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GLOSSARY
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- Alongst, 89, 90, for alongest, an emphatic form treated as a superlative, obsolete in Eng.
- Alphabet, 21
- Amsa, 17, Go. the shoulder, prob. misreading for ahsa, ox-ter, O.H.G. ahs-ala, 253
- An-an, 31, 255, Go. to breathe, only in us-anan, to expire. See aynd, eend, anst
- Anda-wleizn-s, 18, Go. countenance, O.E. and-wlita, O.N. and-lit, M.E. anleth—Northern. N.E.D. quotes from Beowulf and Rushworth Gospels. See wleiz
- Anent, 94, Sc. legal term, with final t in Eng. as early as 1200, but long obsolete; O.Sax. an eban, Ger. neben for en-eben
- Anes errand, 137, going as a special message, anes=once, poss. used as adv.; Cu. anes-eerant, 167
- Annatto, 233, native Amer. name, var. anatta, annatto. [Misplaced at p. 233, not Sc. Fr.]
- Anst, 31, Go. grace, favour, from an-an, to breathe; Ger. Gunst is for ge-unst, O.H.G. anst. See anan, usanan, eend
- Antarin, 48, Go. anthar, Ger. ander, ither
- Apple-reengie (g hard), 119, Artemisia abrotonum, Linn., lit. the plant which saves from death. Introd. from France in Qu. Mary's time. Abrotonum in O. F. abroigne, avroigne, ivrogne (dial.), which last is the Aberd. iveringie. The modern pp is a harking back to the ab of abrotonum, immortal
- Arbi, 26, 247–8, Go. heritage, Ger. erfe, A.S. yrfe, an heir, Gael. earb, trust, akin to ὀρφανός, Lat. orbus, Eng. orphan, Sc. orpiet; with a Go. der. arbja. Grimm connects Go. arbaiths, toil, Ger. Arbeit, O.H.G. arapeit. See erp, orpiet, arpiet
- Argie-bargie, 92, argle-bargle, argue, wrangle
- Argues, 92, proves
- Ar-jan, 23, 245, 252, Go. erien, M.E., E. to ear
- Ark, 24, a chest
- Arka, 24, Go. meal-ark in Sc., borr. from Lat. arca, arceo, to guard
- Arms, 29, Go. poor, Ger. arm
- Arpiet, erpit, stunted, starved, akin to Go. arbi, arbja, A.S. yrfe, Du. erf, Lat. orbus and orphan. See also arbi
- Article (def.), 39, 171; art. as t'
- As, 90, after comparatives, a worn-down form of all-so; cf. Ger. als, in Scots sense
- As, 89, relative
- Asans, 23, Go. harvest; asneis, a hired servant
- Asilu-quairnus, 24, Go. ass-quern, asilu-s, A.S. esol, Du. ezel, Ger. Esel—borr. from Lat. asinus, with l for n; quairnus, a hand-mill, Ic. kvern, from root of corn. See quern
- †Ask, 149, 252, wet or water newt; apparently a worn-down form of O. E. áthexe, Ger. Eidechse; N.E.D. Not connected with the river name, Esk, water (Gael.)
- At, 89, prep.
- At for rel. that, 39, 63, 69, 87, 168, 170
- 'At hoo, 40, 168, how that
- Atta, 2, 18, 246, Go. father, attâ, aithei.
- Att-ila, 2, little father, Go.; Gael. oide, foster and god-father
- 'At weel, 168,=Ger. ja wohl
- Auga-dauro, 25, Go. window; lit. eye-door
- Augo, 17, Go. eye, Lat. oculus
- Auhns, 24, Go. oven, Sc. oon, as Arthur's Oon, near Falkirk, now destroyed; auhn-s preserves the Teut. base; uhna, A.S. ofnet, a little pot, shows the radical sense
- Auhsus, 21, Go. ox, lit. the carrier. The long vowel (o-ax) in Sc. preserves the orig. guttural
- Aurti-gards, 26, Go. vineyard, exact equivalent of orchard, for ort-yard, wort being plant in general
- Aurtja, 23, 26, Go. a husbandman, Eng. worts, orts, roots
- Auso, 12, 17, Go. ear, Lat. auris
- Averse, 89, to or from
- Awe, 51, Go. agan, to caiise to fear, agis, awe, ugsome
- Awi-str (fold), 21, 250, awe-thi, Go. cog. Eng. ewe
