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123; soorocks, sorrel, 123; speengie rose, peony, 121; stinkin Elshender (Alexander), stinkin Willie, stinkweed, and weebie—all names for ragwort, 148.
Folk Songs, 130, 135-136, 146.
Grimm's Law and Diagram, 7-9.
Historical Allusions:—(1)—Events, 2, 61, 71, 76, 77, 89, 90, 120, 157, 166, 193, 228, 231, 235, 236, 237. (2) Personages—"Robin" Bruce, 107; Knox, 77, 157, 183; Melvill, Andrew, 77; Dundas, Henry, 120; Harley, Earl of Oxford, 94; Huguenots, 199, 228; Hardwioke, Chancellor, 89; Turner, Sir James, 229; Sweno, Norse hero, 143; Pyrrhus, 261; Rob Roy, 78; Darius, 245; Cope, Sir John, 89; Graham of Claverhouse, 228; Hackston of Rathillet, 237; Archbishop Sharp, 237; Cromwell, 27, 77, 78, 231, 232, 240; Lord Stair, 89; Lord Lorn (1st Marquis of Argyle), 77; Lethington (Secretary to Queen Mary), 183; Lollards, 166; William of Orange, 228; Alexander II., 143; James V., 119, 230; James VI., 77, 127, 179; Jacobites, 77, 88, 120, 178; Napier, Sir Charles, 244; The Union, 181.
Languages illustrated:—Anglo-Saxon—1, 2, 9, 11, 13, 16, 19, 24, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 65, 123, 128, 171, 177. Danish—70, 108, 112, 149 (Denmark). Dutch (Holland)—13, 19, 25, 32, 43, 72, 171, 179, 188, 191, 192, 196, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206 (in Scots), 209, 210, 220, 228. Dutch (Cape-Taal)—13, 179, 185, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 222, 224; Taal (affinity with German), 195, 215; affinity with Gothic, 206; phonetics of, 194, 195, 223; phonetics of Braid Scots, 190, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 203, 215; Burns in "Taal," 192, 198-9, 210, 212-17, 220-25; Reitz's translation, 212-13, 216, 220. English (general)—76-71, 66, 204; historical, 24, 29, 30, 34, 39, 84, 127, 165, 166, 202, 232; grammar, 34, 35, 36, 39, 76, 78; phonetics, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 79, 80-3, 86; provincial dialect of, 97; Scots in, 97; Inglis tongue, 76. French—11, 37, 71, 83, 104, 170, 199, 204, 229; in Scots, 184, 227-43. German—High, 7-9, 12, 124, 153, 168; Low, 7-9, 31, 195; Heliand, 25; general, 177, 182, 191, 198, 202, 205, 209, 215, 216, 222, 231. Iranic—244, 263; Zend-Avesta, 244; Ahura-Mazda, 245, 256; Indo-European, 7, 9, 22, 261. Keltic—general, 7, 39, 41, 63, 67, 77, 124, 178, 192, 200-1, 222, 226, 244, 258; Gaelic, 39, 40, 42, 63-4, 66, 67, 68, 77, 83, 103, 110, 124, 163, 191, 200-1, 204, 222, 247; Erse or Irish, 39, 77, 81, 124, 150, 232, 245; Welsh, 248. Latin—general, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 247; in Gothic, 15; grammars in Scots, 233-7; grammar, 15, 35, 37, 40, 90; Greek—general, 193, 244; grammar, 8, 10, 35, 40, 90; in Gothic, 11, 15, 19, 26, 27, 32, 36. Norse—32, 65, 182, 195; Frisian, 7, 9, 13, 43, 160, 188, 191, 205; Icel., 179, 181, 184, 200; Norse-Kelt., 25; Norse-Goth., 32; Norse in Scot., 166; Scand. (Norse), 5, 7, 10, 14, 39, 42, 63, 66, 110, 132, 171, 177, 179, 180, 188, 201, 204, 213; Runes, 6, 9, 10, 11, 21; Phœnician, 9, 21. Sanskrit—7, 14, 39, 40, 90, 244, 245, 246, 258, 262; grammar, 40. Semitic—14, 257, 261. Slavonic—7, 18, 19, 244. Teutonic,—11, 21, 28, 35, 37, 41,43, 64, 90, 194, 205, 226, 244, 248, 258, 261. Vaidic—18, 34, 243, 257, 258.
