An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 436

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 436

Isl. _hwisl-a_, in aurum susurrare.


HUT, An overgrown and indolent person, Ang.


~Hut~, ~Hand-hut~, _s._ A small stack built in the field, S.


HUT, _s._ A square basket, formerly used in Galloway for carrying out dung to the field, of which the bottom opened to let the contents fall out.


HUTHER, _s._ A wetting mist, S. B. ~Its hutherin~, it rains slightly, ibid.


Isl. _hiufrar_, parum pluit; _hiufr_, pluvia tenuis.


HUTHERIN, _s._


1. A young heifer, Ang. Loth.


V. ~Hudderin~.


2. A stupid fellow, Orkney.


HUTTIS ILL, some disease.


_Roull._


HUTt.i.t, _adj._ Hated, abominable.


_Douglas._


Su. G. _hutta_, c.u.m indignatione et contemtu ejicere.


HUTTOCK, _s._ Perhaps mitre.


_Pal. Hon._


Fr. _haute toque_, high cap.


_To_ HUZZH, _v. a._ To lull a child, S.


Isl. _hoss-a_, id.


HWINKLE FACED, _adj._ Lantern-jawed, Orkn.


I, J, Y.


J corresponds to Germ. Belg. _sch_, Su. G. Isl. _sk_. Y, as prefixed to verbs, participles and verbal nouns, is merely the vestige of A. S.


_ge_, corresponding to Moes. G. _ga_. _Ie_ is a termination used for forming diminutives.


JA, _s._ The jay.


_Bannatyne Poems._


JABB, _s._ A net for catching the fry of coal-fish.


_Stat. Acc._


JABBIT, _adj._ Fatigued, jaded.


_Gl. Shirr._


JABBLE, _s._ Soup, Aberd.


_Shirrefs._


JACINCTYNE, _s._ Hyacinth.


_Douglas._


Fr. _jacynthe_, id.


JACKSTIO, _s._ Jack-pudding.


_Polwart._


Su. G. _stoja_, tumultuari; Isl. _stygg-r_, insolens.


_To_ JAG, _v. a._


1. To job, S.