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=trip for trap=, came down the stair, in, 328, 17: tripping, trip-trap (trap, a doublet of trip).

=tristil-tre=, III, 98, 37. See =trystell-tre=.

=troule=, V, 84, 13: go round (of a bowl of ale).

=trow=, =trew=, =true=, believe, suppose. I trow, I, 104, =c= 13: assuredly.

=trowt=, =trowet=, III, 110, 23, 26: troth.

=truce=, my petticoat, IV, 288, =E= 2: put in a trouss, tuck or fold, to shorten.

=true=, days of, III, 352 a: (singular of truce, trews, pledges of good faith) truce.

=true=, IV, 486 f., 5, 21; 491, 5: trow. See =trew=.

=true-love=, lover, betrothed lover (often not to be distinguished from true love), _passim_.

=trues=, trousers. See =trews=.

=truff=, II, 144 f., 14, 24: turf.

=trust=, II, 307, 34; 379, 4; IV, 494, 37; V, 38, 5: trow, believe, suppose (of the things one would rather not believe).

=truste=, III, 66, 207: trusty.

=trusty tree=, III, 92, 8; 116 f., 2, 21; 200, 37; V, 75, 4: an obvious corruption of trystill-tree, a tree appointed for a meeting or assemblage. (Trusty also in later copies of Adam Bell and the Gest for trysty, trystell, which see.)

=trusyd=, III, 13, 9: trussed, bound up.

=tryst=, =tryste=, _n._, I, 394, =A= 1; 395, 1; IV, 2, 4, 6: appointment to meet. IV, 413, 7; 414, 3, 4: appointment for wedding. I, 326, 18: market.

=tryst=, =tri(e)st=, _v._, I, 314, 1; II, 270, 3; 272, 4; IV, 201, 8; V, 171, 4: engage, induce, entice, to come, go with. II, 294, 13; IV, 194, 6; 198, 8; 200, 19; 201, 11; 202, =K= 5: prepare a way for coming, cause to come.

=tryst=, _n._ or _v._, IV, 154, 5: appoint a place, or, appointment of a place.

=trystell-tree=, =trysty-tre=, =trystyll-tre=, =tristil-tre=, III, 69 f., 274, 286; 71, 298; 75, 387; 76, 412: a tree serving for a meeting-place (of Robin Hood’s band). (In later texts, trusty.)

=trysty tre=, III, 26 f., 95, 98; 27, 102: tree fixed upon for rendezvous (trusty, trustie in later copies).

=tu=, V, 303 a: to.

=tua=, the tua part, V, 254 =b=, 4: two thirds. But twa part, V, 276, 20, seems to mean second part, half, which we have at IV, 120 =F= 7; 381, 16; that is, it is more likely that an equal share should be offered.

=tul=, III, 440, 25; til, to. tul a, III, 440, 13: to have.

=turn=, IV, 477, 14; turning o the tune, II, 249, 11; o the note, 250, 13; IV, 477, 13: refrain (owreturn, I, 332, =E=, =F= 7; owreword, II, 254, 8, 9). turnin o the bell, IV, 314, 19.

=turn the wind wi thee=, IV, 379, 6:==take the wine (i.e. wind) fra thee, V, 275, 5. (The meaning is clear, but whether turn is in actual use in the required sense I have not ascertained.)

=turning.= See =turn=.

=tust=, IV, 224, 20: tost.

=twa=, two. twa part, see =tua=.

=twafald(-fold)=, oer a tree, staff, II, 461, 19; III, 268, 8: bent double over a stick. twafald ower his steed, III, 8, 18: doubled, head hanging on one side, feet on the other. See =twofold=.

=twain=, _v._, part. See =twin=.

=twal=, twelve.

=twalmon=, =twalmont=, twelvemonth.

=twalt=, =twelt=, twelfth.

=twan=, _pret._ of twine, I, 256, 2.

=twatling=, dishes, V, 86, 36: unmeaning, nonsensical, of no account.

=twaw=, two.

=twig=, IV, 31, =B= 6: twitch, pull.

=twin=, =twine=, =twyne=, twin me o my make, twin babe of life, I, 129, 8; 174, 18; 175, =D= 6, 12; 177, 17; 220, =B= 3; 222, 7; II, 218, 16; IV, 179, =A= 2: deprive. twine a mantle, I, 453, 3; twine me, IV, 154, 5: part with. twin(n) with, I, 175, 4, 5, 10, 11; II, 232, 7, 10, 12; twin(e) me and my make, etc., I, 127, 14; 128, 11; 350, 15; II, 159, 12, 13 (twain); V, 178, 1: separate. gar twa loves twin (twain), etc., I, 56, =B= 9; II, 63, 23; 230, =B= 3, 6: part, _intrans_.

=twine=, coarse linen, duck, crash. for towel, IV, 460, No 47, 1, 2; shift (contrasted with holland), II, 224, 17. II, 27, 19, 20: canvas. I, 221, =C= 9; 504, 4: coarse stuff of some kind. Lincoln twine, III, 5, =D= 5; 8, 12; IV, 496, 10, is doubtless the Lincoln green of other versions, and so simply texture. III, 192, 10: yarn, ropes o silken twine, IV, 472, 10: twist, shoes of small corded twine, V, 301 b, 3.

=twinkle=, II, 409, 17; 425, =A= 7: trinkle, trickle.

=twinn=, _v._ See =twin=.

=twinn=, part in twinn, I, 432, 3: in twain, in two.

=twirld=, at the pin, IV, 390, =b= 4: tirled, rattled.

=twofold oer a staff=, =threefold oer a tree=, III, 267, 9; the body being bent double over the staff, the whole presentation is, with the staff (tree) threefold. Corruptly, III, 188, 6, two foote on a staffe, the third vpon a tree. See also =twa-fald=.

=tydand=, II, 433, 9: tidings.

=tyde.= See =tide=.

=tyndes=, III, 65, 186: (A. S. tind) tynes, antlers.

=tyne=, I, 17, 11:==tynd, harrow-tooth (harrow-pin, I, 19, 10).

=tyne=, _v._, to lose, to perish. See =tine=.

=tyte=, his backe did from his belly tyte, III, 277, 17: quickly. A verb of the sense _fall away_ may have dropped out after _did_, and is at any rate to be understood, unless _tyte_ had that sense. A Scottish _tyte_, to totter, fall (tyte oer, fall over), is noted by Jamieson.

=tythance=, =tythand(e)s=, =tythyng=, III, 361, =b=, =c= 1; =c= 14, 49; 362, 93; V, 78, 5: tidings.

U

=ugsome=, II, 47, 15: exciting disgust or abhorrence. (Icel. uggr, fear.)

=ull=, I ull, V, 267, 5: will.

=umber=, I, 331, =C= 2: seems to be the same as thimber (I, 330, =A= 2): massive.

=unbeen=, my barn’s unbeen, IV, 143, =A= 4: not thoroughly closed in or made tight? (been, well-provided, warm, dry and snug. A bein cask, watertight, Jamieson.) a house is beind when thoroughly dried.

=vnbethought him=, I, 214, =A= 17 (printed um-); II, 240, 5; V, 15, 16: bethought himself of.

=unbigged=, IV, 143, =A= 4: unbuilt.

