Chapter L: B. actus, officium, ministerium

ADDETTIT, _part. pa._ Indebted.

_Douglas._

Fr. _endebté_, id.

ADEW, used as an _adj._ Gone, departed.

_Douglas._

From Fr. _adieu_, used in an oblique sense.

ADEW, _part. pa._ Done.

_Wallace._

A. S. _adoa_ facere, _adon_ tollere.

ADHEILL, _s._ The district in S. now called Athol.

_Barbour._

Gael. _Blair-adh-oll_, Blair-Atholl, expl. "the great pleasant
plain."

ADDILL, ADDLE, _s._

1. Foul and putrid water.

_Douglas._

2. The urine of black cattle, Renfrews.

A. S. _adl_, filthy gore, Teut. _adel_, filth, mire.

Hence,

_To_ ADDLE, _v. n._ To moisten the roots of plants with the urine of cattle, Renfrews.

Su. G. _adl-a_, mejere.

ADIST, _prep._ On this side, S. It is opposed to _ayont_, i. e. on the other side.

_Kelly._

Perhaps from Germ. _diss_. hoc, E. _this_.

_To_ ADORNE, _v. a._ To worship, to adore.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

ADRED, _adv._ Downright.

_Douglas._

Fr. _adroit_, or _droit_, right, straight, Lat. _direct-us_, Rudd.

ADREICH, _adv._ Behind, at a distance.

_To follow adreich_, to follow at a considerable distance, S. B. _Adrigh_, O. E.

From the adj. _Dreich_, q. v.

_Bellenden._

ADREID, _conj._ Lest.

_Palice Hon._

Imper. of A. S. _adraed-an_ timere.

ADRESLY, _adv._ With good address.

_Wyntown._

AE, _adj._ One, S.

V. letter A.

_Ramsay._

AE, _adv._ Always; E. _aye_.

_Z. Boyd._

Isl. _ae_, semper, Moes. G. _aiw_ aeternum.

AER, _s._ Oar.

V. ~Air~.

_Stat. Gild._

_To_ AFAYND, _v. a._ To attempt, to endeavour, to try.

_Wallace._

A. S. _afand-ian_ tentare.

AFALD, AFAULD, AEFAULD, AUFAULD, EFFAULD, _adj._

1. Honest, upright, without duplicity, S.

2. Used to denote the unity of the divine essence in a trinity of persons.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _ainfalth_, Isl. _einfauld_, A. S. _anfeald_, simplex.
Immediately from S. _a_ or _ae_ one, and _fald_ fold.

AFF, _adv._ Off, S.

_Ross._

Moes. G. Isl. Su. G. Dan. Belg. _af_, Gr. απο, αφ', Alem. and
Lat. _ab_.

_Aff at the knot_, lunatic, deranged, S. B.

_Gl. Shirrefs._

_Aff and on_.

1. Applied to those who lodge on the same floor, S.

2. Without any permanent change, used in relation to the sick, S.

_Aff or on_, determined one way or another, as in regard to a commercial transaction, S.

AFFCAST, _s._ A castaway.

_Bruce._

From _aff_ off, and _cast_.

AFFCOME, _s._

1. The termination of any business, the reception one meets with, as, "I had an ill _affcome_," S.

2. Sometimes used in the sense of escape, S. q. "_coming off_."

AFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.

V. ~Effectuous~.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

AFFER, AFEIR, EFFEIR, EFFERE, _s._

1. Condition, state.

_Barbour._

2. Warlike preparation, equipment for war.

_Wallace._

3. Appearance, shew.

_Barbour._

4. Demeanour, deportment.

_Maitland P._

V. ~Fair~, ~Fere~.

AFFERD, _part. pa._ Afraid, O. E. _affered_, vulgar E. _afeard_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _afaered_, territus.

AFFERIS, EFFEIRS, _v. impers._

1. Becomes, belongs to, is proper or expedient; frequently used in our laws.

_Barbour._

2. It sometimes signifies what is proportional to, S.

_Acts Counc._

O. Fr. _affer-ir_, appartenir, Lat. _affero_.

AFF-HAND, _adj._ Plain, honest, blunt, given to free speaking. S. _affin-hand_, Ang.

