An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 74
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 74
BYPTICIT, _part. pa._ Dipped or dyed.
Lat. _baptizo_.
_Houlate._
BIR, BIRR, _s._ Force.
I find that Isl. _byr_, expl. ventus ferens, is deduced from _ber-a_, ferre; Gl. Edd. Saem.
V. ~Beir~.
BIRD, BEIRD, BRID, BURD, _s._
1. A lady, a damsel.
_Gawan and Gol._
As _bridde_ is the word used by Chaucer for bird, it is merely the A. S. term for pullus, pullulus. _Bird_, as applied to a damsel, appears to be the common term used in a metaph. sense.
2. Used, also metaph., to denote the young of quadrupeds, particularly of the fox.
V. ~Tods Birds~.
BYRD, _v. imp._ It behoved, it became.
_Barbour._
A. S. _byreth_, pertinet. This imp. v. may have been formed from _byr-an_, _ber-an_, to carry, or may be viewed as nearly allied to it.
Hence _bireth_, gestavit; Germ. _berd_, _ge-baerd_, id., _sich berd-en_, gestum facere. Su. G. _boer-a_, debere, pret. _borde_, anciently _boerjade_.
BIRDING, _s._ Burden, load.
V. ~Birth, Byrth~.
_Douglas._
A. S. _byrthen_, Dan. _byrde_, id.
BIRD-MOUTHD, _adj._ Mealy-mouthd, S.
_Ramsay._
BYRE, _s._ Cowhouse, S. _Byer_, id. c.u.mb.
_Gawan and Gol._
Perhaps allied to Franc. _buer_, a cottage; _byre_, Su. G. _byr_, a village; Germ. _bauer_, habitaculum, cavea; from Su. G. _bo_, _bu-a_, to dwell. Or from Isl. _bu_, a cow; Gael. _bo_, id.
BIRK, _s._ Birch, a tree; S. Betula alba, Linn.
_Douglas._
A. S. _birc_, Isl. _biorki_, Teut. _berck_, id.
_To_ BIRK, _v. n._ To give a tart answer, to converse in a sharp and cutting way; S.
A. S. _birc-an_, _beorc-an_, to bark, q. of a snarling humour.
Hence,
BIRKIE, _adj._ Tart, in speech, S.
BIRKY, _s._
1. A lively young fellow; a person of mettle; S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. _Auld Birky_, "In conversation, a.n.a.logous to _Old Boy_," Gl. Shirr.
_Ramsay._
Allied perhaps to Isl. _berk-ia_, jactare, to boast; or _biarg-a_, opitulari, q. one able to give a.s.sistance.
BIRKIN, BIRKEN, _adj._ Of, or belonging to birch; S.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _beorcen_, id.
_To_ BIRL, BIRLE, _v. a._
1. This word primarily signifies the act of pouring out, or furnishing drink for guests, or of parting it among them.
_Douglas._
2. To ply with drink.