An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 513
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 513
_Ross._
2. Shabby; applied to dress, S.
~Lounrie~, _s._ Villany.
_Dunbar._
LOUN, LOWN, _s._ A boy, S.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _lione_, servus.
~Louns piece~, the uppermost slice of a loaf of bread, S.
_To_ LOUNDER, _v. a._ To beat with severe strokes, S.
V. ~Loundit~.
_Ramsay._
~Lounder~, _s._ A swinging stroke, S.
_Watson._
LOUNDIT, _part. pa._ Beaten.
_Dunbar._
This seems the origin of _Lounder_, apparently allied to Fenn.
_lyon_, ferio, verbero.
_To_ LOUP, _v. n._
1. To leap, to spring, S. pret. _lap_.
_Chr. Kirk._
Moes. G. _hlaup-an_, saltare; Su. G. _loep-a_, currere.
2. To run, to move with celerity, S. B.
_Forbes._
3. To give way; applied to frost, S.
4. Applied to a sore when the skin breaks, S.
5. To cover, S., like Teut. _loop-en_, catulire.
6. _To_ ~Loup~ _on_, to mount on horseback. S.
_Spalding._
7. _To_ ~Loup~ _out_, to run out of doors.
_Many._
8. To pa.s.s from one possessor to another; used as to property.
_Many._
~Loup~, _s._ A leap, a spring, S.
_Barbour._
~Loup~, ~Loupe~, _s._ A cataract, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
~Louping Ague~, a disease resembling St Vituss dance, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
~Loupin-on-stane~, _s._ A flight of stone-steps, for a.s.sisting one to get on horseback, S.
_To c.u.m aff at the loupin-on-stane_, S. to leave off any business in the same state as when it was begun; also, to terminate a dispute, without the slightest change of mind in either party, S.
LOUP-HUNTING, _s._ _Hae ye been a loup-hunting?_ a query, addressed to one who has been very early abroad, and contains an evident allusion to the hunting of the wolf in former times, S. B.
Fr. _loup_, a wolf.
LOURD, rather.
V. ~Lever~.
_Ritson._
LOURDNES, _s._ Surly temper.
V. ~Lowryd~.