An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 964
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 964
WER, WAR, _adj._ Wary.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _war_, videns.
WERD, _s._ Fate.
V. ~Weird~.
WERDY, _adj._ Worthy.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _weerdig_, Sw. _werdig_, id.
WERDIE, _s._ The youngest bird in a nest, Fife.
Isl. _wardt_, what is deficient.
WERE, WER, WEIR, WEER, _s._
1. Doubt, S. B.
_Barbour._
2. Apprehension, fear.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _waere_, caution; Belg. _vaer_, fear.
WERE, WER, WEIR, _s._ War, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _waer_, O. Belg. _werre_, id.
~Wereman~, ~Weir-man~, ~Wer-man~, _s._ A soldier.
_Douglas._
~Were-horse~, ~Weir-horse~, _s._
1. A war-horse.
_Pop. Ball._
2. A stallion, Moray.
_Ibid._
~Werely~, ~Weirly~, _adj._ Warlike.
_Doug._
~Were-wall~, ~Weir-wall~, _s._ A defence in war.
_Houlate._
~Weriour~, ~Weryer~, _s._
1. A warrior.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. An antagonist.
_Douglas._
_To_ WERY, WERRY, WYRRIE, _v. a._
1. To strangle.
_Douglas._
2. To worry.
_Wyntown._
Teut. _worgh-en_, strangulare.
WERY, _s._ Vexation, Orkn.
A. S. _werig_, execrabilis.
WERIOUR, _s._ A maligner.
_Douglas._
V. preceding word.