AFF-HAND, _adv._ Without premeditation, S.

_Ramsay._

AFFLUFF, AFFLOOF, _adv._

1. Without book, off hand.

To repeat _aff lufe_, to deliver merely from memory, without having a book or notes, S.

2. Extempore, without premeditation, S.

_Ramsay._

From S. _aff off_, and _lufe_, the palm of the hand.

AFFPUT, _s._ Delay, or pretence for delaying. S.

AFFPUTTING, _adj._ Delaying, trifling, dilatory, _putting off_, S.

AFFRAY, _s._ Fear, terror; Chaucer, id.

Fr. _affre_, _effroi_, terreur.

_Barbour._

AFFROITLIE, _adv._ Affrightedly.

Fr. _effroy-er_, to frighten.

_Douglas._

AFFSET, _s._

1. Dismission, the act of putting away, S.

2. An excuse, a pretence, S.

_Ross._

Moes. G. _afsat-jan_, amovere.

AFFSIDE, _s._ The farther side of any object, S. Su. G. _afsides_, seorsum.

AFLOCHT, AFLOUGHT, _part. pa._ Agitated, in a flutter, S.

V. ~Flocht~.

_Bellenden._

AFORGAYN, _prep._ Opposite to; the same with ~Foregainst~, q. v.

_Barbour._

A. S. _onforan_, ante, coram, and _gean_, contra; _on_ being changed into _a_ in S. and E., as _onweg_ into _away_. _Foran ongean_, ex adverso.

AFORNENS, _prep._ Opposite to.

V. ~Fore-anent~.

_Wyntown._

AFTEN, _adv._ Often, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _aeft_, iterum.

AFTER ANE, _adv._ Alike, in the same manner, in one form, S. i. e. _after one_.

AFTER-CLAP, _s._ Evil consequence, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

AFTERHEND, _adv._ Afterwards.

V. ~Eftirhend.~

AFTERINGS, AFT'RINS, _s. pl._ The last milk taken from a cow, S. Lancash. Derbysh. id.

A. S. _aefter_ post.

_Morison._

AGAYNE, AGANE, _prep._ Against, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _gean_, _agen_, _ongean_, Su. G. _gen_, _igen_, Isl. _gegn_,
_gen_, contra.

AGAIT, _adv._ On the way or road.

V. ~Gait~.

_Wallace._

_A_ in the sense of _on_, and _gait_, a way.

AGATIS, _adv._ In one way, uniformly.

_Barbour._

_A_, one, and _gatis_ the plur. or genit. of A. S. _gat_, a way.

AGEE, A-JEE, _adv._

1. To one side, S. _To look agye_, to look aside, Gl. Yorks.

_Ramsay._

2. A-jar, a little open, S.

_Burns._

From _a_ on, and _jee_, to move, to turn.

_To_ AGENT, _v. a._ To manage, whether in a court of law, or by interest, S.

_Baillie._

_To_ AGGRISE, _v. a._ To affright, to fill with horror. _Agryse_, Chaucer, to shudder, to make to shudder.

_Douglas._

A. S. _agrys-an_, horrere.

AGLEY, A-GLY, _adv._ Off the right line, obliquely, wrong, S.

_Burns._

V. ~Gley~.

AGRUFE, _adv._ In a flat or grovelling position, S.

V. ~Grufe~.

AGWET, _s._ The name anciently given to the hill on which the castle of Edinburgh stands.

_Hardyng._

Corr. from C. B. _Agned_, _Castel mynyd Agned_; perhaps, q. "the castle of the rifted mount," _agen_, signifying a cliff, _ageniad_, id. _agenedig_, rifted.

AHIND, AHINT, _prep._ Behind, S.

_Buchan Poems._

A. S. _hindan_, post, _aet hindan_, a tergo, _on-hinder_, retrorsum.

AHIND, AHINT, _adv._

1. Behind, in respect of place, S.

2. Late, as to time, S.

3. Applied to what remains, or is left, S.

_Ross._

AICH, _s._ Echo, S. B.

AIGARS, _s._ Grain dried very much in a pot, for being ground in a quern or hand-mill. S. B.

