sene, 189, _skilled_, _experienced_. shear, 30, 31, _quickly_, _at once_. (?) Halliwell. she, used of _Highlanders in general_. siccan, _such_. sinsyne, _since_. sith, _since_. skelps, _blows_. silver wand, 100? slaydis, 228; the passage is corrupt. slicht, _slight_. sloughe, _slew_. smirkling, _smirking_, _smiling_. smored, _smothered_. snell, 269, _sharp_, _loud_. snood, _a band with which a young woman ties up her hair_. sould, _should_. souters, _cobblers_. spear, speir, _ask_. spendyd, 96, probably the same as spanned, _grasped_. splenderis, _splinters_. spole, _shoulder_. spuente, 36, _spirited_, _sprung out_. spurne, _kick_; 42, _retaliation_? stain, _outdo_, _excel_. stalwurthlye, _stoutly_, _boldly_. stane'd, _stationed_. stank, 154, _pool_. stead, 65, _place_, _post_. stell'd, _placed_. stent, _stop_. stounde, _time_. stour, stowre, (_turmoil of_) _fight_. straiks, _strokes_. stynttyde, _stopped_. styrande, 6, see note: according to Percy's reading, _driving_ the deer _from their retreats_; but adopting Motherwell's, _prancing_, _spirited_. suar, 35, 38, _sure_, _trusty_. suthe, _true_. swakked, 23, swapped, swapte, 15, 24, 36, _struck_, _smote_. swat, _sweat_. sweirand, _swearing_. sworne into my bille, 95, "_I have delivered a promise in writing, confirmed by an oath._" Percy. syne, _since_, _then_, _afterward_. tackes, _takes_. tald, 227, _tall_? talent, 310, seems to be used for property in general. tear, 42, possibly the same as dere, _injury_. teene, tene, _injury_. tenne, _taken_. tent, _heed_. the, _thee_, _they_. thi, _the_. thir, _these_, _those_. thought long, _found the time drag_. thrang, _throng_. thraw, _twist_. thrysse, _thrice_. thuds, 169, sound of blows, _noises_, _strokes_. tinkler, played the, 161, _played the coward_. tint, _lost_. tockin, _token_. ton, tone, the, _the one_. tooke, 39; supply an omitted word, as "rest." toom, _empty_. top-castle, 62, _a kind of turret built round the mast-head_. topsail, to cast, _a kind of salute_. tre-trip for hay, 131; tray-trip was a _game at dice_. tree, 226, _spear-shaft_? _cudgel_? trews, 155, _Highland pantaloons_, consisting of breeches and stockings in one piece; here used for Highlanders. trone, 143, _pillory_. trows, 156, see trews. touk, tuick, _beat_. tyll, _to_. tyne, _lose_. uds-doyns, an oath. uncouth, _unknown_. uttermost, _outmost_. valziant, _valiant_. verament, _truly_. vow, 169, _exclamation of admiration or surprise_. vowit, _vowed_. wae, _sad_, _sorry_. wald, _would_. waly, _interjection of lamentation_. wane, 36? war, _worse_; verb, _to worst_, _overcome_. war, _aware_. ward, _word_. waryson, _reward_. wast, _west_. wat, _know_. weal, 41 (of hands), to _wring_?
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