HOOLI, HULIE, _adj._ quiet, slow, leisurely, careful. Dalr., I, 149, 27; A.P.B., 41; Fergusson, 54. O.N., _hógligr_, easy, gentle, _hógleiki_, meekness, _hóglifi_, a quiet life, _hóglyndr_, good-natured. HUGSUM, _adj._ horrible. Wyntoun, VII, 5, 176. See _ug_, to fear. HUSBAND, _sb._ a small farmer. Bruce, X, 387; VII, 151. O.N. _hús- bondi_, a house-master. See Skeat. For full discussion of this word as well as _bonde_, see Steenstrup, 97-100. ILL, _adj._ evil, wicked. Bruce, III, 10. O.N. _illr_, adj. bad, Norse _ill_, _idl_, cross, angry, Dan. _ilde_, adv. badly. As an adv. common in M.E. The adj. use of it more specifically Sco. as in Norse. See Skeat. IRKE, _vb._ to weary, to suffer. Dunbar, F., 429; R.R., 456; L.L., 2709. O.N. _yrkja_, to work, take effect, O. Sw. _yrkja_, O. Dan. _yrki_ (Schlyter), Sw. _yrke_, to urge, enforce, Norse _orka_, be able, always used in the sense of "barely being able to," or, with the negative, "not being able to." Ramsay uses the word in the sense of "being vexed." IRKE, _adj._ weary, lazy. Dunbar, 270, 36; R.R., 3570. See _irke_, vb. _Irkit_, pp. adj. tired, Montg., M.P., 521. IRKING, _sb._ delay. Winyet, II, 76; I. Deriv. from _irke_, vb. ITHANDLY, YTHANDLY, YDANLIE, _adv._ busily, assiduously. Dalr., II, 36, 12; R.R., 36, 95. O.N. _iðinn_, busy. See _eident_. KARPING, CARPING, _sb._ speech, address. Wyntoun, VIII, 18, 85; VIII, 18, 189; IX, 9, 34. See _carp_. KEIK, KEK, _vb._ to peep, to pry. O.N. _kíkja_, to pry, Norse _kika_. Undoubtedly a Scand. loan-word, _i>ei_ as in _gleit_, _gley_. KENDLE, KENDILL, KENNLE, _vb._ to kindle. Lyndsay, 161, 4970; Gol. and Gaw., 1221; Rolland, I, 609. O.N. _kendill, kynda_, M.E. _kindlen_. See Brate. KILT, _vb._ to tuck up, O.N. _kelta_, _kjalta_, O. Dan. _kiltæ_, the lap, Dan., Norse _kilte_, to tuck up, O. Sw. _kilta_, sb. For discussion of this word see Skeat. KIST, KYST, _sb._ chest, box. O.N. _kista_, Norse, Dan. _kiste_, a chest. O.E. _cest_ would have given _kest_, or _chest_. See also Curtis, §392. The tendency in Sco. is to change _i_ to _e_ before _st_, not _e_ to _i_. Cp. _restit_, _gestning_. KITTLING, KITTLEN, _sb._ kitten. Burns, 38, 2, 3; Mansie Wauch, 23, 19; 210, 10. O.N. _ketlingr_, diminutive of _ketta_, she-cat, Norse _kjetling_. Cp. Cu. _kitlin_. The same diminutive formation appears in Dan. _kylling_, older _kykling_, Norse _kjukling_, a chicken. KNUSE, KNOOSE, _vb._ to bruise, to press down with the knees, to beat, also to knead. Ramsay, I, 236. See Jamieson for secondary meanings. O.N. _knusa_, to bruise, to beat, Norse _knusa_, Dan. _knuse_, crush, O. Sw. _knosa_, _knusa_, crush, press tight, beat. Cp. Goth. _knusian_. O.E. _cnysian_, shows umlaut. KOW, _sb._ a fright, terror. Winyet, I, 107, 12. O.N. _kúga_, to cow. See _cow_, vb.