Moes. G. _akran_, Su. G. _aker_, Isl. _akur_, corn; A. S. _aecer_,
an ear of corn.

Hence,

AIGAR-MEAL, _s._ Meal made of grain dried in this manner, S.

AIGAR-BROSE, _s._ A sort of pottage made of this meal, S.

To AIGH, _v. a._ To owe, to be indebted; _aighand_, owing, S. B.

Su. G. _aeg-a_, Isl. _eig-a_, debere; Moes. G. _aig-an_, A. S.
_ag-an_, habere, possidere.

AIGHINS, _s. pl._ What is owing to one, especially used as denoting demerit. When one threatens to correct a child who is in fault, it is a common expression, "I'll gie you your _aighins_," S. B.

Moes. G. _aigins_, possession.

AIGLET, _s._

1. A tagged point.

_Gl. Sibb._

2. A jewel in one's cap.

_Gl. Sibb._

Fr. _esguilette_, id. q. _aculeata_.

AIK, AYK, _s._ The oak, S. Plur. _akis_, oaks.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ac_, _aec_, Alem. Germ. _eiche_, Su. G. _ek_, Isl. _eik_,
quercus.

AIKERIT, _part. adj._ Eared; _weil yaikert_, having full ears; applied to grain, Tweedd, Pron. _yaikert_.

V. ~Aigars~.

AIKRAW, _s._ Pitted warty lichen, L. scrobiculatus, Linn. South of S.

V. ~Staneraw~.

_Lightfoot._

AYLE, _s._

1. A projection from the body of a church, one of the wings of the transept, S.

2. An inclosed and covered burial place, adjoining to a church, though not forming part of it, S.

_Spalding._

Moes. G. and A. S. _alh_, templum.

AILICKEY, _s._ The bridegroom's man, he who attends on the bridegroom or is employed as his messenger at a wedding, Ang.

Su. G. _e_ marriage, and _lackey_, Fr. _lacquay_, a runner.

AIN, _adj._ Own, S.

V. ~Awin~.

AYND, END, _s._ The breath; also written _end_; A. Bor. _Yane_, id.

_Barbour._

Isl. Su. G. _ande_, A. S. _ond_, halitus, spiritus.

_To_ AYND, EAND, _v. a._ To breathe upon.

_Bellenden._

Isl. _and-a_, Su. G. _and-as_, respirare.

AYNDING, _s._ The act of breathing.

_Douglas._

AYNDING-STEDE, _s._ A breathing-place.

_Douglas._

AYNDLESSE, _adj._ Breathless, out of breath.

_Barbour._

AINS, _adv._ Once.

V. ~Anis~.

AIR, AYR, AR, ARE, _adv._

1. Before, formerly.

_Wallace._

2. Early.

_Fell air_, very early in the morning.

_Airer_, compar.; _airest_, superl.

_Wyntown._

_Are morrow_, early in the morning.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _air_, A. S. _aer_, Alem. _er_, Belg. _eer_, ante, prius;
also tempus matutinum.

AIR, _adj._ Early, S.

_Journ. Lond._

AIR, _s._ Expl. "hair, used for a thing of no value."

_Bannatyne Poems._

Isl. _aur_, the smallest thing imaginable.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, AYRE, AR, _s._ An oar; still used, S. B.

_Wallace._

A. S. Alem. _are_, Isl. _aar_, Dan. _aere_, Su. G. _ara_.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, _s._ An heir.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _arbi_, Su. G. _arf_, Lat. _haeres_, id.

AYRSCHIP, _s._ Inheritance, S.

_Acts Ja. III._

AIR, AYRE, AYR, _s._ An itinerant court of justice; E. _Eyre_.

_Wallace._

Lat. _iter_, O. Fr. _eire_.

AIRN, _s._ Iron, S. _Airns_, pl. Fetters.

Isl. _iarn_, Su. G. _iern_.

V. ~Irne~.

AIRT, ART, ARTH, AIRTH, _s._

1. Quarter of the heaven, point of the compass, S.

_Douglas._

2. A particular quarter of the earth.

_Wallace._

_On every art_, on every hand, on all sides.

