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Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch: A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian — John Shaqi

Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch: A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and ScandinavianFlom, George T. (George Tobias)

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Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch: A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian

Name: Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch: A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian
Author: Flom, George T. (George Tobias)

Flom, George T. (George Tobias)

Scots language; Scots language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Scandinavian

BARK, _vb._ to tan, to harden. Dunbar F. 202 and 239. Ramsay, I,
    164, "barkit lether," tanned leather. O.N. _barka_, to tan,
    Norse _barka_, to tan, to harden, M.E. _barkin_. General
    Scand. both sb. and vb. In the sense "to tan" especially
    W. Scand., cp. Sw. _barka_, to take the bark off. O. Sw.
    _barka_, however, has the meaning "to tan."

BARKNIT, _adj._ clotted, hardened. Douglas, II, 84, 15. pp. of vb.
    _barken_, to tan. See above.

BASK, _adj._ dry, withering (of wind). Jamieson, Dumfries. Dan.
    _barsk_, hard, cold, _en barsk Vinter_, a cold winter. Cp.
    Sco. "a bask daw," a windy day. M.L.G. _barsch_ and _basch_ do
    not agree in meaning with the Sco. word; besides the _sk_ is
    Scand. For loss of _r_ before _sk_ cp. _hask_ from _harsk_.

BAUCH, BAWCH, BAUGH, _adj._ awkward, stiff, jaded, disconsolate,
    timid. Sat. P. 12, 58; Dunbar Twa. M.W. 143; Rolland, IV, 355;
    Johnnie Gibb, 127, 2. O.N. _bagr_, awkward, clownish,
    inexperienced, unskilful. _Bauchly_, poorly, in Ramsay,
    II, 397.

BAYT, _vb._ to feed, graze. Bruce, XIII, 589, 591; Lyndsay, 451,
    1984. O.N. _bæit_, to feed, to graze, causative from _bita_,
    literally means to make to bite. Norse _bita_, to graze,
    Sw. _beta_, M.E. _beyten_. In many diall. in Norway the word
    means "to urge, to force." Cp. _bait_.

BECK, _sb._ a rivulet, a brook. Jamieson. O.N. _bekkr_, O. Sw.
    _bäkker_, Norse _bekk_, O. Dan. _bæk_. Sw. _bäck_, a rivulet.
    In place-names a test of Scand. settlements.

BEET, _vb._ to incite, inflame. Burns, 4, 8. Same as _bait_, incite,
    q.v. Cp. Cu. "to beet t'yubm, to supply sticks, etc. to the
    oven while heating" (Dickinson).

BIG, BEGG, _sb._ barley. Fergusson, II, 102; Jamieson, Dumfries.
    O.N. _bygg_, Dan. _byg_. See Wall. Cp. Shetland _big_.

BEGRAVE, _vb._ to bury. Douglas, II, 41, 25; IV, 25, 22; IV, 17, 8.
    Dan. _begrave_, Norse _begrava_, O. Sw. _begrava_, _begrafwa_,
    to bury. Possibly not a loanword.

BEIN, BENE, BEIN, _adj._ liberal, open-handed, also comfortable,
    pleasant. Douglas, III, 260, 23; Fergusson, 108; Sat. P. 12,
    43. _Beine_, hearty, in Philotus, II, is probably the same
    word. O.N. _bæinn_.

BEIR, _vb._ to roar. Douglas, II, 187, 1. See _bir_, sb.

BIG, _vb._ to build, dwell, inhabit. Dunbar T.M.W. 338; Dalr., I,
    26, 19; Sco. pro. 5. O.N. _byggia_. See Wall. Sco. "to big wi'
    us," to live with us, cp. Norse _ny-byddja_, to colonize.

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