirm, unweildy, S.
V. ~Fery~.
_Pop. Ball._
Su. G. _wanfoer_, imbecillis.
UNFLEGGIT, _part. pa._ Not affrighted.
_Ferguson._
UNFORLATIT, _part. adj._
1. Not forsaken.
_Ruddiman._
2. Fresh, new.
_Douglas._
Belg. _wyn verlaat-en_, to rack wine.
UNFORSAIN'D, _adj._ Undeserved.
_Ross._
Perhaps originally, irremediable; Teut. _on_, negat., and
_versoen-en_, Sw. _foerson-a_, to expiate.
UNFRE, _adj._ Discourteous.
_Sir Tristrem._
UNFRELIE, UNFREELY, _adj._ Not handsome.
V. ~Frely~.
_Houlate._
UNFRELIE, UNFREELIE, _adj._
1. Frail, feeble, S. B.
2. Heavy, unweildy, S. B.
Isl. _un_, negat., and _fralig-r_, fleet; also powerful.
UNFREND, UNFRIEND, _s._ An enemy, O. E.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _on-vriend_, inimicus, parum amicus.
UNFUTE-SAIR, _adj._
_Priests Peblis._
A. S. _fota-sare_, dolor pedum, with the negat. prefixed.
UNGAND, _part. pr._ Unfit, not becoming,
_Douglas._
UNGEIR'D, UNGEARIT, _adj._ Not clad, unharnessed.
V. ~Geir~.
_Gl. Shirr._
UNGLAID, _adj._ Sorrowful.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-gladu_, tristis.
UNHALSIT, _part. pa._ Not saluted.
V. ~Halles~.
_Douglas._
UNHEARTSOME, _adj._ Melancholy.
_Rutherford._
_To_ UNHEILD, _v. a._ To uncover.
V. ~Heild~.
_Pal. Hon._
A. S. _unhel-an_, revelare.
UNHELE, _s._ Pain, suffering.
_Houlate._
A. S. _un-hele_, crux, tormentum.
UNHIT, _part. pa._ Not named.
V. ~Hat~.
_Douglas._
UNHONEST, _adj._ Dishonourable.
_Bellenden._
Lat. _inhonest-us_; Fr. _inhoneste_.
~Unhonestie~, _s._ Injustice.
_Acts Ja. VI._
UNIRKIT, _adj._ Unwearied.
_Douglas._
UNKENSOME, _adj._ Unknowable.
_Minstr. Bord._
UNKNAW, _part. pa._ Unknown.
_Douglas._
UNLATIT, _part. pa._ Undisciplined, destitute of proper breeding.
V. ~Lait~.
_Fordun._
UNLAUCHFUL, _adj._ Unlawful.
_Acts Ja. VI._
UNLAW, UNLACH, _s._
1. Any transgression of the law, O. E.
_Quon. Att._
A. S. _unlaga_, _unlage_, quod contra legem est.
2. A fine exacted from one who has transgressed the law.
_Wallace._
3. Used improperly, to denote a law which has no real authority.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Unlaw~, _v. a._ To fine.
_Burr. Lawes._
UNLEIF, _adj._ Unpleasant, ungrateful.
V. ~Leif~.
_Douglas._
UNLEILL, _adj._ Dishonest.
V. ~Leil~.
_Lyndsay._
UNLESUM, _adj._ What cannot be permitted.
V. ~Lesum~.
_Douglas._
UNLUSSUM, _adj._ Unlovely.
V. ~Lufsom~.
_Douglas._
UNMODERLY, _adj._ Unkindly.
_Wyntown._
_Un_ negat. and A. S. _mothwaere_, meek.
UNPAUNDED, _part. adj._ Unpledged.
_Baillie._
UNQUART, _s._ Sadness.
_Gawan and Gol._
The reverse of _Quert_, q. v.
UNRABOYTYT, _part. pa._ Not repulsed.
V. ~Rebut~, _v._
_Wallace._
UNREASON, UNRESSOUN, _s._
1. Injustice, iniquity.
_Priests Peblis._
2. Disorder.
_Acts Marie._
UNREDE, UNRIDE, _adj._ Cruel, severe.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _un-ge-reod_, _un-ge-ridu_, barbarous, cruel.
UNREST, _s._
1. Trouble.
_Wallace._
2. A person or thing that causes disquietude.
_Baillie._
Teut. _on-raste_, _on-ruste_, inquies.
UNRYCHT, _s._ Injustice, iniquity.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _un-richt_, Teut. _on-recht_, injustitia.
UNRUDE, _adj._ Vile, impure.
_Douglas._
Teut. _on-raed_, sordes, immundities.
UNSALL, _adj._
V. ~Unsel~.
UNSAUCHT, UNSAUGHT, _adj._ Disturbed, troubled.
_Gawan and Gol._
Teut. _on-saecht_, durus, asper, rudis.
~Unsaucht~, _s._ Dispeace, trouble, S. B.
A. S. _un-saeht_, _un-seht_, discordia, inimicitia.
_To_ UNSCHET, _v. a._ To open.
V. ~Schete~.
_Douglas._
UNSEY'D, _part. adj._ Not tried, S.