_Douglas._

Gael. _aird_, a cardinal point; Germ. _ort_, _wart_, Belg. _oorde_,
a place or quarter; Isl. _vart_, Moes. G. _wairths_, versus, towards.

_To_ AIRT, ART, ERT, _v. a._

1. To direct, to mark out a certain course, used with respect to the wind, as blowing from a particular quarter, S.

_Law Case._

2. To give direction or instruction, in order to find out a certain person or place, or any other object, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

3. _To airt on_, to urge forward, Galloway.

_Davidson._

AIRT and PART.

V. ~Art~.

AISLAIR, _adj._ Polished, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

AISMENT, AYSYAMENT, _s._ Used in the same sense with E. _easement_, as denoting assistance, accommodation. Fr. _aisement_, commodum.

_Stat. Rob. I._

AIT, oat or oaten.

V. ~Aits~.

_Douglas._

AITS, _s. pl._ Oats, S. _Wild aits_, bearded oat-grass, S. Avena fatua, Linn.

A. S. _ata_, _ate_, avena.

AITEN, _adj._ Oaten, S.

_Ritson._

AITH, AYTHE, _s._ An oath.

V. ~Athe~.

AITH, or AIFTLAND, _s._ That kind of land called _infield_, which is made to carry oats a second time after barley, and has received no dung. Ang.

Perhaps from A. S. _aeft_, iterum.

AITH-HENNES, _s. pl._ Apparently _heath-hens_, as being bred on the heath.

_Skene._

AYSYAMENT, _s._

V. ~Aisment~.

AIZLE, _s._ A hot ember.

V. ~Eizel~.

AKYN, _adj._ Oaken.

_Douglas._

ALAGUST, _s._ Suspicion.

V. ~Allagust~.

ALAIS, _s. pl._ Alleys.

_Wallace._

ALAK,

_Wallace._

V. ~Lak~.

ALAMONTI, ALLAMOTTI, _s._ The storm finch, Procellaria pelagica, Linn. Orkn. The same with the _Assilag_ of St Kilda. _Allamotti_ is the proper pronunciation.

_Neill._

Ital. _ala_, a wing, and _moto_, motion.

ALANE, ALLANE, _adj._ Alone, S.

_Wyntown._

Alem. _alain_, Germ. _allein_, alone; from _all_ omnis, and _ain_,
_ein_, unus.

ALANERLIE, _adv._

V. ~Allanerly~.

ALAREIT.

V. ~Lareit~.

ALARS. _Alars yet_, apparently, the gate overspread with alder.

_Palice Hon._

A. S. _alr_, Alem. _ellra_, the alder; Su. G. _alar_, of or
belonging to the alder-tree.

ALAWE, _adv._ Downward, below.

V. ~Law~, ~Lawe~.

ALBLASTRIE, _s._ Apparently, the exercise of the cross-bow.

V. ~Awblaster~.

ALCOMYE, _s._ Latten, a kind of mixed metal still used for spoons. Hence, _Accomie spunes_, spoons made of alchymy, S. B.

_Douglas._

From Fr. _alquemie_ or O. E. _alchymy_.

ALD, ALDE, AULD, _adj._ Old, S. Yorks. O. E. _ald_, id.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _eald_, Alem. _alt_, vetus; derived from A. S. _eald-ian_, to
remain, to stay, to last, Alem. _alten_, to prolong.

_To_ ALEGE, _v. a._ To absolve from allegiance.

Fr. _alleg-er_, id.

_Wyntown._

ALEUIN, _adj._ Eleven.

_Complaynt S._

ALGAIT, ALGATE, ALGATIS, _adv._

1. Every way.

_Douglas._

2. At all events, by all means.

_Douglas._

O. E. _all gate_, R. Brunne; _all gates_, Chaucer. From _all_, and
_gait_, or _gatis_, i. e. all ways.

ALHALE, ALHALELY, _adv._ Wholly, entirely.

_Douglas._

From _all_, and _hale_, _hail_, whole.

ALIENARE, _s._ A stranger.

_Douglas._

Lat. _alien-us_.