=unco=, _adj._, A. S. uncúð (uncouth, III, 245, 11). unco man, IV, 235, 11: unknown, strange, unco land, ground, I, 182, 1, 3; 324, 4; IV, 410, 10, 11. unco squire, V, 26 f., 25, 36: stranger, unco woman, I, 78, 26: unfriendly. unco lair (lear), II, 118, 1; 119, 1; 174, 1; 178, 2; III, 385, 1; IV, 411, 1; 467, 1: extraordinary.

=unco=, _adv._, I, 370, 5: unusually, very.

=uncouth=, =vnkowth=, =vnkuth=, =vnketh=, I, 344, 25; III, 245, 11: (A. S. uncúð) unknown, strange. See =unco=.

=vnder=, Grenwich, III, 358, 78: perhaps, below, further down the Thames.

=vnder hand=, shott it vnder hand, III, 199, 29; 202, 33; shot under his hand, III, 204, 26: Dr Furnivall and Mr C. J. Longman suggest, putting the bow horizontally, in which case you shoot with the arrow under the left hand, instead of beside it, as in shooting with the bow vertical. Ascham speaks of an underhand shaft, but without defining it: “The underhande [shafte] must have a small breste, to go cleane awaye oute of the bowe; the forehande muste have a bigge breste, to bere the great myght of the bowe.” Toxophilus, 1545, ed. Arber, p. 126. And again, as cited by Dr W. Hand Browne, of Johns Hopkins University: “Men doubt yet, in looking at the mark, what way is best, above or beneth hys hand”; “a byg brested shafte for hym that shoteth _under hande_, bycause it will hobble.” Upon which Dr Browne remarks, “As he is here speaking only of taking aim, under-hand shooting would seem to be done when the archer raised his bow high, and looked at the mark under the arrow-hand.”

=under night=, I, 100, 1: in the night.

=vndergoe=, II, 59, 33: undertake.

=undertaking=, be your, IV, 152, 6; 153, =D= 7: will undertake, manage for you.

=vnfaine=, III, 355, 14: not glad.

=unfriends=, III, 470 b: enemies.

=vngoodly=, III, 322 a: unhandsome.

=vnhappie=, V, 82, 29: ill-conditioned, having bad tricks.

=unhappy=, IV, 64 a: mischievous.

=unhappy=, V, 86, 32: unlucky (as speaking inopportunely). (The _on_ of _horson_ occasioned the omission of _un-_.)

=unkensome=, III, 495 =B= =b= 7: not to be known.

=unkent=, IV, 435, 12: unknown.

=vnketh=, =vnkouth=, =vnkuth=, III, 56, 6; 57, 18; 66, 209; 79, 6, 18; 82, 6, 18; 85, 6: uncouth, unknown, stranger.

=vnmackley=, II, 59, 30: misshapen. (Scott. makly, well proportioned, mackerly, Northumberland, shapely. Halliwell.)

=vnneth=, =unneath=, III, 73, 358; 171, 17: with difficulty, scarcely.

=vnready=, V, 81, 10: indirect, or, attended with difficulties.

=unright(e)=, I, 294, 7; III, 339, 5; IV, 503, 5: wrong.

=unruly=, IV, 383, 1: should probably be unseally, as in IV, 378, 1.

=unseally=, IV, 378, 1: unlucky.

=vnsett=, III, 358, 71: surrounded, invested. (A. S. ymbsettan.)

=unshemly=, V, 215, 14: unseemly.

=unthought=, =unthocht=, =onthought lang=, haud, keep, I, 478, 13; 482, =C b= 16, 20; II, 139, 3; III, 492, 5; IV, 260, 10: keep from thinking long, wearying, from _ennui_. See =think lang=.

=vnthrift=, V, 81, 16: spendthrift.

=until=, =untill=, I, 221, =D= 3, 4; III, 488, 35, 36: unto, to.

=unto=, IV, 170, 11; 467, 11; V, 262, 19: into, in.

=vnto the same=, I, 284, 12: after the same fashion.

=vntyll=, gates shut them vntyll, III, 25, 52: to, against.

=vnwieldie=, V, 82, 29: unmanageable.

=vowsed=, =uowsed=, V, 79, 14: used, practised.

=vp chaunce=, III, 57, 18; 66, 209: on, for, the chance.

=up stark=, IV, 378, 5; 380, 11: (came, blew) up strong, as still common, with the like ellipsis, V, 51, 68; 56, 45.

=upgive=, V, 193, 59: avow, acknowledge, own up.

=vpon=, =vppon=, I, 271, 2; 433, 15, 16: on. stay upon, wait upon, III, 450 b: for.

=upper hand=, II, 245, 29: upper tier, above.

=upricht=, I, 473, 3: right out.

=upstart=, II, 54, 56: sprang up.

=us=, I us gar, V, 267, 12: shall, will. See =s=, sign of future.

=used=, V, 85, 23: frequented. used him in her company, IV, 98, =F= 6: accustomed him to.

=vtter=, III, 361, =b=, =c= 52: outer.

=utuer=, IV, 506, 59. See =beame=.

V

=vain=, streams proud and vain, IV, 204, 8: repetition of proud in the sense of fierce, etc.

=valiant= (of ladies), V, 119, 1: of worth, estimation.

=value= (of an hour), IV, 514, 15, 16: amount.

=value=, =va(l)low=, _v._, II, 162, =E= 2: think important, make ado about, stick. vallow not the feed, IV, 36, 3: value, care not for the feud which will ensue; cf. =B= 3.

=vance=, spak wi a vance, IV, 465, 30: seems to be meant for vaunt. It is hardly probable that the plural of the old Scottish and English avant, vaunt (_with avants_) can be intended.

=vanitie=, IV, 300, 2, is nonsense.

=vawward=, III, 284, 14; vanward, III, 285, 21, 34; 333, 27: vanguard, van.

=veiwe=, =vew=, =vewe=, III, 92, 15: yew.

=velvaret=, IV, 369, 1: meant for velvet; not velveret.

=venie= (?), III, 219 b, note: vein.

=venison=, II, 59, 38: hunting (prerogative of).

=vension=, III, 196, =d= 4: venison.

=vepan=, weapon.

=verament=, III, 308, 26; 333, 26: truly.

=vessell=, _pl._, III, 65, 175, 179, 191: vessels.

=vew=, your vew, V, 86, 40: sight of you.

=vew=, =vewe=, =veiwe=, III, 92, 15; 105, 27; 362, 78: yew. (The v is not for u. The word is pronounced vewe in Cheshire.)

=vild=, V, 53, 102: vile.

=virgus=, I, 420, 13: verjuice, a kind of vinegar (green juice).

=virr=, I, 183, 16: vigor.

=virtue=, in virtue leave your lammas beds, II, 96, =J= 4: corrupt. Cf. =B= 1. Dr Davidson suggests, never tae leave your lammie’s, lambkin’s beds (lammie’s, innocent).

=vo=, =vou=, woe.

=vogie=, IV, 176, 11: vain, merry; no longer have you cause for self-gratulation, to be demonstratively joyful.

=vones=, I, 334, 6: dwellest.

=voss.= a voss o, IV, 224, 8, 12: comparing =G= 8, 10, 21, =K= 22, the voice of, this last seems to be meant. Otherwise, a corruption of, it was a (cf. =A= 11; =C= 15; =D= 17; =E= 19; =H= 11).

