An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 938

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 938


A. S. _wa_, moestus, afflictus.


WAAH, _s._ Any thing that causes surprise and admiration, Orkn.


Isl. _va_, any thing unexpected; commonly used in a bad sense.


WABRAN LEAVES, Great plantain or waybread, S.


A. S. _waeg-braede_, Teut. _wegh-bree_, plantago.


_To_ WACHLE, _v. n._ To move backwards and forwards, S.; E. _waggle_.


Teut. _wagghel-en_, id.


_To_ WACHT, _v. a._ To quaff.


V. ~Waucht~.


WAD, WED, WEDDE, _s._


1. A pledge, S.


_Sir Tristrem._


2. A wager.


_Kelly._


Su. G. _wad_, A. S. _wed_, Isl. _vaed_, pignus.


~Wadds~, _s. pl._ A youthful amus.e.m.e.nt, in which much use is made of pledges, S.


_Gl. Sibb._


_To_ ~Wad~, ~Wed~, _v. a._


1. to pledge, to bet, to wager, S.


_Chr. Kirk._


2. To promise, to engage, S.


_Shirrefs._


A. S. _wedd-ian_, to be surety, spondere.


WADSET, _s._ A legal deed, by which a debtor gives his heritable subjects into the hands of his creditor, that the latter may draw the rents in payment of the debt; a forensic term, S.


_Reg. Maj._


_To_ ~Wadset~, _v. a._ To alienate heritable property under reversion, S.


_Skene._


Su. G. _wadsaett-a_, Isl. _vaedsett-ia_, oppignerare.


~Wadsetter~, _s._ One who holds the property of another in _wadset_, S.


_Erskine._


~Wad-shooting~, _s._ Shooting at a mark for a _wad_, or prize which is laid in pledge, Ang.


_Stat. Acc._


WADAND, _part. pr._ Expl. fearful.


Ir. _uath_, fear.


_Wyntown._


WADD, _s._ Woad, used in dyeing.


_Chalm. Air._


A. S. _wad_, _waad_, Teut. _weede_, woad.


WADDER, _s._ Weather.


V. ~Weddyr~.


WADDIN, _part. pa._ Vigorous.


_Henrysone._


Isl. _valld-r_, validus, potens.


WADER, _s._ A bird, supposed to be the water-hen, or the water-rail, Aberd.


_Stat. Acc._







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