ALYA, ALLIA, ALLYA, ALLAY, _s._

1. Alliance.

_Wallace._

2. An ally.

_Acts Ja. VI._

3. Sometimes used as a plural noun, signifying allies.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _allie_, with a Saxon termination.

ALYAND, _part. pr._ Keeping close together.

_Wallace._

Fr. _alli-er_, to join, to knit.

_To_ ALYCHT, _v. a._ To enlighten.

_Douglas._

A. S. _alyht-an_, illuminare; _alyht-nysse_, illuminatio.

ALIST. _To come alist._ To recover from faintness or decay, applied both to animals and vegetables; to recover from a swoon, S. B.

_Ross._

Isl. _lios_, light; _aliost_, the dawn of day; _at koma i liosi_, to
make manifest.

ALYTE, _adv._ A little.

V. ~Lite~.

_Lyndsay._

ALLAGRUGOUS, _adj._ Grim, ghastly.

_Journ. Lond._

Perhaps from _all_, Moes. G. _alla_, and _gruous_, ghastly, q. v.

ALLAGUST, _s._ Suspicion.

_Journ. Lond._

Fr. _a le goust_, has a taste or smack.

_To_ ALLAYA, _v. a._ To ally.

_Complaynt S._

Fr. _alli-er_.

ALLANERLIE, ALANERLY, ALLENARLY, _adv._ Only, solely, S.

From _all_, and _anerly_, only.

_Reg. Maj._

ALL ANYS, _adv._ Together, in a state of union.

_Wallace._

From _all_, A. S. _eall_, and _anes_, the genit. of _an_ unus, q.
all of one.

ALLARIS, ALLERIS, Common, universal, an old genitive used adjectively. O. E. _alre_, id.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _allera_, genit. pl. of _all_, omnis; Belg. _aller_, id.

V. ~Aller~.

ALLA-VOLIE, ALLE-VOLIE, _adv._ At random, S.

Fr. _à la volée_.

_Philotus._

ALLA-VOLIE, ALLE-VOLIE, _adj._ Giddy, volatile; "An _alle-volie_ chield," a volatile fellow, S.

ALLE-MEN, _adj._ Common, universal.

_Popul. Ball._

Su. G. _all-maen_, communis, Teut. _alle-man_, omnis homo,
_al-ghemeyn_, universus.

ALLAR, ALLER, _s._ The alder, a tree, S.

_Statist. Acc._

ALLER, _adv._ Wholly, entirely, altogether. _Aller-hale_, a pleonasm.

_Barbour._

O. E. _alder_, id. often prefixed to a superlative.

V. ~Allaris~.

ALLERIS, _s. pl._ The same with ~Allaris~.

_Douglas._

ALLEVIN, _part. pa._ Allowed, admitted.

_Bannatyne Poems._

A. S. _alef-an_, concedere, permittere; Su. G. _lofw-a_, Moes. G.
_laub-jan_, id.

ALLIA.

V. ~Alya~.

ALLYNS, _adv._ Altogether, thoroughly.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. _alleingis_, _allaengis_, A. S. _allinga_, _eallenga_,
omnino, prorsus.

ALLKYN, ALKIN, _adj._ All kind of, _Aw kin kind_, S. B.

_Douglas._

A. S. _eall-cyn_, omnigenus.

ALL OUT, _adv._ In a great degree, beyond comparison.

_Barbour._

_To_ ALLOW, _v. a._

1. To approve of, generally with the prep. _of_ subjoined.

_Rollock._

2. To praise, to commend.

_Douglas._

Fr. _allou-er_, approbare, Su. G. _lofw-a_, laudare.

ALLPUIST, APIEST, APIECE, _conj._ Although, S. B. _abies_, Loth.

_Jour. Lond._

Perhaps corr. from _albeit_.

ALLRYN, _adj._ Constantly, progressive, applied to time.

_Barbour._

A. S. _all_ omnis, and _rinn-an_, currere.

ALLSTRYNE, _adj._ Ancient.

_Maitland Poems._

A. S. _ald_, old, and _strynd_, generation, or _stryn-an_, to beget.

ALLTHOCHTE, _conj._ Although.