=votes=, IV, 114, =C= 2: for voters? probably a corruption.

=vou’s me=, V, 271, 16, 17, wo is me!

=vouch it safe=, III, 75, 381: grant, bestow (safe corrected from halfe).

=voued=, _pret._, V, 268, 17: viewed.

=vour.= o vour, II, 25, =F= 13: half owre, as in =C= 18.

=vow=, =wow=, IV, 133 f., 12, 15; 136, 21; V, 118, =C= 11: exclamation of surprise, emphasis, or admiration.

=voyded=, III, 26, 79: made off.

=vue=, _v._, V, 265, 17: view.

=vyld=, wild.

=vytouten nay=, I, 334, 4: without, beyond, denial.

W

=wa=, =wae=, IV, 448 a, 3^d st.: wo.

=waaf=, II, 72, 2: waif.

=wad=, _n._, II, 63, 23; 172, 31, 32: pledge, in security. I, 340, 2; 343, 2; II, 376, 39; III, 455, 10: forfeit.

=wad.= I wad, I, 130, =F= 14, 15, 20: I wot, in a weak sense, assuredly, truly. See =a=I=, and =wat=.

=wad=, =wade=, I, 71, 55, 56; 74, 76, 77; III, 465, 30; V, 299, 2: would. See =wads=.

=wad=, =wade=, _v._, IV, 18, 17; 185, 7; 384, 5; 385, 2, 7; 386, 2; V, 219, 23; 275 b, 6; 300, 14: wager. IV, 432, 4, 5: engage (to fight).

=wadded=, I, 272, 11: of woad color, blue.

=wadded=, V, 261, 6: wedded.

=wadding=, =wadin=, II, 131 f., 11, 16, 19, 20; IV, 470, 15-17: wedding.

=wade=, =wad=, _pret._ of wide, wade, II, 97, 12, 13; 283, 4; 461, 10; IV, 68, 6; 190, 27, 28; 438, 13; 455, 9.

=waders=, IV, 188, 20: miscopied by Skene for mideers, mothers.

=wadin.= See =wadding=.

=wads=, II, 133, =D= 4, 5, 6: wishes (wad, would, treated as a present tense).

=wae=, =wa=, I, 69, 48; 127, 28; 169, 3; 217, 3, 6; V, 306, 10: wo.

=wae=, _adj._, I, 367, 11; II, 70, 25; 89, 36; 129, 17: unhappy.

=wael=, IV, 443, 5: choice. See =wale=.

=waely=, IV, 59, =d= 3: a rhyme-word for wae, sad.

=waesome=, IV, 369 b: woful.

=waft=, I, 420, 15, 16; 422, 12, 13: weft, woof.

=wafu=, woful.

=wainless=, II, 72, 8: homeless (without a wane, habitation).

=wair=, II, 472, 24: bestow. See =war=.

=wait=, I wait, a wait, wate, IV, 128, 16, 17; 169, 3; 371, 2, 3, 5; 447, 6, 17; 470, 17; 510, =W= 2; 515, 12, 15; 517, 20: I wot, know, indeed. See =wat=, and =a=I=.

=wait=, IV, 456, 7:=wite, blame.

=wait=, =wayte=, III, 57, 18; 66, 209; 83, 202; 86, 202; 412, 21: watch, lie in wait, seek an opportunity, to do.

=waith=, steed, V, 176, 18: waif, stray, wandering.

=waitmen=, II, 424, 3: waiting-men (or possibly, wight men, strong men).

=wake=, II, 327, 2, 4, 5: aperture, way. (Icel. vök, aperture, especially one cut in ice, or remaining in water not completely frozen over; passage cut for ships in ice; Swed. vak, hole in ice; Dutch vak, empty space. “In Norfolk, when the ‘broads’ are mostly frozen over, the spaces of open water are called wakes.” Wedgwood.)

=wake=, I, 107, 5; IV, 446, 5; 447, 5: watch (people set to watch me), but the reading at I, 107; IV, 447, is probably wrong; cf. I, 108, =B= 4. See =wane=.

=wake=, IV, 141, 12: merry-making, sport.

=wake=, _v._, V, 277, 2: walk.

=wake=, III, 88, 340, is an original misprint.

=waken=, I, 433, 24: waking.

=wakerife.= See =waukrife=.

=wald=, =walde=, I, 334, 6: would.

=wale=, =wael=, =walle=, IV, 265, =A b= 10; 477, 19; V, 256 a, 2: choice.

=wale=, =weil=, =wile=, =wyle=, I, 428, 14; IV, 169, 5; 300, 12; 461, 19; V, 105, =B= 1: choose.

=wale wight=, I, 490, 13. See =wall wight=.

=walker=, I, 272, 14: fuller.

=wall=, I, 387, 2, 4; 440, 4, 6; V, 206 a, 3: well, spring. The water at St Johnston’s wall was fifty fathom deep, II, 21, 14: an alleged deep place in the Tay; cf. 24, 14, there’s a brig at the back o Sanct John’s toun, it’s fifty fadom deep.

=wall=, green wall sea, green wall wave, V, 275 b, 7, 8: apparently wave, despite tautology; cf. II, 22, 15, green-waved sea. (haw sea, IV, 379, 10; 380, 19. Prof. Murison informs me that when Mrs Murison sings the ballad mechanically, or without attention, she invariably sings haw.)

=walle=, V, 256 a, 2: wale, choice. See =wale=.

=wallourt.= See =wallowt=.

=wallowd=, II, 392, 10: rolled over (?).

=wallowit=, II, 361, 32: withered.

=wallowt=, IV, 127, 3: drooped, grew pallid. was wallourt, IV, 138, =M=: (misspelt) was pallid.

=wall-wight=, II, 123, 15; 403, 9; III, 10, 23; IV, 392, 11, 12; V, 37, 6; 41, 29, 32 (all from Buchan’s ballads): explained by Donaldson as waled wight, picked strong men. Donaldson cites _weild wightman_ from Semple of Beltrees. See =well wight=, =wale wight men=, I, 490, 13.

=wallwood=, swine, II, 299, 16: wild-wood, compare II, 144, 3, wild-wood steer (unhallowed swine, II, 154, 10).

=walting=, IV, 312, 8: welting, edging.

=waly=, IV, 21, 13: fine large.

=waly=, =wallie=, =wally=, II, 363, 1, line 1; IV, 109 f., 5, 8; 293, =A= 1, 2, 7, 9 (oh and a waly); V, 195, 8; 197, 9, 10, 11: exclamation of admiration. O braw wallie, IV, 296, =F= 1: literally, O good, lucky! or, O good luck! but, as before, an exclamation of admiration.

=waly=, =wally=, II, 363, 1, line 3; IV, 92, 1, 3; 94, 1; 95, 1, etc.: interjection of lamentation (probably A. S. wá lá!). the wally o’t, IV, 290, =D b= 1: sorrow, pity of it! waly’s my love! V, 208, 1, 2, etc.

=wamb=(=e=), =wame=, II, 130, 2; 183, 24; 189, 27; 195, 33; III, 437, 23: womb. See =weam=.

=wan=, one.

