An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 646

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 646


QUEET, _s._ The ancle, Aberd.


V. ~Cute~.


_Ross._


QUEY, QUY, QUOY, QUYACH, QUOYACH, QUEOCK, QUYOK, _s._ A cow of two years old, S.


_Acts Malc. II._


Dan. _quie_, Su. G. _quiga_, id.


QUEYN, QUEAN, _s._ A young woman, S.


_Gl. Sibb._


A. S. _cwen_, Su. G. _qwinna_, mulier.


QUEINT, QUENT, _adj._


1. Curious.


_Douglas._


2. Strange, wonderful.


_Douglas._


3. Cunning, crafty.


_Douglas._


O. Fr. _coint_, bien fait, sage; Arm. _coant_.


~Quentis~, _s._ Elegant device.


_Barbour._


O. Fr. _cointise_, ornement, ajustement.


~Queint~, ~Queynt~, _s._ A wile, a device;


O. Fr. _cointe_.


_Wyntown._


_To_ QUEINTH, QUEITH, _v. a._ To pacify, or to bid farewell to.


_Douglas._


Su. G. Isl. _qwaed-ia_, salutare; valedicere.


QUELLES, _s. pl._ Yells.


_Sir Gawan._


Su. G. Isl. _qwill-a_, ejulare.


_To_ QUEME, _v. a._ To fit exactly; _queem_, Lanerks. _Quemit_, _part.


pa._


~Queme~, _adj._ Exactly fitted, used as an _adv._ _Queem_, Lanerks. id.


_Douglas._


Teut. _quaem_, _be-quaem_ aptus.


QUEMIT, _part. pa._ Exactly fitted.


_Pal. of Hon._


Franc. _biquam_ congruit, convenit.


QUENRY, _s._ Abundance of bad women.


_Chr. S. P._


A. S. _cwen_, mulier, and _ric_, dives.


QUENT, QUENTISS.


V. ~Queint~.


QUENT, _adj._ Familiar, acquainted.


Fr. _accoint_, id.


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







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