_Douglas._

A. S. _all_, all, and _thohte_, part. pa. q. "every thing taken into
consideration."

V. ~Thocht~.

ALLUTERLIE, ALLUTTERLY, _adv._ Wholly, entirely.

_Douglas._

A. S. _all_ omnis, and _uter_, _utter_, exterior, from _ut_ extra.

ALL-WEILDAND, _adj._ All-governing.

_Wallace._

A. S. _all_, all, and _weald-an_, to govern; Franc. _alluualt_, Isl.
_all-valdur_, omnipotent.

ALMANIE WHISTLE, a flagelet of a very small size, used by children, Aberd. Thus denominated, because whistles of this kind were originally imported from _Almanie_, i. e. Germany.

ALMASER, ALMOSEIR, _s._ An almoner, or dispenser of alms.

_Dunbar._

From _Almous_, alms.

ALMERIE, ALMORIE, _s._ Anciently a place where _alms_ were deposited or distributed; in latter times used to denote a press or cupboard, where utensils for house keeping are laid up; the same with E. _ambry_.

_Dunbar._

O. Fr. _almoire_, _aumuire_, A. S. _almerige_, repositorium,
scrinium.

ALMOUS, ALMOWS, AUMIS, _s._ Alms, S. _Almesse_, O. E.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _almes_, _almesse_; Sw. _almosa_; Gr. ελεημοσυνα.

ALPE, _s._ An elephant. _Alpes bon_, ivory.

_Gl. Complaynt S._

A. S. _elp_, Lat. _eleph-as_; Heb. _alaph_, bos.

ALQUHARE, ALLQUHARE, _adv._ Every where.

_Douglas._

From _all_, and _quhare_ where.

ALRY, _adj._

For its different senses, V. ~Elrische~.

ALRYNE, _s._ Apparently a watch-tower, or the highest part of a castle.

_Maitland Poems._

Su. G. _hall-a_ defendere, _hallare_ praesidium, _hallarena_
watchmen.

ALS, _conj._ As; generally employed in the first part of a comparison; "_Als_ fers as a lyoun," i. e. "As fierce as a lion."

_Wallace._

From A. S. _ealles_, omnino; or _eall swa_, ita, tam.

ALS, ALSE, _adv._ Also, in the same manner.

V. ~Sua~, ~Alsua~.

_Barbour._

A. S. _eall swa_, etiam.

ALSAME, ALSAMEN, _adv._ Altogether.

_Douglas._

From A. S. _eall_ all, and _same_ together. Alem. _alsamen_, simul.

ALSMEKLE, _adv._ As much.

_Acts Ja. I._

From _als_, and _mekle_, much, great.

ALSONE, _adv._ As soon, with _as_ subjoined.

_Barbour._

Properly _als sone_, A. S. _eall swa sona_.

ALSUA, _adv._ Also.

_Barbour._

A. S. _alswa_, sicut.

ALSWYTH, _adv._ Forthwith.

_Barbour._

From _all_, and _swith_, quickly, q. v.

ALUTERLY, _adv._

V. ~Alluterlie~.

ALWAIES, ALWAYIS, _conj._ Although; notwithstanding, however.

_Bellenden._

AMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.

_King's Quair._

Fr. Belg. _email_, Dan. _amel_; Teut. _mael-en_ pingere, A. S.
_mael_, imago.

AMAIST, _adv._ Almost, S. _ameast_, Westmorel.

_Ross._

A. S. _ealmaest_, Belg. _almeest_, id.

AMANG, AMANGIS, _prep._

1. Among; _amang_, S. Westmorel.

_Wyntown._

2. At intervals, occasionally.

_Barbour._

A. S. _meng-an_, Su. G. _maeng-a_, Isl. _meng-a_, to mix, to
blend.

AMBASSATE, AMBASSIAT, _s._ An embassy, as denoting the persons sent considered collectively.

_Douglas._

Fr. _ambassade_, id.

AMBRY, _s._ A press in which the provision for the daily use of a family in the country is locked up, S.

V. ~Almerie~.

_To_ AMEISE, AMESE, AMEYSS, _v. a._ To mitigate, to appease.

_Barbour._

Franc. _mezz-an_, Germ. _mass-en_, moderari, mitigare; C. B. _masw_,
soft.

