An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 266
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 266
Fr. _enseigne._
_Lyndsay._
2. Ensign, or standard.
_Knox._
3. The word of war.
_Barbour._
4. A company of soldiers.
_Knox._
ENSELYT, _pret._ Sealed.
_Barbour._
ENTAILYEIT, _part. pa._ Formed.
Fr. _entaill-er_, to carve.
_Palice of Hon._
ENTENTYVE, _adj._ Earnest, intent.
Fr. _ententif_.
_Barbour._
~Ententely~, _adv._ Attentively.
_Barbour._
ENTREMELLYS, _s. pl._ Skirmishes.
_Barbour._
Fr. _entremel-er_, to intermingle.
ENTRES, ENTERES, _s._ Access, entry.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
ENTRES, _s._ Interest.
_Acts Sedt._
EPISTIL, _s._ A harangue or discourse.
_Dunbar._
ER, _adv._ Before.
V. ~Air~.
_Barbour._
~Erar~, ~Earer~, _comp._
1. Sooner.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. Rather.
_Wyntown._
~Erast~, _superl._ Soonest.
_Wyntown._
ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._
1. The earth, S. p.r.o.n. _yird._
_Wyntown._
2. Ground, soil, S.
A. S. _eard_, Isl. _jaurd_, id., from Isl. _aer-a_, _er-ia_, to plough.
_To_ ~Erd~, ~Yerd~, _v. a._
1. To inter a dead body, S. B.
_Barbour._