An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 71

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 71

_Statist. Acc._


BIG, BIGG, _s._ A particular species of barley, also denominated _bear_, S. c.u.mb. id. barley.


_Statist. Acc._


Isl. _bygg_, hordeum, Dan. _byg_, Su. G. _biugg_, id.


_To_ BIG, BYG, _v. a._ To build; S., c.u.mb., Westmorel., id.


_Wallace._


This word occurs in O. E. although not very frequently. A. S.


_bycg-an_, Isl. _bygg-ia_, Su. G. _bygg-a_, aedificare, instruere, a frequentative from _bo_, id.; as it is customary with the Goths thus to augment monosyllables in _o_; as _sugg-a_ from _so_, a sow.


BIGGAR, _s._ A builder, one who carries on a building.


_Acts Marie._


BIGGING, BYGGYN, BYGGYNGE, _s._ A building; a house, properly of a larger size, as opposed to a cottage, S.


_Wallace._


_Biggin_, a building, Gl. Westmorel. Isl. _bigging_, structura.


BIGGIT, _part. pa._ Built.


This word is used in various senses, S.


_Biggit land_, land where there are houses or buildings, contrasted with ones situation in a solitude, or far from any shelter during a storm, S.


_Barbour._


_Weill biggit_, well-grown, l.u.s.ty.


_Melvills MS._


_A weill biggit body_ is one who has acquired a good deal of wealth, S.


B.


BIGGIT, _pret._ Perhaps, inclined.


A. S. _byg-an_, flectere.


_King Hart._


BIGLY, BYGLY, _adj._ Commodious, or habitable.


_Bludy Serk._


From A. S. _big-an_, habitare, and _lic_, similis.


BIGHTSOM, _adj._ Implying an easy air, and, at the same time, activity, S. B.


_Morison._


Perhaps q. _buxom_, from A. S. _bocsum_ flexibilis; _byg-an_, to bend.


BIGONET, _s._ A linen cap or coif.


_Ramsay._


From the same origin with E. _biggin_, "a kind of coif, or linen-cap for a young child;" Phillips. Fr. _beguin_. id.


BYGANE, BIGANE, BYGONE, _adj._


1. Past; S. The latter is mentioned by Dr Johnson as "a Scotch word."


_Acts Ja. I._


2. Preceding; equivalent to E. predeceased.


_Douglas._


BYGANES, BIGONES, used as _s. pl._ denoting what is past, but properly including the idea of transgression or defect.


1. It denotes offences against the sovereign, or the state, real or supposed.


_Baillie._


2. It is used in relation to the quarrels of lovers, or grounds of offence give by either party, S.


_Morison._


3. It often denotes arrears, sums of money formerly due, but not paid, S.


_Wodrow._