A Dictionary of Lowland ScotchPriv. print. at the Ballantyne Press, 1888 - Всего страниц: 398 |
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... soon be missed . -SIR WALTER SCOTT : Donald Caird . Ayont , beyond or on the other side . A Northumbrian as well as a Scottish word . In the Eng- lish Border " ayont the Tweed " is Scotland , and on the Scottish side of the Border it is ...
... soon be missed . -SIR WALTER SCOTT : Donald Caird . Ayont , beyond or on the other side . A Northumbrian as well as a Scottish word . In the Eng- lish Border " ayont the Tweed " is Scotland , and on the Scottish side of the Border it is ...
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... soon tell you the reason o ' that . When you preach , we a ' ken the Word o ' God is safe in your 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 ...
... soon tell you the reason o ' that . When you preach , we a ' ken the Word o ' God is safe in your 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 ...
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... soon as it was taken away and spent , it was replaced by another , and so on to the " crack of doom . " Jamie- son supposed that the infernal sixpence was so named from its colour ; but possibly , and more probably , it was thus ...
... soon as it was taken away and spent , it was replaced by another , and so on to the " crack of doom . " Jamie- son supposed that the infernal sixpence was so named from its colour ; but possibly , and more probably , it was thus ...
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... soon wheel roun ' , And then comes ane - and - twenty , Tam . -BURNS . No The etymology of the English word blunt is uncertain , but as it signifies the opposite of sharp , the Scottish bluntie may be ac- cepted as a designation of one ...
... soon wheel roun ' , And then comes ane - and - twenty , Tam . -BURNS . No The etymology of the English word blunt is uncertain , but as it signifies the opposite of sharp , the Scottish bluntie may be ac- cepted as a designation of one ...
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... soon buskit . -ALLAN RAMSAY'S Scots Proverbs . Busk ye , busk ye , my bonnie bride , Busk ye , busk ye , my winsome marrow . -HAMILTON of Bangor . But . This word in Scotland long preserved the meaning it once had in England of ...
... soon buskit . -ALLAN RAMSAY'S Scots Proverbs . Busk ye , busk ye , my bonnie bride , Busk ye , busk ye , my winsome marrow . -HAMILTON of Bangor . But . This word in Scotland long preserved the meaning it once had in England of ...
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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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