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Legends of the North: The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Legends of the North: The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride

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Raked up his een, _opened his eyes_.
  Rants, _wild frolics_.
  Rape, _rope twisted of straw with which the thatch is secured over the
    stack_.
  Raxin', _stretching_.
  Rig an' fur, _ribbed_; _applied to stockings_.
  Rippet, _wild tumult_; _boisterous fun_.
  Rizzon, _reason_.
  Routh, _plenty_; _a large number_.
  Rowin', _rolling_.


  S

  Sair dung, _much overcome_.
  Sair'd, _served_; _satisfied_.
  Sanna, _shall not_.
  Sark, _shirt_.
  Saul, _soul_; _an imprecation_.
  Saut, _salt_.
  Seer, _sure_.
  Seerly, _surely_.
  Sell, _self_.
  Sets, _becomes_.
  Shoon, _shoes_.
  Siller, _silver_; _applied to money in general_.
  Sin', _since_.
  Singit, _singed_.
  Skail, _separate_.
  Skinklin', _falling slightly_.
  Skirled, _cried with a shrill voice_.
  Sleekit, _sly_.
  Smoored, _smothered_.
  Snell, _sharp_.
  Snod, _neat_.
  Sonsie, _plump, and having a pleasant look_.
  Soople, _supple_; _flexible_.
  Spang, _to walk with a long, quick step_.
  Spates, _floods_.
  Spates of drink, _drunken bouts_.
  Speel, _to run_.
  Speen, _spoon_.
  Splore, _a wild frolic_.
  Squeel, _scream_.
  Stan' the session, _appear before the kirk session to satisfy
    discipline_.
  Starns, _stars_.
  Steek, _shut_.
  Stendin', _walking with long strides at a quick pace_.
  Stirk, _stot_.
  Stoup, _measure_.
  Sud, _should_.
  Sweer, _swear_.
  Syne, _then_.


  T

  Tap to tae, frae, _from top to foot_.
  Tappit, _crested_.
  Taties, _potatoes_.
  Tent, _care_.
  Thack, _thatch_.
  Thestreen, _last night_.
  Thieket, _thatched_.
  Thowless, _without vigour_.
  Thrang, _strongly bent_.
  Tint, _lost_.
  Toun, _farm buildings_.
  Trigly, _neatly_.
  Troke, _small ware_.
  Twined, _separated_.
  Tynin', _loosing_.


  U

  Unco, _very_.
  Unco sair, _very much_.


  V

  Vaunty, _given to boasting_.
  Vivers, _victuals_.


  W

  Wale, _best_.
  Warld, _world_.
  Warnised, _warned_.
  Warstles up, _mounts with difficulty_.
  Wasna, _was not_.
  War', _were_.
  Ware, _spend_.
  Waukit, _fulled_.
  Waur, _overcome_; _adj. worse_.
  Wee bit sheltie, _small pony_.
  Weet oor mou', _to moisten the mouth_; _applied commonly to the use of
    strong drink_.
  Whan, _when_.
  Whaur, _where_.
  Win wi', _accompany_.
  Win to, win as far as, _to reach_.
  Wis, _was_.
  Wowf, _melancholy_.
  Wunner, _wonder_.
  Wun o'er his lips, _escaped from his lips_.


  Y

  Yarkit at the wark, _wrought with vigour_.
  Yer, _your_.
  Yestreen, _last night_.
  Yetts, _gates_.
  Yill, _ale_.
  Yokes wi', _engages in anything_.


        _David Scott, Printer, "Sentinel" Office, Peterhead._




                              FOOTNOTES


[1] Dr Rogers.

[2] Lucretius Lib. IV., lin. 581 et seq.

[3] Halliwell's "Parnassus."

[4] Croal.

[5] Sanbach.

[6] Ross.