An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 397

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 397

~Hamp~, _s._ The act of stuttering, ibid.


_To_ HAMPER, _v. a._ To confine by giving little room, S.


_Douglas._


Sw. _hamp-as_, rei difficili intricatus laborare.


_To_ HAMPHIS, _v. a._ To surround, S. B.


_Ross._


_To_ HAM-SCHAKEL, HABSHAIKEL, HOBSHAKLE, _v. a._ To fasten the head of a horse or cow to one of its fore-legs.


_Gl. Sibb._


HAMSCHOCH, _s._ A sprain or contusion in the leg, Fife.


A. S. _ham_, the hip, and _shach_, _v._ to distort.


_To_ HAMSH, _v. n._ To eat voraciously with noise, Ang.


V. ~Hansh~.


HAMSTRAM, _s._ Difficulty, S. B.


_Ross._


Teut. _ham_, poples, _stremm-en_, cohibere.


HAN, _pret._ Have.


_Sir Tristrem._


HANCLETH, _s._ Ancle.


_Lyndsay._


A. S. _ancleow_, id.


HAND. _By hand_, _adv._ Over, past, S.


_To put by hand_, to put aside, S.


_Rutherford._


_Weill at hand_, Active.


_Barbour._


_To put hand in_, To put to death.


_G.o.dscroft._


_Fra hand_, _adv._ Forthwith.


_Lyndsay._


_Out of hand_, id. S.


_Sir J. Sinclair._


_Spede hand_, Make haste, S.


_Douglas._


~Handcuffs~, _s. pl._ Manacles, S. q. _sleeves_ of iron.


_To_ ~Handcuff~, _v. a._ To manacle, S.


_To_ ~Hand-fast~, _v. a._


1. To betrothe by joining hands, in order to cohabitation before marriage.


_Pitscottie._


2. To contract in order to marriage.


_Ferguson._


A. S. _hand-faest-en_, fidem dare.


~Hand-fasting~, ~Hand-fastnyng~, _s._ Marriage with the inc.u.mbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought off.


Su. G. _handfaestning_, id.


_Wyntown._


~Hand-hauand~, _part. pr._ Having in possession, applied to stolen goods.