V. ~Sey~, _v._
_Ferguson._
UNSEL, UNSALL, UNSILLY, _adj._
1. Unhappy, wretched.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _un-saelig_, Su. G. _usel_, infelix.
2. Naughty, worthless.
_Montgomerie._
Moes. G. _unsel_, malus.
~Unsele~, ~Unsell~, _s._
1. Mischance, misfortune.
_Barbour._
A. S. _un-saelth_, infelicitas, infortunium.
2. A wicked or worthless person.
_Bannatyne P._
Moes. G. _unsel_, evil, wickedness.
UNSELYEABLE, _adj._ Unassailable.
_Houlate._
UNSETT, _s._ An attack, for _onset_.
_Doug._
UNSIKKIR, UNSICKER, _adj._
1. Not secure, not safe.
_Douglas._
2. Unsteady, S.
V. ~Sikkir~.
_Burns._
UNSILLY, _adj._
V. ~Unsel~.
UNSNARRE, _adj._ Blunt, not sharp, S. B.
V. ~Snarre~.
UNSNED, _part. pa._ Not pruned or cut, S.
UNSONSIE, _adj._
1. Unlucky, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Mischievous, S.
V. ~Sonsy~.
_Ramsay._
_To_ UNSNECK, _v. a._ To lift a latch, S.
_Pop. Ball._
UNSOUND, _s._ A pang.
_Gawan and Gol._
Teut. _on-ghe-sonde_, morbus.
UNTELLABYLL, UNTELLIBYLL, _adj._ What cannot be told.
_Bellenden._
~Untellably~, _adv._ Ineffably.
_Douglas._
UNTHINKABILL, _adj._ Inconceivable.
_Lyndsay._
UNTHOCHT, _To haud_ one _unthocht lang_, to keep one from wearying.
_Pop. Ball._
Teut. _ondeuchtigh_, curae et timoris expers.
UNTHRIFTY, _adj._ Unfriendly.
V. ~Thryft~.
_Douglas._
UNTILL, _prep._ Unto.
V. ~Skair~.
UNTYNT, _part. pa._ Not lost.
V. ~Tyne~.
_Douglas._
UNTRAIST, _adj._ Unexpected.
V. ~Traist~, _adj._
_Lyndsay._
UNTRETABYLL, _adj._ Unmanageable, untractable.
_Douglas._
Lat. _intractabil-is_.
UNTROWABILL, _adj._ Incredible.
V. ~Trow~, _v._
_Lyndsay_.
UNWAR, UNWER, _adj._ or _adv._ Unwary; or unawares.
_Douglas._
A. S. _unwar_, _unwaer_, incautus; Isl. _war-a_, videre.
UNWARYIT, _part. pa._ Not accursed.
V. ~Wary~.
_Douglas._
UNWARNYST, _part. pa._ Not warned, S.
V. ~Warnis~.
_Unwarnistly_, _adv._ Without previous warning.
_Douglas._
UNWEMMYT, _part. adj._ Unspotted, unstained.
_Douglas._
A. S. _un-waemme_, _un-waemmed_, immaculatus.
UNWERD, _s._ Sad fate, misfortune, S.
V. ~Weird~.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _un-wyrd_, infortunium.
UNWYNNABILL, _adj._ Impregnable.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis.
UNWINNE, _adj._ Extreme.
_Sir Tristrem._
V. ~Win~.
A. S. _un-winna_, invincibilis, injucundus, inamoenus, asper.
UNWROKIN, _part. pa._ Unrevenged.
A. S. _un-wrecen_, inultus.
_Douglas._
UNYEMENT, _s._ Ointment.
_Bellenden._
O. Fr. _oignement_, id.
VOCE, _s._ Voice, S. B.
_Douglas._
VODE, _adj._
1. Empty, void.
_Douglas._
2. Light, indecent.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Vode~, _v. a._ To void, to empty.
_Douglas._
VOE, _s._ A long narrow bay, Orkn. Shetl.
_Barry._
Isl. _vog-r_, sinus maris angustus.
VOGIE, VOKIE, _adj._
1. Vain, S.
_Ross._
Fr. _vogue_, Ital. _voga_, fame.
2. Merry, cheerful, S. B.
VOICER, _s._ A voter.
_Baillie._
VOLE MOUSE, the short-tailed field mouse, Orkn.
_Barry._
A. S. _wold_, planities; Su. G. _wall_, solum herbidum; Isl.
_voell-r_, campus, pratum.
VOLLAGE, _adj._ Fickle; Fr. _volage_.
_Complaynt S._
VOLOUNTÉ, _s._ The will; Fr. _volonté_.
_Douglas._
VOLT, _s._ Perh. cupola or dome.
Fr. _voulte_, a vaulted or embowed roof.
_Maitland P._
VOR, _s._ The spring, Orkn.
V. ~Veir~.
VOSTING, _s._ Boasting.
_Hamilton._
VOTE, _s._ A vow.
_Bellend. Cron._
O. Fr. _vot_, _vote_; Lat. _vot-um_.
_To_ VOTE, _v. a._ To devote.
_Votit_, part. pa.
_Bellenden._
VOTH, _s._ Outlawry.
V. ~Vouth~.
_Skene._
_To_ VOUST, _v. n._ To boast, S.
_P. Buch. Dial._
~Voust~, ~Voist~, ~Vosting~, _s._ Boasting; a boast, S.
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