An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 548

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 548

_Douglas._


2. To attempt, S.


_Gawan and Gal._


_To mint at_, to aim at, S.


_Ramsay._


_To mint to_, the same.


_Baillie._


A. S. _ge-mynt-an_, disponere, Alem. _meint-a_, intendere.


~Mint~, ~Mynt~, s.


1. An aim.


_Douglas._


2. An attempt, S.


_Ramsay_.


Alem. _meinta_, intentio.


_To_ MIRD, _v. n._ To meddle, S. B.


_Ross._


C. B. _ymyryd_, to intermeddle.


MIRE-b.u.mPER, _s._ The bittern, S.


_Mire_, and Isl. _bomp-a_, to strike against.


MYRIT, _pret._ Stupified.


_Douglas._


MIRK, MYRK, MERK, _adj._ Dark, S. A. _mark_, S. B.


_Wyntown._


Isl. _myrk_, Su. G. _moerk_, id.


~Mirk~, ~Mirke~, _s._ Darkness, S.


_Lyndsay._


A. S. _myrce_, Isl. _myrkur_, id.


_To_ ~Mirken~, ~Mirkyn~, _v. n._ To grow dark. Sw. _moerkna_, id.


_Douglas._


~Mirklins~, _adv._ In the dark, S. B.


~Mirkness~, _s._


1. Darkness.


_Barbour._


2. Mental darkness.


_N. Burne._


MYRKEST, _adj._ Most rotten.


_Wallace._


Isl. _morkinn_, Su. G. _murken_, rotten.


MIKKY, _adj._ Smiling, merry, S. B.


_Shirrefs._


A. S. _myrig_, merry; or _myrg_, pleasure.


MIRKLES, _v. pl._ The radical leaves of Fucus esculentus, eaten in Orkney.


MIRL, _s._ A crumb, S. B.


V. ~Murle~.


MIRLES, _s. pl._ The measles, Aberd.


Fr. _morbilles_, id.