=wan=, dark-colored, pallid, colorless, white. II, 92, 3, 4, 9; 97, 11; 144, 13; 147, 10; 150, 14: dark-colored. II, 74, =E= 6; 79, 28; 185, 33; 187, 16; 399, 2: pallid. wan water (as contrasted with wine), II, 70, 17; 74, =D= 7; 75, 10; 92, 4; 96, =J= 7, 8: colorless. far got ye that water that washes ye so wan, II, 191, 23: white (ye wad never be so white, 24).

=wan=, =wane=, _pret._ of win, I, 73, 53; II, 21, 4; 123, 22; III, 474, 32; IV, 180, 7. he wan free, V, 300, 11: got free.

=wan=, _p. p._ of win, IV, 385, 26.

=wand=, II, 146, 13; 147, 14; 150, =E= 9; 151, =G= 4: of (willow) twigs, staff made of the wand, II, 118, 22 (very nearly verbiage): made of a rod.

=wane=, I, 334, 7; III, 63, 148: habitation. in my bower there is a wane, IV, 446, 5: wane, says Jamieson, denotes not only a dwelling (Old Eng. wone), but “different apartments in the same habitation;” if so, in my house there is a room, is the sense here. wan, in the wake there is a wan, IV, 447, 5: should at least be, in the wane there is a wake, as the rhyme shows, and as we have at 446, 5. In, at the wake there is a wane, I, 107, 5, wane was meant by Scott to be understood as a collection of people (wheen). See =wake=.

=wane=, III, 309, 36: “quantity, multitude; a single arrow out of a vast quantity.” Skeat (quantity as in Chaucer’s wone, see =wheen=). This is to me quite unsatisfactory, but I have no better interpretation to offer. Wain, in the sense of a vehicle for a missile, ballista, catapult, would be what is wanted, but I have not succeeded in finding a case.

=wanhappy=, IV, 386, 1: unlucky.

=wanna=, did not win, go.

=wannelld=, III, 488, 38: was unsteady, staggered. (A. S. wancol, North Eng. wankle, unstable, Germ. wankeln.)

=wannle=, IV, 491, 32: agile, vigorous, strong.

=wanny=, II, 261, 8, 9: small wand, rod.

=want=, IV, 196, 3; 268, 17, 22; 357, =B= 7; 358, 17: do without, dispense with. sae soon as we’ve wanted him, IV, 359, 12: had to do without. III, 513 b, 2, _pret._: wanted.

=wanton=, III, 452, 1; 453, 1: free and easy, frolicsome. (rantin, 455, 1.) Cf. Wanton Brown (a horse), IV, 17, 1, etc.

=wantonlie=, =-ly=, III, 488, 27; 490, 14: gaily, merrily. rode, lap, wantonly, IV, 146 f., 8, 38: in easy, spirited style.

=wap=, horse will gie his head a wap, I, 182 f., 8, 14: throw, toss.

=wap=, _n._, coost a wap on horse’s nose, IV, 21, 9: noose.

=wap=, _v._, wrap, lap. wap cloth into ship’s side, II, 27, 19: stuff. roun ship’s side, 20: wrap. wap halter oer horse’s nose, IV, 17, 4: lap, twine, perhaps throw.

=wap=, _v._, throw. wappin corn and hay oer to horse, IV, 21, 18: throwing. wappit wings, II, 139 f., 7, 12, 22: beat, flapped.

=war=, =ware=. be war, ware, a, of, on, I, 273, 37; II, 46, 37; III, 66, 213; 109, 4; 296, 20; 307, 10: be aware, have a sight of. was war wher, III, 98, 39.

=war=, =waur=, I, 388, =A= 10; 420, 12, 13; 466, 22; II, 417, 6, 9; V, 193, 48: worse.

=war=, =waur=, I, 132, =I= 1; 149, =I= 1; 331, =B= 8: were.

=war=, =ware=, =wair=, I, 431, 3; 478, 7; II, 418, 22; 472, 24; V, 142, 11: expend, bestow. ware my dame’s cauf’s skin on thee, IV, 7, 31; V, 250, 29: apply, use, my wife’s (mother’s) whip.

=waran=, =warran=, =warrand=, =warraner=, =warrant=, III, 430, 15; 435, =F= 7; 436, 5, 7: sponsor for, security. III, 405, 7; IV, 310, 4 (cf. =warn=): safeguard.

=ward=, =warde=, III, 404 b; 470 b: defence. III, 72, 332, 337; 449 a; IV, 11, 18: prison, confinement. enter himself in ward, III, 447 b: voluntarily go into confinement.

=ward=, IV, 446, 1: _corrupt_. See =weird=.

=warde=, II, 273, 25; 340 b, line 8: forewarn, advise.

=warden=, I, 161, 4; V, 209 a, 4: guardian, tutor.

=warden=, IV, 317, =F= 3, 4: facing, edging (cf. the walting, welting, of 312, =A= 8).

=warden pies=, III, 216, 35: made of large pears called wardens.

=wardle=, I, 127, 14; V, 214 f., 1, 6: world. wardle’s make, see =warld=.

=ware=, V, 169, 11: sea-weed, alga marina (used for manure).

=ware=, V, 306, 2, 3: were.

=ware=, _pret._, V, 221, 20: wore.

=ware.= See =war=.

=warison=, =waryson=, III, 100, 74; 297, 43: reward.

=warld=, world. warld’s make, I, 129, 8; 348, 17; 351 f., 40, 54; 353, =H= 12; wardle’s make, I, 127, 14; warldly, worldly, make, mate, I, 344, 30; II, 118, 6, 7; world’s make, I, 128, 11; 348, 11; wordlye make, II, 86, 18, 20: world’s, earthly, mate, consort. world’s mait, I, 508, 9.

=warldly.= See =warld=.

=warlock=, II, 220, 11, 12; 223 f., 8, 14; IV, 472 f., 24, 25: wizard.

=warn=, IV, 309, 2, 6: surety, safeguard. Cf. warran, IV, 310, 4, and see =waran=.

=warn=, _p. p._, IV, 445 b, 2, No 8: warnd (as 446, =b= 2).

=warp=, _v._, I, 312, 8; II, 503, 7: curl, twist.

=warran=, =warrand=. See =waran=.

=warraner.= See =waran=.

=warsle=, _n._, I, 438, =A= 1: wrestle.

=warsle=, =warsel=, _v._, I, 438, =A= 2; 439, 2; 440, 3; 441, 1-3: wrestle. warsled, I, 56, 14: wrestled, struggled, bestirred herself.

=warslin=, a-warslin, I, 440, 1, 2: a-wrestling.

=warwolf=, I, 311, 15, 16: werewolf, man-wolf, man transformed into a wolf.

=waryson.= See =warison=.

=wa’s=, ways.

=was.= See =wash=.

=wash.= _pres._ was, I, 494, 7; III, 111, 41. _pret._ weesh, wish, wush. _p. p._ washen (I, 304, =E= 5; II, 111, 10; V, 102, =B= 15), wushen, which see.

=wast=, west.

=waste=, I, 349, =F= 9: seems to be nonsense (_ride_ expected).

=wat=, =wate=, =wait=, =watt=, =weet=, =wet=, =wit=, =wite=, =wyte=, =wis=, =wot=, know. I wat, wate, a wat, a wite, etc., frequently nothing more than assuredly, indeed: II, 159, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23; 160, 10-16, 18, 19; 161, 12, 13, 17; III, 199, 23; 464 f., 10, 15, 34; 466, 43; IV, 175, =M= 7; 359, 4, 5, 7, etc.; 470, 17; V, 300, 2. _pret._ wist. _p. p._ wist, west.

