An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 529

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 529

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


3. _In manrent_, under engagement to support a superior.


_Acts Ja. II._


A. S. _manred_, id.; _man-raedene_, va.s.sals; from _man_, and _raeden_, law, state.


MANRITCH, _adj._ Masculine. _A manritch qweyn_, a masculine woman, S. B.


From _man_, and A. S. _ric_, expressive of abundance in any quality.


MANSE, _s._ The parsonage-house, S.


L. B. _mansus_, id.


_Erskine._


_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v. a._ to perjure, S.


_Douglas._


A. S. _manswer-ian_, id., from _man_, scelus, and _swer-ian_, to swear.


~Manswearing~, _s._ Perjury, S.


_Douglas._


MANSWETE, _adj._ Meek, Lat. _mansuetus_.


_Douglas._


_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._


1. To stutter, S.


_Z. Boyd._


2. Applied to rough unpolished verse.


_Polwart._


3. As _v. a._ denoting the indistinct mumbling of the Romish litany.


_Bannatyne Poems._


C. B. Ir. _mantach_, a stutterer.


_To_ MANTEME, _v. a._ To possess.


_Douglas._


MANTILLIS, _s. pl._ Large shields used as a covert for archers; Fr.


_mantelet_.


_Complaynt S._


MAPAMOUND, _s._ A map of the world.


_Douglas._


Fr. _mappemond_, L. B. _mappa mundi_.


MAR, _adj._ More.


V. ~Mare~.


MAR, _s._ Hindrance.


_Wallace._


A. S. _mar_, d.a.m.num.


MARBEL, _adj._ Feeble, inactive, Loth.


C. B. _marwaawl_, deadening; Gael. _meirble_, slow, weak; _marble_, heavy, benumbed.


MARBLE BOWLS, MARBLES, _s. pl._ The play among children in E. called _taw_, S.


MARBYR, _s._ Marble.


_Complaynt S._


Fr. _marbre_.