Alurs, (n.) walks on the roof of a castle. Vide Warton's Hist. of Eng. P. II. 92. note q. Amaille, (n.) enamel? I. 308. note 7.-Sibb. Gloss. quicksilver. Amang, (prep.) among. Sc. Amene, (a.) pleasant. Sc. (Lat. amanus.) Amorettis, (n.) love-knots, or garlands, according to Tytler. Sc. See I. 308. of quaking grass. And, (c.) if. Sibb. Gloss. heads Ane, one, the indefinite article. Sc. Anes, (adv.) once. Sc. Aposta, (n.) support? II. 302. Warner.-Vide Ducange, Gloss. in verbo. Art, (n.) Arcturus. Sc. Artyd, (p.) compelled. As now, at present. Assent, (p.) sent for. Astert, (v. n.) started back. Astiune, (n.) a precious stone, perhaps the astrios, or astroites of Pliny. At, (pr.) sometimes used for of. Athis, (n.) oaths. Sc. Attempre, (a. or p.) temperate. Chaucer. Attour, (prep.) beside. Sc. Atyled, (v. a.) prepared, or, perhaps, armed. I. 101. note 9. Aumere, (n.) a purse. (Fr. aumoniere.) to Avale, (v. n.) to descend. Avenant, (a.) handsome. (Fr.) Avise, (n.) opinion, counsel. Awn, (pron.) own. Sc. to Await, (v.) to watch, observe. (Fr.) Ayè, (adv.) again. Ayr, (adv.) early. Sc. Aythe, (n.) an oath. Sc. B. Bachelry, (n.) knighthood. (Fr.) Balas, (n.) a precious stone. Vide I. 308. Bale, (n.) misfortune, sorrow. to Ban, (v. a.) to curse. Bandown, (n.) command. Vide Sibbald. Baret, (n.) wrangling. Barmkyn, (n.) mound, or wall. Sc. (Old Fr. barme, the bank of a river.) Vide Sibbald. Bas, (a.) low. Bastarde wine, raisin, or Corsican wine. Vide I. 340. note 8. Baum, bawme, (n.) balsam. Beck, (n.) water, brook, strait. to Bede, (v. a.) to bid, also to pray. Behight, (v.) promised. to Beleve, (v.) to remain. Bellech, (adv.) beautifully. Beurn? (n.). II. 75. note 2. Bews, (n.) boughs. Sc. to Bid, (v. a.) to invite. Bidand, (p.) dwelling, abiding. Bihote, (i.) if God permit. Bird, buird, bride, (n.) names for a young woman. Birtir, (a.) huge. Blanchit, (a. or p.) whitish. Sc. Bon, boon, boun, bown, (a.) ready. Boord, bourd, (n.) a jest. Boot, (a.) profitable. Bord, board, (n.) a table.-Godis board, the altar. Bore, (p.) born. Borgh, (n.) borrowing. Bothen, (a. or c.) both. Bounty, (n.) excellence. (Fr. bonté.) Boustous, (a.) huge, boisterous. Sc. (Goth. busa.) Boustously, (adv.) hugely, &c. Sc. Brade, or Braid, (a.) broad. Sc. to Brail? (v. a.) III. 27. Brastin, (p.) bursting. Brede, (n.) breadth. in Brede, abroad. to Brest, (v. a.) to burst. Bretexed, (p.) probably, embattled, or fortified; from bretter, or bretéscher, Fr. I. 291. note 1. Brewis, (n.) a species of broth. II. 302. Warner. Briche? I. 422. Broche, (n.) a clasp, or buckle; any jewel. (Fr.) Bruinale, (a.) wintry. (Lat. bruma.) Brym, bryme, (a.) fierce. Sc. Brymly, (adv.) fiercely. Sc. Brynand, (p.) burning. Sc. Bubbis, (n.) blasts. Sc. Buirdes. I. 265. note 1. Bure, (n.) bower, synonimous with chamber. (Sax.) Burgeoun, (n.) a bud, or sprig. Sc. (Fr.) Burly, (a.) used by Shakspeare for huge; but appears to be derived from bouira, Old Fr. to strike (bourrer, frapper): so, burly brand. Burnand, (p.) burning. Burnes, (n.) rivulets. Sc. Burnet, (a.) brownish. (Fr. brunet.) Burth, (n.) booth? or borough? I. 155. note 1. to Busk, (v.) to go.-Sibb. Gloss. to array, equip. But, (adv. or c.) unless, only, without. By-dene, (adv.) presently. Byging, (n.) building. C. to Callet, (v. n.) to scold. (Fr.) III. 106. Camenes, (n.) the Muses. Can, (v. a.) ken, know. Can, (v. n.) for 'gan. Canel, canele, (n.) cinnamon. Capil, (n.) horse. Cardiacle, (n.) heart-ache. (Gr. cardialgia.) Cart-wear, (n.) a team. Case, (n.) chance; on case, by chance. (Fr.) Chare, (n.) car, or chariot. Chargeand, (p.) charging. Sc. to-Cheaping, cheap. Chekere, (n.) chess; probably, a chess-board. to Che, Chese, (v. a.) to choose. Child-ill, (n.) labour. Sc. Chybole, (n.) a species of onion. (Fr. ciboule. Ital. cipolla.) to Chyp, (v. n.) applied to flowers, to burst the calix. Citolles, (n.) cymbals. Clais, claithis, (n.) clothes. Sc. Clare, (n.) a mixture of wine and honey. (Fr. clairet.) to Clatter, (v. n.) to chatter. Sc. to Clepe, (v. a.) to call, to declare, to embrace. Clepith, (v. a.) calleth, embraceth; used passively, is declared. Clerkis, (n.) learned men. Sc. Clermatyne, (n.) perhaps, a sort of bread used at breakfast. Clewis, (n.) cliffs. Sc. But vide Sibbald, and Leyden's Gloss. to Compl. of Scotl. Clinglich, (adv.) cleanly. Clynty, (a.) hard, flinty. Sc. Coining? (n.) I. 293, note 5. Coise, (n.) probably, encumbrance. (Old Fr. coisser, incommoder.) I. 195. note 1. Cokeney, (n.) cook. Columbe, (n.) the flower columbine. to Condie, (v. a.) to conduct. Conisante, (n.) cognizance, device. in Contrair, against. Sc. Coop, (n.) cup? barrel? I. 382. note 4. to Copen, (v, a.) to buy, (Flem. koopen.) Corve, (p.) carved. Coruscant, (a.) shining, dazzling. Sc. (Lat. coruscus.) to Costay, (v. n.) to coast. Chaucer. (Fr.) Could, for did, or gan to (auxil. verb.). also for couth, knew. Courb, (a.) crooked. |
