Chapter L: B. affectuos-us, id

_Douglas._

_To_ EFFEIR, _v. n._

1. To become, to fit.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. To be proportional to.

_Knox._

~Effeir~, _s._

1. What is becoming.

_Maitland Poems._

2. A property, quality.

_Dunbar._

_To_ EFFERE, EFFEIR, _v. a._

1. To fear.

_Lyndsay._

2. To affright.

_Douglas._

A. S. _afaer-an_, terrere.

_To_ ~Effeir~, _v. n._ To fear.

_Lyndsay._

~Effray~, ~Effraying~, _s._ Terror.

_Barbour._

Fr. _effray-ir_, to affright.

~Effrayitly~, _adv._ Under affright.

_Barbour._

EFREST, Best; Isl. _ypprist_.

_Houlate._

EFT, _adv._ After.

A. S. id.

_Wallace._

~Eft castel~, Hinder part of the ship.

_Douglas._

~Efter~, ~Eftir~, _prep._ After.

A. S. _eftyr_, id.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

~Eftir ane~, _adv._ Uniformly, S.

_Douglas._

~Eftirhend~, _adv._ Afterwards, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Su. G. _efter_, and _haen_, hence, dehinc, posthac.

~Efterhend~, _prep._ After. Id.

~Eftremess~, _s._ A dessert.

_Barbour._

A. S. _aefter_ and _mess_, a meal.

EFTSYIS, _adv._ Ofttimes, Rudd.

_Douglas._

A. S. _eft_, iterum, and _sithe_, vice.

EGG-BED, _s._ The ovarium of a fowl, S.

EGGLAR, _s._ One who collects _eggs_ for sale, S. A.

EY, A termination of the names of many places; signifying an island, also written _ay_, _a_, or _ie_.

Isl. _ey_, id.

EIDENT, _adj._ Diligent.

V. ~Ithand~.

EIDER DOUN, Down of the eider duck.

Sw. _eiderdun_, id.

_Pennant._

EYE-LIST, _s._ A flaw.

V. ~Ee-List~.

EYEN, _pl._ Eyes.

V. ~Een~.

EIFFEST, _adv._ Especially.

_Barry._

Isl. _efst-r_, supremus.

EIK, _pron._ Each.

_Douglas._

EIK, EKE, _s._ An addition, S.

_Baillie._

EIK, _s._ Lineament used for greasing sheep, S. A.

_To_ EILD, ELD, _v. n._ To wax old.

A. S. _eald-ian_, veterascere.

_Bellenden._

~Eild~, ~Eld~, _s._

1. Any particular period of life, S.

_Barbour._

_Euin eild_, Equal in age.

_Douglas._

2. A generation.

_Douglas._

3. An era.

_Wyntown._

4. The advanced period of life.

_Douglas._

A. S. _yld_, aetas, aevum.

~Eild~, _adj._ Old.

A. S. _eald_, id.

_Douglas._

~Eildit~, _part. pa._ Aged.

_Douglas._

~Eildins~, ~Yealings~, _s. pl._ Equals in age.

_Burns._

A. S. _efen-eald_, coaevus, inverted.

_To_ EYNDILL, _v. n._ To be jealous of; _eenil_, Fife.

_Maitland Poems._

~Eyndling~, ~Eyndland~, _part. pr._ Jealous.

_Semple._

EIR, _s._ Fear, Ang.

V. ~Ery~.

EIRACK, _s._ A hen-pullet, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Gael. _eirag_, id. Germ. _jahrig_, one year old.

EYRE FALCONS, Leg. _Gyre_.

_Houlate._

EITHER, _adv._ Or, Ang.

_Knox._

Isl. _eda_, _edr_, seu.

EITH, EYTH, ETH, _adj._ Easy, S.

A. S. _eath_, facilis.

_Barbour._

_Eith_ is also used adverbially.

_Ramsay._

~Eithar~, ~Ethar~, _comp._

_Douglas._

~Eithly~, _adv._ Easily, S.