AMENE, _adj._ Pleasant.

_Douglas._

Lat. _amoen-us_, id.

AMERAND, _adj._ Green, verdant; probably written _ameraud_.

_Douglas._

From the colour of the emerald, Fr. _emeraud_.

AMERIS, AUMERS, _s. pl._ Embers; aumers, S. B.

_Douglas._

A. S. _aemyria_, Belg. _ameren_, Isl. _eimyria_, favilla.

AMYRALE, _s._ An admiral.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _amiral_; Arab. _amir_, a lord, _ameer al omrah_, prince of the
princes.

_To_ AMIT, _v. a._ to admit.

_Wallace._

AMMELYT, _part. pa._ Enamelled.

_Douglas._

Fr. _emaill-er_, L. B. _amayl-are_, id.

_To_ AMMONYSS, _v. a._ To admonish, to counsel.

V. ~Monesting~.

_Barbour._

AMORETTIS, _s. pl._ Loveknots, garlands.

_King's Quair._

Fr. _amourettes_, love-tricks, dalliances, Cotgr.

_To_ AMOVE, AMOW, _v. a._ To move with anger, to vex, to excite.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _emouv-oir_, id.

AMOUR, _s._ Love.

_Douglas._

Fr. id. Lat. _amor_.

AMSCHACH, _s._ A misfortune. S. B.

_Ross._

Ir. Gael. _anshogh_, adversity, misery.

AMSHACK, _s._ Noose, fastening; probably the same with ~Ham-shackel~, q. v.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ AN, _v. a._

1. To appropriate, to allot as one's own.

_Sir Tristrem._

2. To owe, to be indebted to.

_Sir Trist._

Su. G. _egn-a_ proprium facere, from _egen_ proprius; A. S. _agnian_
possidere, from _agen_ proprius.

AN, AND, _conj._

1. If, S. "_If_, and _An_, spoils mony a gude charter," S. Prov.

_Barbour._

2. Sometimes used as equivalent to E. _although_.

_W. Guthrie._

Su. G. _aen_ si, et; Isl. _end_, id.

_To_ ANALIE, _v. a._ To dispone, to alienate; a juridical term.

_Reg. Maj._

By transposition from Lat. _alien-are_.

ANALIER, _s._ One who alienates property, by transporting it to another country. Lat. _alien-ator_.

_Stat. Rob. I._

_To_ ANAME, _v. a._ To call over names, to muster.

_Wyntown._

_To_ ANARME, ANNARME, _v. a._ To arm.

_Acts Ja. I._

ANCLETH, HANCLETH, _s._ The ancle.

_Gl. Sibb._

AND, _conj._

V. ~An~.

ANE, _adj._ One, S.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _ain_; A. S. _an_, _ane_; anc. Su. G. _an_; mod. Su. G.
_en_; Isl. Germ. _ein_; Belg. _een_, id.

ANE, _article_, signifying one, but with less emphasis.

_Barbour._

_To_ ANE, _v. n._ To agree, to accord. Pret. _anyd_.

_Wyntown._

Germ. _ein-en_, concordare, convenire; Su. G. _en-a_, firmiter aliquid proponere; Isl. _eining_, unio; Su. G. _enig_; Germ. _einig_. concors.

ANEABIL, _s._ A single woman; properly one who is used as a concubine.

_Reg. Maj._

O. Fr. _anable_, habile, capable, convenable, from L. B.
_inhabil-is_, valde habilis; Gl. Roquefort.

ANEDING, _s._ Breathing.

V. ~Aynd~, _v._

_Barbour._

ANEFALD, _adj._ Honest, acting a faithful part, the same with ~Afald~.

_Douglas._

ANELIE, _adv._ Only.

_R. Bruce._

ANELYD, _part. pa._ Aspired; literally, panted for.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _anhel-er_, to aspire after; Lat. _anhel-are_, L. B. _anel-are_.

ANENS, ANENST, ANENT, ANENTIS, _prep._

1. Over against, opposite to, S.

_Barbour._

2. Concerning, about, in relation to; still used by old people, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

Gr. αναντι, oppositum; A. S. _ongean_, ex adverso.