=wat=, _pret._ of weet, weit, to wet, I, 17, =D= 6; II, 21, 12, 13; 23 f., =D= 7, =F= 10, etc.; IV, 424, 5. _p. p._, I, 55, =B= 7; II, 23, =E= 8.

=wate=, knew. See =wat=, =wait=.

=wate=, _pret._ of wite, blame, II, 273, 25.

=water=, =water-side=, IV, 7, 25; V, 250, 24, 25: “the banks of a river, in the mountainous districts of Scotland the only inhabitable parts.” Scott.

=water-cherry=, II, 186, 18: perhaps a species of cherry used as a cosmetic.

=water-gate=, IV, 510, 6; V, 250, 12: street leading to the water, way along the water.

=water-kelpy=, IV, 185, 10: water-sprite.

=water-side.= See =water=.

=water-sluice.= bored nine holes in her water-sluice, V, 142, =f= 5, should mean in the gate or valve of some vent for water; bored a watery sluice, or aperture for water, =g= 6, is a more rational reading.

=water-stoups=, V, 91, 7, 8: water-buckets or pitchers.

=wather=, =wither=, =wuther=, V, 107, 3, 5: wether.

=watt=, III, 199, 23: know. See =wat=.

=waught=, I, 299, 14: draught.

=wauk=, walk.

=wauk=, II, 139, 5, 13: watch, be awake.

=wauken=, II, 139, 11, 13: waken. _pret._ waukenit, II, 79, 38: awoke.

=wauken(e)d= =at=, II, 162, 12: tried to waken; perhaps, chid, expostulated with.

=waukrife=, =wakerife=, IV, 389 b: watchful, wakeful.

=waur=, =war=, I, 5, 13, 18; 422, 17; 475, 44; 476, =J= 6; II, 421, 26; IV, 26, 4, 5: worse.

=waur=, I, 147, =C= 1; II, 61, 9; IV, 417, 5, 10: were.

=wavers wi the wind=, II, 266, =B= 1: is as restless, changeable (?).

=wawis=, IV, 196, 19: walls.

=way=, I, 4, =A= 13, 16; =B= 8, 9; 5, =D= 4, 9; V, 283, 7, 17: the Milky Way.

=way.= would I way or would I wight, I, 77, 13; 78, 42: nonsense. See =weight=. Motherwell conjectures, would I away, or would I wait. See =wee=.

=waylawaye=, alas.

=ways=, IV, 196, 15: in a direction.

=wayte=, =wait=, III, 57, 18; 66, 209; 83, 202; 86, 202; 412, 21: look out for; watch, lie in wait, seek an opportunity, to do. _pret._ wayted, III, 72, 331: lay in wait for.

=waythmen=, III, 41 a: hunters. See =wight-men=.

=we=, V, 302 a, 13: with.

=we an E an O me=, =we an E an O an O me=, V, 275 a, 9, 10: these words have been treated as interjections. It is possible that they are corrupted from something like, were a’ foald in a yeir to me, III, 370, 9; cf. II, 465, 9.

=wea=, see your body wea, V, 226 b, 7:=wae, suffering? (strange expression, see II, 305, 7, you red and blue.)

=wead=, would.

=weal=, III, 310, 60: “clench so as to leave marks, mark with wales”(?). “Perhaps read wringe and wayle.” Skeat.

=weame=, IV, 505, 56: belly. See =wamb=(=e=), =weme=.

=wean=, II, 136 a, 16; III, 253, =R=; 397, =A b= 2: wee an, little one, child.

=wear.= sare a man a wear, I, 301, 2: sair, supply, a man, of, with, his wear, clothing.

=wear=, _pret._, V, 221, 21: wore.

=Wearie=, I, 55 f., 3, 4, 6, etc.: the Devil.

=wearied=, =wearit=. See =wearyd=.

=wearifu=, V, 115, 7: tiresome, vexatious, cursed.

=wearin’s wa=, I, 333, 6: wearing his way, growing less and less, slowly vanishing.

=weary fa=, IV, 389 b: a curse befall.

=weary=, =wearie=, I, 310, 16; II, 131 f., 11, 16; 231, 1; III, 319, 24; IV, 56, =A= 3, =B= 3; 57, =C= 3, 6; 133, =G= 6; V, 16, 1, 2, 5, 8; 192, 25: sad, unhappy, distressed. IV, 44, 6; 290, =B c= 5; 359, 6; 480, 3: vexatious, hateful, horrid, cursed.

=weary=, weary high hat, III, 184, 13: monstrously, deucedly.

=wearyd=, =wearied=, =wearit=, III, 261 f., 8, 10; IV, 128, 5; 132, 8: troubled, afflicted.

=wearyin for me in=, V, 155, 6: longing to have me indoors.

=weate=, III, 341, 47: corrupt. Possibly, I weate, wit, know.

=weather=, IV, 213, 17, 18: storm of rain or snow.

=wed=, =wedd=(=e=), =wad=, III, 66, 214; 71, 298; 110, 7, 8, 12, 13; 356, 34: pledge, fine, forfeit (ley a wed, 110, 7, 8,=leffe, leave a wed, 12, 13). sette to wedde, III, 59, 54: put in pledge.

=wed=, _v._, I, 481, 42: wager. See =wad=.

=wed=, proudest wed, III, 4, 5: proudest dressed (from wede)

=wede=, =weed=, II, 28, 28; III, 61, 97; 74, 368, 371; IV, 212, 2, 7; 213, 10, 15; V, 306, 13: clothing, garment.

=wee=, I, 163, =J= 1, 2, etc.; 164, =K= 1, 2, etc.: little. I, 203, 5; IV, 412, 15; 413, 18; 421, 25: short time.

=wee.= would I wee or would I way, I, 77, 12; 78, 41: would I (stay) wi (him) or (go) away, is all the meaning this can have. Motherwell conjectures, would I wait or would I away. See =way=.

=weed.= See =wede=.

=weel=, well. See =well=.

=weel.= the weel gae wi his body, IV, 129, 21, 23-25: prosperity.

=weel=, =well=. weel fa! good luck befall, I, 388, =B= 5. for my weel, II, 461, 8; 466, 24: well, advantage (461, 9, for my better). Euphemism for God: weel met thee save! I, 324, 3 (MS. thou); well met ye (you) save! IV, 455, 4; V, 195, 9; well (weel, weill) may ye (you) save! IV, 195, 13; 198 f., =G= 4, 21. So III, 268, 3^1, originally; the _far better_ in the line following, is nonsense.

=weel=, =weil=, IV, 517, 19: a pot, deep place, or whirlpool in a river.

=weel that was her own=, II, 73, 20: seems to mean that the roses and ribbons were indeed hers by right.

=weel-busked=, hat, IV, 199, 9: handsomely adorned.

=weel-fared=, =weel-fart=, =weil-faurit=, etc.: well-favored. See =fared=.

=weel-worst=, V, 214 a, 1: very worst.

=ween=, II, 132, 21: whimper, whine, lament.

