An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 979
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 979
_To_ WIP, WYP, _v. a._ To bind round, S.
_Dunbar._
~Wyp~, _s._ A wreath, a garland.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _waip_, _wipja_, corona.
WYR, _s._ An arrow.
_Barbour._
Fr. _vire_, the arrow called a quarrell; Isl. _aur_, telum, sagitta.
_To_ WYR, _v. a._ To wreathe, to let down by a whirling motion.
_Barbour._
Mod. Sax. _wyr-en_, Fr. _vir-er_, Lat. _gyr-are_.
_To_ WIRK, WYRK, _v. a._
1. To work, to cause to accomplish.
_Douglas._
2. To make, to form.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _wirc-an_, _wyrc-an_, facere.
~Wirk~, ~Werk~, _s._ Work.
_Wallace._
WYROCK, _s._ A sort of hard excrescence.
V. ~Virrok~.
WIRRY-COW, _s._
1. A bugbear, a scarecrow, S.
_Ramsay._
2. The devil, S.
_Ramsay._
From _wirry_, to worry, and _Cow_, q. v.
WIRRY-HEN, _s._ Perhaps, one who swallows up the property of others, as a hen gobbles up what is thrown out.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ WYRRIE, _v. a._ To strangle.
V. ~Wery~.
WIRSCHIP, _s._
V. ~Worschip~.
WYSAR, _s._ The visor.
V. ~Wesar~.
WISCH, _pret. v._ Washed.
_Houlate._
_To_ WYSE, _v. a._ To incline by caution or art.
V. ~Weise~.
_To_ WISEN, WYSSIN, _v. n._
1. To wither, to become dry and hard, S. p.r.o.n. _wizzen_; A. Bor. id.
_Douglas._
2. To be parched; in consequence of thirst.
_Douglas._