An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 396

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 396

Su. G. _hemull-a_, evictionem praestare, ut rem acquisitam quietus possideat emtor.


HAME, HAIM, _s._ Home, S.


_Wyntown._


A. S. _ham_, Su. G. _hem_, domus.


~Hame-come~, _s._ Return, S.


_Douglas._


Isl. _heimkoma_, domum adventatio.


~Hame-fare~, _s._ The removal of a bride from her own or her fathers house to that of her husband, S. from _hame_ and _fare_, to go.


~Hamelt~, _adj._ Domestic, &c.


V. ~Hamald~.


~Hamely~, ~Hamly~, _adj._


1. Familiar, friendly, S.


_Barbour._


2. Without ceremony, S.


_Wyntown._


3. Condescending, S.


_Wallace._


4. Without refinement, S.


_S. Prov._


5. Easy, not difficult.


_R. Bruce._


6. Coa.r.s.e, not handsome, S.


_Hogg._


Su. G. _heimlig_, Alem. _haimleich_, familiaris.


~Hameliness~, _s._ Familiarity, S.


_Kelly._


~Hamesucken~, _s._ The crime of beating or a.s.saulting a person within his own house; a law term, S.


_Erskine._


Su. G. _hemsokn_, id. from _hem_, and _soek-a_, to a.s.sail with violence; Teut. _heym-soeck-en_, invadere violenter alicujus domum.


~Hamesucken~, _adj._ Greatly attached to ones home, Clydes.


~Hamewith~, _adv._


1. Homeward, S. B.


_Ross._


2. _adj._ In the same sense, S.


_Ross._


3. _s. To the hamewith_, having a tendency to ones own interest, S. B.


A. S. _ham_, Isl. _heim_, and A. S. _with_, Isl. _wid_, versus.


HAMELL, _s._ Not understood.


_Colvil._


HAMES, HAMMYS, _s. pl._ A collar, S.


V. ~Haims~.


_Douglas._


HAMMERFLUSH, _s._ The sparks which fly from iron when beaten with the _hammer_, Ang.; also _hammerflaught_.


Isl. _flis_, a splinter.


HAMMIT, HAMMOT, _adj._ Plentiful, properly applied to corn which has many grains on one stalk, Ang.


A. S. _hamod_, tectus, q. well covered with grains.


_To_ HAMP, _v. n._ To stutter, S. A.