=ween=, heigh a ween and oh a ween (where _a_ may be _I_), II, 504, 27: exclamation of distress.

=weep=, _n._, V, 241 a, 4, 5: weeping, tears.

=weer=, I, 72 f., 6, 61: weird, fortune.

=weer=, war. See =weir=.

=weesh=, _pret._ of wash, V, 213, 6.

=weet=, II, 293, 13: know.

=weet=, _n._, III, 160, 6; IV, 379, 15: rain, shower of rain.

=weet=, =weit=, _v._, III, 401, 7: wet.

=weetie=, =weety=, IV, 197, 9, 17; 258, 25: rainy.

=weighed more=, II, 455, 57: made more account.

=weight=, IV, 224, 23: wight, strong.

=weight=, was he weel or was he weight, I, 80, 9: nonsense; _weight_ would be wight, strong, etc., which has no pertinency. The same of, would I way or would I wight, 77, 13. See =way=.

=weil=, =weel=, IV, 182, =G= 8: a pot, deep place, or whirlpool in a river. weil-head, II, 153, 17: vortex of a whirlpool.

=weil=, =wile=, V, 10, 2: wale, choose. See =wale=.

=weil==well, very. See =well=.

=weir=, =weer=, =were=, III, 480, 9; 491, 6; IV, 432, 14; V, 183, 21: war.

=weir=, bot weir, I, 140 =N=: without doubt. (Pinkerton.)

=weir-window=, =wire-window=, IV, 44, 10; 46, 11, 7: seems to be a window grated with iron bars.

=weird=, =wierd=, =weer=, _n._, I, 69, 42, 47; 71, 37; 72 f., 6, 61; 77, 6; 309, =B= 1; 482, =E=: fate, fortune, destiny.

=weird=, _v._, I, 311, 3: destine.

=weird=, I, 107, 1: the reading at this place is compounded from, weird her a grit sin, IV, 445, 1, and ward her in a great sin, IV, 446, 1; the reading of IV, 445, would mean, destined, put her in the way of, a great sin; _ward in_ of the other text does not give an easy sense, and _ward_ is perhaps a corruption of _weird_.

=weirdless=, III, 391, =H= 3: unlucky.

=weit=, I, 140, =N= (Pinkerton): know.

=welde=, III, 112, 52: would.

=well=, euphemism for God. See =weel=.

=well=, III, 112, 48: will.

=well=, the well o wine gaed in, IV, 428, 16: perhaps wale, choice, the best; but since the wine was poisoned, this must be meant ironically.

=well=, =weel=, =weil=, very, right. well good, II, 46, 43; III, 132, 5; 478 f., 15, 34; V, 49, 11: very good. weil gaucy, V, 152, 3. well warst, V, 180, 14, 16; 214 a, 1: very worst. well faire mayde, II, 439, 3, 8, should perhaps be well-fared.

=well and wellsome=, II, 159, 16: should probably be wae and waesome (sad and woful).

=well o Spa=, IV, 286, 6: a spring to the west of Aberdeen.

=well or wae=, was he well or was he wae, I, 80, 8: whether he liked or disliked. (The passage is variously corrupted, and the original reading probably nowhere preserved.)

=well-a-woo=, III, 77, 438: a variety of well-a-way. (A. S. wá-lá-wá.)

=well-bespoke=, V, 149, 9-11: well spoken.

=well-strand=, I, 165, =M= 4; IV, 172, 15; 174, 16: stream from a spring.

=well-wight=, III, 3 f., 12, 16, 21; 487, 5, 7; IV, 165, 7; 222, 9 (wiel-wight); 428, 4: very strong, sturdy, stalwart; but, sometimes, brave, see III, 4, 16. See =wall-wight=.

=welt=, _pret._ of wield, III, 74, 366: disposed of.

=welth=(=e=), III, 77, 436: either, simply, his money, or, more probably, his well-being, his palmy days; so III, 287, 65. III, 295, 5, 6; 296, 15, (rich) booty.

=weme (of ring)=, III, 412, 21: belly, hollow. See =weame=.

=wen=, III, 200, 3: win, get, go. V, 256, 7: _pret._ of win.

=wend=, III, 38, 104: gone (gone, =b=).

=wend=, =went=, V, 80, 42; 81, 14: weened.

=wenion=, with a, III, 138, 11: wanion, a curse, bad luck (waniand, waning (of the moon). Skeat).

=wenking=, winking.

=went.= See =wend=.

=were=, I, 334, 11: war. See =weir=.

=were=, vulgar English, he were, II, 4, 2; 8, 8.

=werne=, II, 139, 23: were.

=werre=, I, 327, 20: worse.

=werryed=, I, 273, 37: worried.

=werschepyd=, III, 109, 3: showed respect to.

=west=, _p. p._, III, 113, 70: wist.

=west-airt lands=, II, 73, 30: western. See =airt=.

=westlan=, =westlin=, =westryn=, II, 258, 34; III, 431, 20; 435, =E= 7; IV, 240, 18: western.

=wet=, =wete=, III, 63, 141; 70, 287; 112, 50: know.

=wether=, I, 210, 14; III, 430, 2; 432, 19 (perhaps=whether): whither.

=wex=, =weks=, _n._, V, 283, 11, 21: wax.

=weynde=, III, 297, 41: wend, go.

=wha=, who.

=wha’s= (=whae’s=) =aught=. See =aucht=.

=whall=, white as whall, II, 478, 7: that is, whale’s bone.

=whang=, I, 19, 11; II, 168, =A= 5: thong. In II, 217, 1, 3, lace his middle with a whang, the reading should no doubt be _band_ as in other versions.

=whang= (of cheese), V, 115, 8: slice.

=whar=, =whaur=, I, 164, =K= 1, 3, =L= 1, 5: where.

=whas=, whose.

=what an a=, =whaten a=, =whatna=, =whattna=, =whatten=, I, 169, =B= 4; 203, =C= 18; 441, 19; II, 195, 34; III, 433, 2; 434, 2; 453, 12, 13; V, 162, =C= 2: what sort? what (in particular)? what a! So, what for a? V, 160, 3; what like a ? V, 163, 5; 164, =E b= 2.

=wheder=, III, 57, 11: whither.

=wheen=, a wheen blackguards, IV, 67, 5, 6: number, pack, etc.

=whether=, II, 455, 62; III, 92, 26: which of the two.

=whether=, whither.

=whew=, =whue=, =whute=, III, 440, 10: whistle.

=whidderand=, =whithering=, V, 191, 16: (of arrows) whizzing, moving with a whiz.

=whight.= See =wight=.

=whikety whack=, V, 304, 9: whick-whack (whick, doublet of whack).

=while=, the other, I, 414, 18: the remaining time, henceforth (?).

=while=, I, 232, =A= 2: for a while.

=while=, =whyll=(_e_), II, 223, =F= 1, 2; III, 201, 23, 31; 298, 50, 54; 309, 47: till.

=whiles=, I, 115, =B= 1; =C= 1; 131, =G= 9; 256, 2; II, 470, 59: at times.

=whiles=, =whilest=, =whileste=, =whilste=, =whyllys=, =the whyles=, III, 87, 278; 107 b, 7; 357, 38, 45; 358, 83; 361, =b=, =c= 38, 43, =c= 41: while.

=whilk=, IV, 373, 10; 476, 1: which.

