A Dictionary of Lowland ScotchPriv. print. at the Ballantyne Press, 1888 - Всего страниц: 398 |
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Стр. xvi
... hand ; cuddle , to embrace - from cadail , sleep ; whisky - from uisge , water ; clachan , a village - from clach , a stone , and clachan , the stones ; croon , to hum a tune - from cruin , to lament or moan ; bailie , a city or borough ...
... hand ; cuddle , to embrace - from cadail , sleep ; whisky - from uisge , water ; clachan , a village - from clach , a stone , and clachan , the stones ; croon , to hum a tune - from cruin , to lament or moan ; bailie , a city or borough ...
Стр. xvii
... hand a lark sang fro the splene : ' Awauk luvaris ! out of your slummering ! See how the lusty morrow dois upspring ! King James V. did not , like Dunbar , confine his poetic efforts to the speech of the learned , but is supposed to ...
... hand a lark sang fro the splene : ' Awauk luvaris ! out of your slummering ! See how the lusty morrow dois upspring ! King James V. did not , like Dunbar , confine his poetic efforts to the speech of the learned , but is supposed to ...
Стр. xxiii
... hand darg to keep Them right and tight in thack and rape . The " smytrie o ' wee duddie weans " is simply inimitable , and sets a fair English translation and even a paraphrase at defiance . Time was within living memory when the Scotch ...
... hand darg to keep Them right and tight in thack and rape . The " smytrie o ' wee duddie weans " is simply inimitable , and sets a fair English translation and even a paraphrase at defiance . Time was within living memory when the Scotch ...
Стр. xxvii
... hand upon the compositions of his venerated predecessor , though Ramsay the wig - maker and barber was a star of very inferior magnitude and brilliancy compared with the solar effulgence that radiated from the genius of Burns the ...
... hand upon the compositions of his venerated predecessor , though Ramsay the wig - maker and barber was a star of very inferior magnitude and brilliancy compared with the solar effulgence that radiated from the genius of Burns the ...
Стр. 9
... hands ; but when thae young birkies tak it in hand , ma certie ! but it tak's us a ' to look after them . " - DEAN RAMSAY . Birl , to pour out liquor ; probably from the same root as the Eng- lish purl , as in the phrase “ a purling ...
... hands ; but when thae young birkies tak it in hand , ma certie ! but it tak's us a ' to look after them . " - DEAN RAMSAY . Birl , to pour out liquor ; probably from the same root as the Eng- lish purl , as in the phrase “ a purling ...
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according to Jamieson ALLAN RAMSAY'S Scots Ambrosianæ applied Arnha auld bairns Ballad beautiful better bonnie Border Minstrelsy BURNS Busk called canna cauld Chaucer corruption de'il Deil Dictionary Dutch and Flemish e'en England English word etymology Flemish fool frae French Gaelic gang GEORGE BEATTIE German hame haud Highland Holy Fair Jacobite JAMES BALLANTINE Jamie Jamieson derives John kirk lady laird lish Lord Lost Preterites mair maun meaning mickle Minstrelsy mony muckle ne'er never o'er obsolete old English origin phrase Piers Ploughman poem poet possibly preterite probably RAMSAY RAMSAY'S Scots Proverbs Robert Burns root Ross's Helenore says Scotland Scottish Border Scottish language Scottish word sense Shakspeare Shanter signifies Sir Walter Scott slang sometimes written song synonymous Teutonic thou tion Twa Dogs verb weel whence wife WIRRY-COW woman ye'll Ye're
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