EYTTYN, ETTYN, ETIN, EATEN, _s._

1. A giant.

_Complaynt S._

2. _Redeaten_ occurs as equivalent to _canibal_.

Isl. _jautun_, _jotun_.

_Mellvill's MS._

EIZEL, AIZLE, ISIL, ISEL, _s._

1. A hot ember, S.

_Burns._

2. Wood reduced to the state of charcoal, S.

3. In _pl._ metaph. for the ruins of a country desolated by war.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ysle_, embers, Isl. _eysa_, carbones candentes sub cinere.

ELBOCK, ELBUCK, _s._ Elbow, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _elboga_, Alem. _elnboga_, from A. S. _eln_, the arm, and
_boge_, curvature.

~Elbow-grease~, _s._

1. Hard work with the arms, S.

2. Brown rappee, Ang.

ELDARIS, ELDRYS, _s. pl._ Ancestors.

_Barbour._

A. S. _aldor_, Su. G. _aeldre_, senior.

ELDER, _s._ Among Presbyterians, one ordained to the exercise of government without having authority to teach, S.

_Buik of Discipline._

ELDERSCHIP, _s._

1. The ecclesiastical court, now called a Presbytery.

_Buik of Discipline._

2. The Kirk-session of a particular congregation, S.

_Baillie._

A. S. _ealdor-scipe_, principatus.

ELDFADER, _s._

1. Grandfather.

A. S. _eald fader_, id.

_Barbour._

2. Father in law.

_Douglas._

ELDIN, ELDING, _s._ Fuel of any kind, S.

A. S. _aeled_, Su. G. _eld_, fire.

_Ferguson._

ELDING, _s._ Age.

V. ~Eild~.

_Maitland P._

ELDIS, _adv._ On all sides.

_Douglas._

A. S. _eallis_, omnino.

ELDMODER, _s._ Mother in law.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ealde-moder_, avia.

ELDNING, ELDURING, _s._ Jealousy.

A. S. _ellnung_, emulation.

_Dunbar._

ELDREN, ELDERIN, _adj._ Elderly, S.

_Ross._

Dan. _aldrende_; Isl. _aldraen_, senex.

ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ A luncheon, S.

ELFMILL, _s._ The sound made by a wood-worm, viewed by the vulgar as preternatural, S. q. "_fairy_-mill."

ELFSHOT, _s._

1. The name vulgarly given to an arrow-head of flint, S.

_Pennant._

2. Disease, supposed to be produced by the stroke of an elf-arrow, S.

_Glanville._

Norv. _allskaadt_, Dan. _elleskud_; i. e. _elfshot_.

_Elf-shot_, _adj._ Shot by fairies, S.

_Ramsay._

ELIMOSINUS, _adj._ Merciful.

_Burel._

ELYTE, _s._ One elected to a bishopric.

O. Fr. _elite_.

_Wyntown._

ELLER, _s._ The Alder, a tree, S.

_Lightfoot._

ELLIS, _adv._ Otherwise.

A. S. _elles_, id.

ELLIS, ELS, _adv._ Already, S.

_Barbour._

ELRISCHE, ELRICHE, ELRAIGE, ELRICK, ALRISCH, ALRY, _adj._

1. Expressing relation to evil spirits.

_Dunbar._

2. Preternatural, as regarding sound, S.

_Douglas._

3. Hideous; respecting the appearance.

_Douglas._

4. Frightful, respecting place, S.

_Burns._

5. Uncouth; in relation to dress.

_Bellenden._

6. Surly, austere.

7. Fretted; applied to a sore, Ang.

A. S. _aelf_, and _ric_, rich; q. abounding in elves.

ELS, ELSE, _adv._ Already.

V. ~Ellis~.

ELSYN, ELSON, _s._ An awl, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _aelsene_.

ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._

1. An instrument for measuring, S.

_Burr. Lawes._

2. Orion's girdle, a constellation.

_Douglas._

From _eln_ and _wand_, a rod.

EMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.

V. ~Amaille~.

EMBER GOOSE, A fowl which inhabits the seas about Orkney.

_Sibbald._

EMERANT, _s._ Emerald.

_King's Quair._

~Emerant~, ~Emerand~, _adj._ Green.

_Douglas._

EMMIS, IMMIS, _adj._

1. Variable, Ang.

2. _An immis nicht_, a gloomy night, Banffs.

Su. G. _ymsa_, _oemsa_, to vary, alternare; Isl. _yms_, _ymiss_,
varius.

_To_ EMPASH, EMPESCHE, _v. a._ To hinder.

Fr. _empescher_.

_Bellenden._

EMPRESS, EMPRISS, EMPRISE, ENPRESS, _s._ Enterprise.

_Barbour._

Fr. _empris_.

ENACH, _s._ Satisfaction for a trespass.

Gael. _enach_, a ransom.

_Reg. Maj._

ENARMED, _part. pa._ Armed.

_Douglas._

~Enarmoure~, _s._ Armour.

_Douglas._

ENBRODE, _part. pa._ Embroidered.

_Id._

_To_ ENBUSCH, _v. a._ To lay in ambush.

Fr. _embusch-er_, id. q. _en bois_.

_Barbour._

~Enbuschyt~, _s._ Ambuscade.

_Barbour._

~Enbuschment~, _s._

1. Ambush.

_Barbour._

2. Used in describing the testudo.

_Douglas._

ENCHESOUN, _s._ Reason, cause.

O. Fr. _acheson_, occasion.

_Barbour._

END, EYNDING, Breath.

V. ~Aynd~.

_Polwart._

~Enday~, _s._ Day of death.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _and-as_, to die.

~Enfundeyng~, _s._ Perhaps, asthma.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _andfaadd_, cui spiritus praeclusus est.

ENDLANG, ENDLANGIS, _adv._ Along; S. _enlang_.

_Barbour._

A. S. _andlang_, per; Su. G. _aendalongs_, id.

ENDORED, _part. pa._ Adorned; Fr. _endoré_; Lat. _inaur-utus_.

_Sir Gawan._

ENE, _pl._ Eyes.

V. ~Een~.

ENERLY.

V. ~Anerly~.

ENEUCH, YNEWCH, _s._ Enough, S. pl. _ynew_.

A. S. _genoh_, satis.

_Wallace._

ENFORCELY, _adv._ Forcibly.

_Barbour._

ENGAIGNE, _s._ Indignation.

_Barbour._

Fr. _engain_, choler.

_To_ ENGREGE, _v. a._ To aggravate.

Fr. _engreg-er_, id.

_Diallog._

_To_ ENGREVE, ENGREWE, _v. a._ To vex.

Fr. _grev-er_, id.

_Barbour._

ENKERLY, ENCRELY, INKIRLIE, _adv._

1. Inwardly.

_Barbour._

2. Ardently, keenly.

_Douglas._

Fr. _en coeur_, q. in heart.

EMPRESOWNÉ, _s._ A prisoner.

_Wyntown._

ENPRISE, _s._ Enterprise.

_King's Quair._

ENSEINYIE, ENSENYE, ANSENYE, _s._

1. A mark, or badge.

Fr. _enseigne._

_Lyndsay._

2. Ensign, or standard.

_Knox._

3. The word of war.

_Barbour._

4. A company of soldiers.

_Knox._

ENSELYT, _pret._ Sealed.

_Barbour._

ENTAILYEIT, _part. pa._ Formed.

Fr. _entaill-er_, to carve.

_Palice of Hon._

ENTENTYVE, _adj._ Earnest, intent.

Fr. _ententif_.

_Barbour._

~Ententely~, _adv._ Attentively.

_Barbour._

ENTREMELLYS, _s. pl._ Skirmishes.

_Barbour._

Fr. _entremel-er_, to intermingle.