=whin=, =whun=, win, fun, II, 116, 10, 18; 117, 4, 12; 360, 5, 7: furze.

=whirpled=, V, 106, =E= 5: evidently whipped, stripped (but I have not found the word elsewhere).

=whistling= (of ladies moving), II, 386, 19: whisking.

=white bookes=, III, 357, 58: clear of oppressive charges.

=white bread=, II, 88, 15, 16, 22, 23; wheat bread, as in 89, 4; 92, 5, 6 (white meal is contrasted with corn and oats, II, 88, 17, 18). So 96, =J= 5, 6; fite bread, whit bread, V, 220 f., 6, 7, 9.

=white-fish=, II, 129, 8; IV, 436, 10, 18, 19; V, 122, 1; 124, 1; 274, 10 (fait fish): haddock, cod, ling, etc., as distinguished from gray-fish, coal-fish; in Banff, as opposed to salmon, trout, herring.

=white-fisher=, IV, 436, 18, 19: one who fishes for haddock, cod, etc. (as distinguished from salmon).

=white-land=, IV, 213, 14: wheat-land.

=white meal and gray=, II, 261, 12; IV, 494, 29; V, 238, 29: oat-meal as distinguished from barley-meal (oat-meal and grey, II, 462, 30). But white meal, II, 88, 17, 18, being contrasted with corn (oats), must there be wheat.

=white money=, =monie=, I, 464, 7; 471, 11, 12; 473, 12; II, 352 f., =E= 5, 7; 473, 7, 8, 14; 475, 13, 14; 476, 10, 13; III, 389, 17, 18, 20, 22: silver.

=white rigs=, IV, 131, 14: of grain (to distinguish from crops which remain green).

=whithering=, =whidderand=, V, 191, 16; 199 b, 16: whizzing.

=who would=, III, 163, 87: if one would.

=whorle=, V, 116, 10; 118, 4; 119, 7; 120, 5: the fly of a spinning-rock.

=whue.= See =whute=.

=whummil=, I, 255, 2: wimble, gimlet.

=whun=, =fun=, III, 5, =D= 7; 6, 12: whin, furze. See =whin=.

=whunnie=, IV, 69, 22: covered with whins, furze.

=whute=, =fute=, =whue=, =whew=, _n._ and _v._, III, 125, 29-31: whistle. 126 =B=, =b= 29-31, whues.

=why=, V, 264, 5: whey.

=whyles=, the whyles, III, 70, 278: while. See =whiles=.

=whyll=(_e_), till. See =while=.

=whyllys=, III, 309, 37: while. See =whiles=.

=wiald=, wield.

=wicht.= See =wight=.

=wicker=, =wigger=, III, 125, 20; 126 f., =b=, =d-f=: willow. (Wycker, osier. Palsgrave. Swed. and Dan. dialects, vikker, vægger, willow. Skeat.)

=wicker=, IV, 31, 6: twist.

=wid=, IV, 456, 15: would.

=wide=, I, 55 f., =B= 4, 6, 8; II, 88, 5; 94, 3; 96, =I= 5; IV, 424, 11: wade. (Spelt _wade_, but rhymed with -ide, II, 462, 7; 465, 19; III, 493, 14.) _pres. p._ widen, IV, 68, 6. _pret._ wade, wad. _p. p._ wooden.

=widifu=, =widdifu=, =widifau=, =widdefu=, IV, 84, 7, 10, 11, 13; 85, 3; V, 253 f., No 203, =D= 2, 8: one qualified to fill a widdie or halter.

=widna=, =widne=, would not.

=wiel-wight=, IV, 222, 9: bold, stanch. See =well-wight=.

=wierd.= See =weird=.

=wigger.= See =wicker=.

=wight=, =wyght=, =wicht=, =whight=, I, 330 f., =A= 3, =B= 3, =C= 3; 333, 4; II, 409, 16; III, 63, 152; 414, 49: strong; but also, denoting bodily activity, brisk, as III, 117, 20; III, 63, 148, of John, who has shot well. III, 27, 97; 65, 195; 75, 389; 78, 448, Adam Bell, Clim, and William, and Robin Hood’s men are wight young men. III, 91 f., 6, 8, Guy of Gisborne is a wight yeoman: sturdy. See =well-wight=. wighty, III, 94, 48, has perhaps caught the y from the word following. See =wighty=.

=wightdom=, III, 488, 26: weight.

=wightlye=, II, 58, 10: with vigor, or briskness.

=wight-men=, II, 433, 7: waith-men, hunters. (Icel. veiði-maðr, Germ. weidmann.) See =waythmen=.

=wightsmen=, IV, 432, 1: wechtsmen, winnowers. wecht is “an instrument for winnowing corn, made of sheep’s skin, in the form of a sieve, but without holes.”

=wighty=, III, 32, 45, 50; 94, 48; 362, 70:==wight, strong. See =wight=.

=wil=, IV, 472 f., 24, 25: wild, perhaps vile.

=wild=, I, 334, 6: would.

=wild-fire=, III, 281, 12: ignis fatuus. (slack here is marsh.)

=wild-wood swine=, =steer=, drunk as, II, 144, 3, 4; 368, 7: a popular comparison like, drunk as a dog.

=wile=, vile.

=wilfull=, III, 92, 24, wilfull of my way: (Scottish will, Icel. villr) astray, lost; _and of my morning tyde_ may be that he does not know the hour, or, he has lost his time as well as his road. See =will=.

=wile=, =wyle=, =weil=, =wale=, I, 428, 13; 429, 7, 8; II, 344, 12; IV, 287, 14; V, 127, 20, 21; 157, 9: choose.

=will=, _pret._ wald, walde, wad, wade, wild, wid, wud.

=will=, =would=, _ellipsis of_. as muckle guid canvas as wrap the ship a’roun, II, 28, 22. there’s nane come, win, II, 89, 34; 99 b, 34. So, II, 26, 11; 375, 23; IV, 131, 13; 379, 11; 380, 7; 381, 8, 10; 382, 13; V, 177, 9; 184, 38; 276, 14.

=will=, V, 16, 10, 15, 20: bewildered, at a loss what to do. will of his way, V, 70 b: lost, astray. See =wilfull=.

=willinglye=, I, 272, 22: at will, freely.

=williwa=, IV, 19, =C= 6: wellaway, interjection of (affected) reluctance.

=willy=, willow.

=wilsome=, IV, 235, 3: erratic, intricate.

=win=, I, 72, 22, 23: whin, furze, gorse. See =whin=.

=win=, =wynne=, =won=, =wonne=, =hay=, III, 295, 1; 299, =B= 1, =C= 1; V, 243, 1: dry by airing.

=win=, =wine=, =wynne=, =wen=, =won=, make your way, arrive. III, 71, 314; IV, 314, 15: get, go. IV, 189, 2, 4, 6: arrive, get there. win down, I, 481, 39. win frie, III, 453, 11. lat me win in, II, 148, 25: get in. win up, I, 368 f., 34, 36, 44, 47: get up. win on, I, 388, A 7: go on, keep on. win through, I, 21 b, 4: transitively, allow, cause, to pass through. win to, I, 466, 13; V, 262, 17: get to, arrive at. _pret._ wan. _p. p._ wone, wan, win, wine, wen.

