An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 984
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 984
~Wodspur~, _s._ A forward, unsettled, and fiery person, S.
WODERSHINS, _adv._
V. ~Widdersinnis~.
WODEWALL, WOOD WEELE, _s._ Variously explained, as a thrush, a wood-lark, a redbreast.
_Pop. Ball._
WODROISS, _s._ A savage; perh. rather _wodwiss_.
_Houlate._
A. S. _wude-wase_, satyra, faunus.
WOFT, _s._ The woof.
V. ~Waft~.
_To_ WOID, _v. a._ To divide.
_Wallace._
WOYELEY, _adv._ Wickedly.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _wolice_, prave, inique; _wo-lic_, pravus.
WOIK, _pret. v._ Fled, wandered.
_Doug._
A. S. _woc_, _woce_, ortus est, from _waec-an_, suscitari.
WOYNE, _s._ Perh. labour.
_Maitland P._
Sw. _wonda_, difficultas; _wond-a_, laborare.
WOISTARE, WOUSTOUR, _s._ A boaster, S. _vouster_.
V. ~Voust~.
_Doug._
WOLK, _pret._ Walked.
_Douglas._
WOLROUN, _s._ Perh. impotent person.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _gall_, testiculus; Teut. _ruyn-en_, castrare.
_To_ WOLTER, _v. a._ To overturn.
_Maitland P._
Teut. _woelter-en_, volutare.
~Wolter~, _s._ An overturning, a change productive of confusion; S.
_walter_.
_Knox._
WOMENTING, _s._ Lamentation.
V. ~Wayming~.
_Douglas._
_To_ WOMPLE, _v. a._ To wrap.
V. ~Wimpil~.
_To_ WON, _v. n._ To be able, to have any thing in ones power.
V. ~Win~, _v. n._
_To_ WON, WIN, WYN, _v. n._ To dwell, S.