ENTRES, ENTERES, _s._ Access, entry.

_Bellenden._

ENTRES, _s._ Interest.

_Acts Sedt._

EPISTIL, _s._ A harangue or discourse.

_Dunbar._

ER, _adv._ Before.

V. ~Air~.

_Barbour._

~Erar~, ~Earer~, _comp._

1. Sooner.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. Rather.

_Wyntown._

~Erast~, _superl._ Soonest.

_Wyntown._

ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._

1. The earth, S. pron. _yird._

_Wyntown._

2. Ground, soil, S.

A. S. _eard_, Isl. _jaurd_, id., from Isl. _aer-a_, _er-ia_, to
plough.

_To_ ~Erd~, ~Yerd~, _v. a._

1. To inter a dead body, S. B.

_Barbour._

2. Denoting a less solemn interment.

_Barbour._

3. To cover with the soil, for concealment, S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Su. G. _iord-as_, sepeliri; Isl. _iard-a_.

~Erd houses~, Habitations formed under ground.

Isl. _jard-hus_, domus subterranea.

~Erddyn~, ~Yirden~, s.

1. An earthquake.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _eorth-dyn_, terrae motus.

2. Thunder, S. B.

ERE, EIR, _s._ Fear, dread; Ang.

V. ~Ery~.

ERF, _adj._

1. Averse, reluctant, Loth. Fife.

2. Reserved, distant, Loth.

V. ~Ergh~.

To ERGH, ARGH, ERF, _v. n._

1. To hesitate, to feel reluctance, S.

_Baillie._

2. To be reluctant from timidity, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _earg-ian_, torpescere pro timore.

~Ergh~, _adj._

1. Hesitating, scrupulous, S.

2. Timorous, S. B.

~Ergh~, ~Erghing~, _s._

1. Doubt, apprehension, S.

2. Fear, timidity, S.

A. S. _yrhth_, id.

ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._

1. Affected with fear, from whatever cause.

_Douglas._

2. Under the influence of fear, excited by wildness of situation.

_Douglas._

3. Denoting the feeling inspired by the dread of ghosts, S.

_Ross._

4. Causing fear of spirits, S.

_Burns._

Belg. _eer-en_, vereri, Isl. _ogr-a_, terreo.

~Eryness~, ~Eiryness~, _s._ Fear excited by the idea of an apparition, S.

_Evergreen._

ERYSLAND, ERLSLAND, EUSLAND, s. A denomination of land, Orkn.

_Barry._

Su. G. _oeresland_, the eighth part of a Markland.

ERLIS, _s._ Earnest.

V. ~Arles~.

ERN, ERNE, EIRNE, EARN, _s._

1. The eagle, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. The osprey.

_Houlate._

A. S. _earn_, Isl. _aurn_, _ern_, aquila.

ERNAND, _part. pr._ Running.

A. S. _eorn-an_, currere.

_Maitland P._

ERN-FERN, _s._ The brittle fern, S. q. "the eagle-fern."

ERSE, _adj._ used as a _s._ The dialect of the Celtic spoken by the Highlanders of S. i. e. _Irish_.

ERTAND, _part. pr._ Perhaps, ingenious, from _Airt_, _v._ to aim.

_Gawan and Gol._

ESCH, s. The ash, a tree.

_Douglas._

~Eschin~, _adj._ Belonging to the ash.

_Doug._

To ESCHAME, _v. n._ To be ashamed.

_Douglas._

ESCHEL, ESCHEILL, _s._ A division of an army.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _eschielle_, a squadron.

To ESCHEVE, ESCHEW, _v. a._ To achieve.

Fr. _achev-er._

_Barbour._

ESCHEW, _s._ An achievement.

_Barbour._

ESFUL, _adj._ Producing ease.

_Wyntown._

ESK, _s._ A newt, S.

V. ~Ask~.

_To_ ESK, EESK, YESK, _v. n._ To hiccup, S. B.