_To_ ANERD, ANNERE.

V. ~Anherd~.

ANERLY, ANYRLY, _adv._ Only, alone, singly. Hence _allanerly_.

_Barbour._

A. S. _anre_, tantum; Germ. _einer_, solus, from _an_ and _ein_,
unus.

ANERLY, ANERLIE, _adj._ Single, solitary; only.

_G. Buchanan._

ANETH, _prep._ Beneath, S.

_Bord. Minstrelsy._

A. S. _on_ in, and _neothan_, deorsum; Isl. _nedan_, Belg. _neden_.
Su. G. _ned_. id.

ANEUCH, _adv._ (gutt.) Enough, S.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _genog_, _genoh_, satis, deduced by H. Tooke from _genog-an_,
multiplicare; perhaps rather from Moes. G. _janoh_ multi, many.

ANEWIS, _s. pl._ "Budding flowers," Tytler.

_King's Quair._

Perhaps rings, from Fr. _anneau_, annulus.

ANGELL-HEDE, _s._ The hooked or barbed head of an arrow.

_Wallace._

A. S. Dan. Germ. _angel_, a hook, an angle; Teut. _anghel_, a sting,
O. Teut. _anghel-en_, to sting.

ANGIR, _s._ Grief, vexation.

_Wyntown._

Gr. ἀγγρις, grief; Isl. _angr_, dolor, moeror; Su. G. Isl. _angra_,
dolore afficere, deduced by Ihre from _aung-a_ premere, arctare.

_To_ ANHERD, ANERD, ANNERE, ENHERDE, _v. n._ To consent, to adhere.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _anhraed_, _anraed_, signifies constans, concors, unanimis; apparently from _an_ one, and _raed_ counsel. But I find O. Fr. _enherdance_ rendered by Roquefort, adherence, attachment. Lat. _inhaerere_, to cleave, or stick fast in, or to, is therefore the more probable origin.

ANIEST, _adv._ or _prep._ On this side of, Ayrs.; q. "on the nearest side." This is opposed to _Adist_, _adiest_, on that side.

A. S. on _neawiste_, in vicinia, prope ad; or _on_ and _neahst_
proximus, from _neah_ near, E. _nigh_.

ANYD, _pret._ Agreed.

V. ~Ane~, _v._

ANYNG, _s._ Agreement, concord.

_Wyntown._

ANIS, ANYS, AINS, _adv._ Once; pron. as _ainze_, or _yince_, S. _eenze_, S. B.

_Douglas._

The genit. of A. S. _an_, unus, one, _anes_ unius, also rendered
semel, q. actio unius temporis.

ANIS, ANNIS, _s. pl._

1. Asses.

_Chron. S. P._

2. Metaphor used for foolish fellows.

_Bannatyne P._

Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asinus_; Su. G. _asna_, Isl. _esne_.

ANYS, the genitive of _Ane_, one.

V. ~Anis~.

ANKER-SAIDELL, HANKERSAIDLE, _s._ A hermit, an anchorite.

_Philotus._

A. S. _ancer-setle_, an anchorite's cell or seat, a hermitage; from
_ancer_, a hermit, Lat. _anachoreta_, Gr. αναχωρητης.

ANKERSTOCK, _s._ A large loaf, of an oblong form. The name is extended to a wheaten loaf, but properly belongs to one made of rye, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

Q. an _anchorite's_ stock, or supply; or from some fancied
resemblance to the _stock_ of an _anchor_.

ANLAS, _s._ Properly "a kind of knife or dagger usually worn at the girdle," as the term occurs in Chaucer; but used to denote a pike fixed in the cheveron of a horse.

_Sir Gawan._

Franc. _anelaz_, _analeze_, adlaterale telum, from _lez_ latus, the
side; C. B. _anglas_, a dagger; L. B. _anelac-ius_, id.

ANN, _s._ A half-year's salary legally due to the heirs of a minister, in addition to what was due expressly according to the period of his incumbency, S.

_Acts Cha. II._

Fr. _annate_, L. B. _annata_.

ANMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.

V. ~Amaille~.

_To_ ANORNE, _v. a._ To adorn.

_Douglas._