An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 407
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 407
HEARTSOME, _adj._
1. Merry, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Causing cheerfulness, S.
_Ramsay._
HEATHER _s._ Heath, S.
V. ~Haddyr~.
~Heather-bells~, _s. pl._ Heath blossoms, S.
_Burns._
~Heather-birns~, _s. pl._ The stalks and roots of burnt heath, S.
V. ~Birn~.
~Heather-clu~, _s._ The ankle, Ang. q. what cleaves the heath in walking.
Isl. _klofv-a_, to cleave.
~Heatherie~, _adj._ Heathy, S.
_J. Nicol._
HEAWE EEL, The conger.
_Sibbald._
Sw. _hafs-aal_, i. e. sea-eel.
_To_ HECH, HEGH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To breathe hard, to pant, S.
Teut. _hygh-en_, id.
~Hech~, ~Hegh~, _s._ The act of panting, S.
V. ~Hauch~.
_Ruddiman._
HECHIS, _s. pl._ Hatches of a ship.
_Doug._
_To_ HECHT, HEYCHT, _v. n._
1. To name.
_Douglas._
2. To promise, to engage.
_Barbour._
3. To offer, to proffer, S.
_Burns._
4. To command.
_Douglas._
A. S. _hat-an_, Su. G. _het-a_, vocare, promittere, jubere.
V. ~Hat~.
~Hecht~, ~Heycht~, _s._ A promise, Loth.
_Wyntown._
HECK, _s._ A rack for cattle.
V. ~Hack~.
HECKABIRNEY, _s._ A lean feeble creature, Orkn.
Isl. _heik-ia_, supprimere, deficere.
HECKAPURDES, _s._ A quandary, Orkn.
_To_ HECKLE, HEKLE, _v. a._ To fasten by means of a hook.
_Wallace._