A. S. _gisc-ian_, id.

~Eskin~, ~Eeskin~, _s._ The hiccup, S. B.

A. S. _geocsung_, id.

ESPERANCE, _s._ Hope, Fr.

_Bellenden._

ESPYE, _s._ A spy.

Fr. _espie_.

_Douglas._

~Espyell~, _s._ A spy.

_Knox._

ESPINEL, _s._ A sort of ruby. Fr.

_Burel._

ESPOUENTABILL, _adj._ Dreadful.

O. Fr. _espouventable_.

_Lyndsay._

ESS, _s._ Ace.

_Bannatyne P._

ESSYS, _pl._ Advantages.

Fr. _aise_.

_Wyntown._

ESSONYIE, _s._ Excuse offered for non-appearance in a court of law.

Fr. _essoine_, id.

_Reg. Maj._

~Essonyier~, _s._ One who legally offers an excuse for the absence of another.

_Reg. Maj._

ESTER, _s._ An oyster.

_Lyndsay._

ESTLER, _adj._ Hewn.

V. ~Aislair~.

_Ramsay._

ETH, _adj._ Easy.

V. ~Eith~.

ETHERINS, _s. pl._ The cross ropes of a thatched roof or stack, S. B.

A. S. _ether_, a covert, _heather-ian_, arcere.

ETHIK, ETICK, _adj._

1. Hectic.

_Bellenden._

2. Delicate, S. B.

Fr. _etique_, hectic.

ETIN, _s._ A giant.

V. ~Eyttyn~.

ETION, _s._ Lineage, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Su. G. _aett_, _ett_, family.

ETNAGH BERRIES, Juniper berries, Ang.

_Ross._

_To_ ETTIL, ETTLE, ATTEL, _v. a._

1. To aim, to take aim, S.

_Douglas._

2. To make an attempt, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To propose, to design, S.

_Douglas._

4. To direct one's course.

_Houlate._

Isl. _aetla_, destinare.

~Ettle~, ~Etling~, _s._

1. A mark, S.

_Ross._

2. Aim, attempt, S.

_Burns._

3. Design.

_Barbour._

_To_ EVEN, _v. a._

1. To equal, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

2. To bring down to a certain level.

_Rutherford._

3. To talk of one as a match for another in marriage, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

EVENDOUN, _adj._

1. Perpendicular, S.

2. Honest, downright, S.

3. Denoting a very heavy fall of rain, S.

EVERICH, _adj._ Every; _everichone_, every one.

_King's Quair._

A. S. _aefre eac_, id.

EUERILK, _adj._ Every.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _aefre ealc_, id.

~Euirilkane~, _adj._ Every one.

_Barbour._

EUILL-DEDY, _adj._ Wicked.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _yfel daeda_, prava agens.

EVINLY, _adj._

1. Equal.

_Douglas._

2. Indifferent, impartial.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _efen-lic_, aequalis, aequus.

EVIRLY, _adv._ Constantly, continually, S. B.

_To_ EVITE, _v. a._ To avoid, Lat. _evit-are_.

_Cleland._

EULCRUKE, _s._ Perhaps, oil-vessel.

_Burrow Lawes._

EVLEIT, _adj._ Active.

V. ~Olight~.

EUOUR, EVEYR, _s._ Ivory.

_Douglas._

EWDEN-DRIFT, _s._ Drifted snow, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

EWDER, EWDRUCH, _s._ A disagreeable smell, S. B. Clydes.

_Journal Lond._

Fr. _odeur_.

EWDER, _s._ Ablaze, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

EW-GOWAN, _s._ Common Daisy.

EWEST, _adj._ Contiguous.

_Acts Ja. VI._

EWIN, _adv._ Straight, right.

_Dunbar._

EWYNLY, _adv._ Equally.

_Barbour._

_To_ EXAME, _v. a._ To examine, S.

_Diallog._

_To_ EXCAMBIE, _v. a._ To exchange, S.