An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 17

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 17

A. S. _ealmaest_, Belg. _almeest_, id.


AMANG, AMANGIS, _prep._


1. Among; _amang_, S. Westmorel.


_Wyntown._


2. At intervals, occasionally.


_Barbour._


A. S. _meng-an_, Su. G. _maeng-a_, Isl. _meng-a_, to mix, to blend.


AMBa.s.sATE, AMBa.s.sIAT, _s._ An emba.s.sy, as denoting the persons sent considered collectively.


_Douglas._


Fr. _amba.s.sade_, id.


AMBRY, _s._ A press in which the provision for the daily use of a family in the country is locked up, S.


V. ~Almerie~.


_To_ AMEISE, AMESE, AMEYSS, _v. a._ To mitigate, to appease.


_Barbour._


Franc. _mezz-an_, Germ. _ma.s.s-en_, moderari, mitigare; C. B. _masw_, soft.


AMENE, _adj._ Pleasant.


_Douglas._


Lat. _amoen-us_, id.


AMERAND, _adj._ Green, verdant; probably written _ameraud_.


_Douglas._


From the colour of the emerald, Fr. _emeraud_.


AMERIS, AUMERS, _s. pl._ Embers; aumers, S. B.


_Douglas._


A. S. _aemyria_, Belg. _ameren_, Isl. _eimyria_, favilla.


AMYRALE, _s._ An admiral.


_Wyntown._


Fr. _amiral_; Arab. _amir_, a lord, _ameer al omrah_, prince of the princes.


_To_ AMIT, _v. a._ to admit.


_Wallace._


AMMELYT, _part. pa._ Enamelled.


_Douglas._


Fr. _emaill-er_, L. B. _amayl-are_, id.


_To_ AMMONYSS, _v. a._ To admonish, to counsel.


V. ~Monesting~.


_Barbour._


AMORETTIS, _s. pl._ Loveknots, garlands.


_Kings Quair._


Fr. _amourettes_, love-tricks, dalliances, Cotgr.


_To_ AMOVE, AMOW, _v. a._ To move with anger, to vex, to excite.


_Wyntown._


Fr. _emouv-oir_, id.


AMOUR, _s._ Love.


_Douglas._