An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - BestLightNovel.com
You’re reading novel An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 959 online at BestLightNovel.com. Please use the follow button to get notification about the latest chapter next time when you visit BestLightNovel.com. Use F11 button to read novel in full-screen(PC only). Drop by anytime you want to read free – fast – latest novel. It’s great if you could leave a comment, share your opinion about the new chapters, new novel with others on the internet. We’ll do our best to bring you the finest, latest novel everyday. Enjoy
V. ~Weid~.
_Roull._
WEE, _s._ Wight.
V. ~Wy~.
_Sir Gawan._
WEEBO, _s._ Common ragwort, S.
WEFT, _s._ Woof.
V. ~Waft~.
WEEGLE, _v. n._ To waggle.
V. ~Waigle~.
~Weegglie~, _adj._
1. Waggling, unstable, S.
2. Having a wriggling motion in walking, S.
Belg. _be-weeglik_, unstable, pliable.
WEEM, _s._
1. A natural cave, Fife, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
2. An artificial cave, or subterraneous building, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
From Gael, _uamha_, a cave.
WEEPERS, _s. pl._ Stripes of muslin or cambric, st.i.tched on the extremities of the sleeves of a black coat or gown, as a badge of mourning, S.
_Burns._
WEER, _s._ Fear.
V. ~Were~.
_To_ WEESE, WEEZE, _v. n._ To ooze, to distil gently, S. B.
_Morison._
Isl. _veisa_, Dan.-Sax. _waes_, A. S. _wos_, humor.
WEFFIL, _adj._ Limber, not stiff, S.
A. S. _waefol_, fluctuans; Teut. _weyfel-en_, vacillare.
WEFFLIN, WEFFLUM, _s._ The backlade, or course of water at the back of the mill-wheel, Ang.
_To_ WEY, _v. a._ To throw.
_Wallace._
Teut. _wegh-en_, movere.
_To_ WEY, _v. a._ To bewail; Teut. _weeh-en_, to cry as a child, vagire.
_Wallace._
_To_ WEID, _v. n._ To become furious.
V. ~Wede~.
~Weid~, _adj._. Furious, synon. _wod_.
_Dunbar._
WEID, _s._ A kind of fever to which women in child-bed, or nurses, are subject, S.
Germ. _weide_, or _weite_, corresponds to Fr. _accable_, as signifying that one is oppressed with disease.
WEID, L. _theid_, region.
V. ~Thede~.
