TYNSELL, TYNSALE, _sb._ loss. Bruce, V, 450, XIX, 449; R.R., 505. In Wyntoun, IX, 3, 25, it means "delay, loss of time," frequently means "loss of life, slaughter." M.E. _tinsel_, loss, ruin, probably a Sco. formation from _tyne_, to lose, similarly in Norse _tynsell_, loss (not frequent), from _tyna_. TYNSALE, _vb._ to lose, suffer loss. Bruce, XIX, 693. See the sb. TYTT, _adj._ firm, tight. Wallace, VII, 21, 2. O.N. _þittr_, tight, close, Norse, _tett_ or _titt_, Dan. _tæt_, Sw. _tät_, close together, tight, Eng. dial. _theet_. The long vowel in _theet_ is unusual. UG, _vb._ to dislike, abhor. Winyet, II, 31, 32; Scott, 71, 119. O.N. _ugga_, abhor, Norse _ugga_, see B-S. UGSUM, _adj._ fearful. Sat. P., 3, 135. See _ug_. _Ougsum_, Howlate, I, 8, means "ugly." UNDERLIE, _adj._ wonderful. Gau, 29, 24. Dan. _underlig_, Norse, _underleg_, O.N. _underlegr_, wonderful, shows Scand. loss of _w_ before _u_. The O.E. word is _wundorlic_, cp. Scand. _ulf_, Eng. _wolf_. The word is Dan. in Gau. UNFLECKIT, _adj._ unstained. Psalms, XXIV, 4. See _fleckerit_. UNGANAND (gēn.), _adj._ unfit, unprepared. Douglas, II, 48, 16. See _ganand_. UNRUFE, _sb._ restlessness, vexation. Gol. and Gaw., 499. See _rove_, sb. Cp. Norse _uro_, restlessness, noise, Dan. _uro_, id. UNSAUCHT, _adj._ disturbed, troubled. Gol. and Gaw., II, 12. See _saucht_. UPBIGARE, _sb._ a builder. Winyet, II, 3, 4. See _big_. Cp. Norse _bygga up_. UPLOIP, _vb._ leap up. Montg., M.P., III, 33. See _loup_. On this change of _ou_ to _oi_ cp. the same word in Norse, _laupa_ and _loipa_. VATH, WAITH, _sb._ danger. Bruce, V, 418; Wallace, IX, 1737. O.N._váði_, harm, mishap, disaster, Dan. _vaade_, danger, adversity, Sw. _våde_, an unlucky accident, M.E. _wāþe_, peril. Does not seem to exist in the modern diall. VITTERLY, _adv._ certainly. Bruce, IV, 771; X, 350. O.N. _vitrliga_, wisely, Dan. _vitterlig_, well-known, undoubted, M.E. _witerliche_, certainly. VYNDLAND, _pr. p._ whirling around. Bruce, XVII, 721. O.N. _vindla_, to wind up. Norse _vindel_, a curl, anything twisted or wound. Cu. _winnel_. Cp. Dan. _vindelbugt_, a spiral twist. Skeat cites provincial Eng. _windle_, a wheel for winding yarn. WAG, _vb._ to totter, walk unsteady. Dunbar, 120, 98. Norse, _vagga_, to swing, rock, sway, O.N. _vaga_, to waddle. See further Skeat. WAGGLE, _vb._ to wag, sway from side to side, wabble. M.W., 16, 23; 51, 5. Sw. dial. _vagla_, _vackla_, to reel, Norse _vakla_, id. May be taken as a Sco. frequentative of _wag_, q.v. Not to be derived from the L.G. word. Confined to the Scand. settlements. WAILIE, _adj._ excellent. Burns, 179, 2, 3, and 8, 7. See _wale_, sb. WAILIT, _adj._ choice, fashionable, excellent. Rolland, I, 64. See _wail_, vb.