B. Bachelry, (n.) knighthood. (Fr.) Balas, (n.) a precious stone. Vide I. 308. to Ban, (v. a.) to curse. Bandown, (n.) command. Vide Sibbald. 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. 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 beard, 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. to Brest, (v. a.) to burst. Bretexed, (p.) probably, enbattled, or fortified; from bretter, or bretescher, 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.) Brumale, (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, synonymous 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. So. 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 calir. Citolles, (n.) cymbals. Clais, claithis, (n.) clothes. Sc. Claré, (n.) a mixture of wine and honey. (Fr.dairet.) to Clatter, (v. n.) to ckatter. Sc. to Clepe, (v. a.) to call, to declare, to embrace. Clepith, (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. R.) to coast. Chaucer. (Fr.) Could, for did, or gan to (auxil. verb.) also for couth, knew. Courb, (a.) crooked. Courchese, (n.) kerchief. (Fr. couvrechef, that which covers the head.) Couth, (p.) taught. Crammesy, (n.) crimson. (Fr. cramoisi.) Croppis, (n.) Sc. heads, tops. Rudd. Gloss. Also berries. Sibbald. Gloss. Crowat, (n.) cruet, a small vessel. Sc. Crownel, (n.) coronet? Sc. Cruel, (a.) keen, steady. Sc. Crumplind, (p.) (not crampland, as printed inaccurarely by Ld Hailes,) curled like tendrils. Sc. I. 373. n. 2. Cry, (n.) a term expressing a very short period. Cucubes, (n.) probably cuckoo-flowers, or ladysmocks. Cule, (n.) (Fr. cul.) Cunning, (n.) knowledge. to Cure, (v. a.) to preserve, to arrange. D. Dagswain, (n.) any patched materials, composed of shreds. Vide I. 326. note. Damas, flower-damas, (n.) the damask rose. to De, (v. n.) to die. Sc. Dead, deid, (n.) death. Sc. Deand, (p.) dying. Sc. my Dear, myself. I. 153. note 7. to Decore, (v. a.) to ornament. Sc. (Lat.) Dedute, (n.) Vide dute. Deeming, (n.) opinion. to Defy, (v a.) to defend. to Deir, (v. a.) to annoy, injure, trouble, or rex. Sibbald. |