GLOSSARY
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- Whaup, 119, greater curlew—onomatop.
- Wheen, quheyne, 69, 86, 94, 138; cf. whang, a large piece, Lat. cuneus, a wedge: quhan in place names, as Quoth-quhan
- Wheenge, 30, 136, E. whine, A.S. wanian. Kl. thinks the cognate Ger. weinen probably from Go. and Ger. wai, woe (as interj.) and Go. wainags, unhappy, tearful, and compares with Go. kwainon, to weep
"A' ye whingin Whig carles."
"Old Song."
- Wheesh, 13, hush, Go. wis
- Wheetie, 148, call to ducks
- Whicks, quickens, 182, Cu.
- Whid, whidding, 14, rapid movement
"He heard the bows that bauldly ring,
An' arrows whidderin hym near by."
"Old Ball."
- Whiles, for sometimes, 167
- Whi-lk, 14, 40, which
- Whill, 90, until
- Whilst, whiles, whilie, 35, 90
- Whins, winds, 83, E.
- Whip t' cat, 188, Cu.
- Whisps, 83, E. wisps
- †White, whet, 14, 30, E. to sharpen, A.S. hwettan, Ic. hwettja, to sharpen, incite, Go. hwass, sharp
- Whittret, 124, prob. Ic. hvat-r, quick, bold; pet name for a youngster
- Whol, 174, pool in a river, Bord.; Ger. Welle, a billow
- Whopan, 48, Go. to boast, whoop
- Who's owt t' dog, 169, Cu. idiom
- Whummle-bore, 139, 140, 151, cleft palate; onomatop. as affecting speech
- Wicht, waihts, 12, Go. a thing, E. wight, whit, Ger. Wicht
- Wicks=corners, "wickin a bore," 98, wic, an open bay, Ic. vik, creek
- Widdy, 25, 67, 252, withe, Sc. wattles, Da. vidie, halter or rope of willow or hazel twigs, hence the gallows. See Go. waddja.
"Ye cheat the widdie, rogue."
- Widow woman, 18, 35, 247, widuwo, Go.; cf. Lat. vidua
- Wife, 209, C. Du. wifie
- Wife-day, cum-mether, Cu. 181. See Cummer's Feast
- Wig, 181, North. tea-cake, Du. wegge, a kind of cake, Ger. Weck, wheaten bread, or. sense in O.N. vegge, a wedge. See wheen
- Wigs, 23, Go. wayside
- Wig-leader, 82, E. whig
- Wiht, 12, olden form of whit
- Wiljan, 255, Go., cf. will, well
- Willie-miln, 66, Fi. door-catch
- Willie-waucht, 85, a hearty draught of liquor. Not in Jam.
- Wiltit, 49, walwjan, Go. to roll, E. welter, waltz, wallow, A.S. wealwian, wyltan, to roll round
- Wime, Wambe, 18, 58, belly, Go. wamba, Ger. Wamme, E. womb
"Our wames e'en to our riggin bane
Like skate fish clappin."
"Puddin' Leezie."
- "Wince, loot a" (Burns), 173, an oath, perh. corr. of "wounds." See "'Ods wuns."
- Windy, 63, 92, boastful
- Wining, 145, app. for winding
- Winister, 146, instr. for winding straw ropes. Not in Jam.
- Winthi-skauro, 23, Go. wind or winnowing fan. Du. schuren, a barn, as in the Taal (with Go. hard pronunc.), Groote Schoor, the Cape Town house of Cecil Rhodes, now Government House for S.-Af. Union. See Skura windis
- Wintrus, 23, Go. winter
- Wipe, 172, a blow, a retort, the act of rubbing to clean, a blow, stroke, A.S. wipian, cf. whip, wisp
- Wippin, 83, E. for a whippin
- Wirset, 233, worsted, from name of a village near Norwich
- Wirth, 24, Ger.; Go. wairdus, house-father
- Wis, 32, Go. whish
- Wisan, 51, 56, Go. to be, was
- Wit-an, 27, 51, 255, Go. wit, wot, Sc. wat, Ger. wissen
- Wite, -id-weit-jan, 30, 206, Go. to reproach, A.S. aet-witan, ed-witan, from Go. weit-jan, to give one the wite (Sc.) or blame, and witan, to know, Du. wijten, to blame. Twit from M.E. at-witen. Wite keeps the or. long vowel
"Nae man can wyte me wi' theft."
"Rob Roy."
