An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 983

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 983


WITTIS, _s. pl._ The senses.


_Henrysone._


WIZEN, _s._ The throat. S.


_Journ. Lond._


E. _weasand_, the windpipe.


_To_ WIZZEN, _v. n._ To become dry.


V. ~Wisen~.


WLONK, _adj._


1. Gaudily dressed; superl. _wlonkest_.


_Sir Gawan._


2. Rich.


_Ibid._


~Wlonk~, _s._ A woman of rank, or one splendidly dressed.


_Dunbar._


A. S. _wlonce_, _wlance_, gay, splendid, rich.


WOAGE, _s._ A military expedition.


V. ~Wiage~.


WOB, _s._ A web, S. _wab_.


_Douglas._


~Wobster~, ~Wobstar~, _s._ A weaver, S. _wabster_.


_Lyndsay._


WOBAT, _adj._ Feeble, decayed; _wobart_, Ang.


V. ~Vowbet~.


_Dunbar._


WOCE, _s._ Voice.


_Barbour._


WOD, WODE, WOUD, _s._ A wood.


_Douglas._


A. S. _wudu_, Belg. _woud_, S. _wud_, id.


WOD, WODE, VOD, _adj._


1. Mad, S. _wud_.


_Wallace._


A. S. _wod_, amens, insa.n.u.s.


2. Furious with rage; denoting the act, S.


_Douglas._


A. S. _wod_, furiosus; Isl. _od-ur_, insa.n.u.s, ira percitus.


3. Having a fierce or fiery temper; expressive of the habit, S.


4. Ravenous; in relation to appet.i.te.


_Douglas._


5. Wild, as opposed to an animal that is domesticated.


_Wallace._


~Wod~, ~Wud~. _In the wud ot_, an expression applied to a person, when eager to obtain or do any thing, or when greatly in need of it, S. B.


~Wodnes~, _s._ Fury, madness, S.


_Wyntown._


Alem. _uuotnissa_, dementia.







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