=win=, _p. p._ of win, I, 101, 15; IV, 189, 15; 220, 3; 446, 17; 467, 8, 9.

=win your love aff me=, II, 207, B 2: detach your love from me.

=wine=, _p. p._ of win, V, 276, 22.

=winder=, I, 430, 1: wonder, wondrous. See =wonder=.

=windie=, II, 362, 3: window.

=windling sheet=, III, 245, B 13: winding-sheet.

=winking=, II, 463, 16: with eye closed as if blind.

=winn=, in your barn, IV, 323, 6: do harvest work generally, dry corn, etc., by exposing to the air. (unless meant for winna, winnow.)

=winna=, IV, 326, 7: winnow.

=winna=, =winnë=, will not.

=winten=, V, 248, 7: (wanting) without.

=winter=, =wynter=, III, 58, 47; 64, 162; 285, 20: year(s).

=wir=, I, 217, 9: our.

=wire-window.= See =weir-window=.

=wis=, I, 217, 9: us.

=wis=, you wis, IV, 233, 13: know.

=wis=, III, 319, 20, 24; V, 206 a, No 2, 4: was.

=wish=, _pret._ of wash, V, 36, 14.

=wiss=, _n._, I, 420, 12; II, 194, 8: wish.

=wiss=, =wis=, _v._, I, 22, 6, 8; 217, 3; III, 453, 3; IV, 168, =E= 15; 169, 12; 461, 8, 9: wish. _pret._ wist, II, 423, =A= 1; III, 434, 20; V, 248, 18.

=wiss=, I wiss, III, 223, 10: perhaps for I wot (not i-wiss). wist, III, 187, 32; 222, 34: know. (I wist, 187, 32==assuredly.)

=wist=, _pret._ of wiss, wish. See =wiss=.

=wiste=, =wist=, _pret._ of wat, etc., I, 243, 6; 334, 6; 368, 23; 413, 37. _p. p._ west, III, 113, 70.

=wit=, =witt=, _n._, III, 393, 22, 23; 419, 8, 12; IV, 509 a, 11; 512, 16, 17: knowledge, information.

=wit=, =wite=, =wyte=, I, 334, 6; II, 307, 34; III, 67, 230; 385, 15, 16; 396, M 8; IV, 98, 2; 221, 5; 508, 10, 11; 513, 6, 7; V, 81, 7; 82, 23: know. _p. p._ wit, IV, 98, 2.

=wite=, I wite, II, 160, 18; IV, 260, 12; 277, 5: I know-indeed. See =wat=, =wyte=.

=wite=, =wyte=, =witt=, _n._, I, 350, 12; II, 145, 25; 146, 8; 312, 30; IV, 33, 28; 127, 1; 207, 21; V, 171, 5; 247, 11: blame.

=wite=, =wyte=, _v._, I, 397, 13; II, 271, 19; 273, 25; III, 357, 53: blame. _pret._ wate, II, 273, 25.

=with=, I, 334, 7: wit, know (orthography doubtful).

=with=, =wyth=, III, 297, 42; 358, 75; 434, 23: by.

=with that=, II, 478, 5; III, 76, 414; V, 298 a: on condition that.

=wither=, =wather=, V, 105, =B= 7, 8: wether.

=witherlands=, =witherlins=, IV, 378, 5; 380, 11: (-lins, -lingis as in Scottish backlingis, backlins, English sidelins, sidelong; -lands a corruption of -lins) in a contrary, unwished-for, direction.

=withershins=, II, 318 =a=, 2: (M. H. Germ, widersinnes) in the wrong direction, in a direction contrary to the usual, or the desired (contrary to the course of the sun, often, but not necessarily here).

=within me=, lept, III, 127, Play 12: inside of my guard (?).

=withouten=, =withowghten=, I, 425, =f= 9, 10; III, 272, 6; 296, 18: without. See =wythowtten=.

=witt=, knowledge. See =wit=.

=witt=, _n._, blame, V, 247, 11. See =wite=.

=witted=, V, 132, 2: minded.

=witter=, I, 399, =A b= 8:-wittering, information.

=wittering=, I, 394, 8: information, indication.

=witty=, III, 131, 3: corruption of wight, wighty.

=wo=, =woo=, =woe=, II, 59, 33; 86, 16; 139, 20; III, 23, 23; 27, 101; 70, 297; 97, 19: sad, unhappy. a woe ses me, II, 504, 27: exclamation of distress; perhaps corruption of, woe is.

=wobs=, I, 305 a, =A= 3: webs (of cloth).

=wod=, =wode=, mad. See =wood=.

=wode=, III, 54, 3: went.

=wode=, V, 283, 9, 19: wood.

=wode-shawe.= grene-wode shawe, greenwood shaw, III, 57, 14; 70, 284; IV, 427, 1: thicket of the wood. (wood-shaw is of rather frequent occurrence and Halliwell cites, under the shawe of the wood, Morte d’Arthur, I, 374).

=wodewale=, =woodwele=, =woodweele=, I, 326, 2; III, 91, 2: wood-lark (?).

=woe.= See =wo=.

=wol=, _v._, V, 283, 1, etc.: will.

=wolt=, _v._, V, 283, 4: wilt.

=wolwarde=, III, 77, 442: with skin against wool, that is wearing a woolen fleece directly against the skin.

=won=, =wone=, one.

=won=, I, 18, =I= 1; 174, 1; 246, 1; 299, 6, 17; II, 419, 44, 51; III, 71, 315; IV, 19, =C= 5; 26, 15: dwell.

=won=, =wonne=, =win=, hay, III, 293 a; IV, 432, 1; 499, 1: dry by airing.

=won=, =win=, I, 464, 15; 506, 7; II, 89, 32; 140, 22; 172, 24; 256, =K= 2; 407, 12; IV, 242 a; 259, 21, 23: get, go, come, arrive. II, 316, 3, 7; IV, 115, =D= 9: gain, earn. (spelt one, IV, 284, 23; corrected to win.) _p. p._ wone, V, 276, 20. See =wun=.

=wonder=, III, 411, 2: bewilderment? disaster?

=wonder=, V, 283, 1: wondrous. See =winder=.

=wone=, III, 98, 25: number, plenty.

=wone=, withowtyn, withowt wone, V, 78 f., 9, 23: fail.

=wonige=, I, 334, 7: dwelling. Qy. wonninge?

=wonynge=, wonning, III, 63, 148; 86, 148: dwelling.

=woo=, wool.

=woo.= See =wo=.

=wood=, =woode=, =wode=, =wod=, =wud=, I, 242, 7; 244, 9; 328, 51; 348, 12, 18; II, 183, 26; 242, 30; 245, 27; V, 80, 42: mad.

=woodcock(e)=, III, 199, 27; 201, 31: tropically, fool (from the bird’s reputation for folly). (A proverb, perhaps.)

=wooden=, _p. p._ of wide, wade, I, 324, =B= 6.

=woodweele=, =wodewale=, III, 91, 2 (MS. woodweete): woodwale, woodlark? (generally explained as woodpecker; sometimes as thrush, red-breast).

=woon=, =won=, _v._, III, 146, 16: dwell.

=woone=, III, 358, 77: domicile.

=woot=, V, 82, 26, 41: wolt, wilt.

=word=, att a, I, 411, 9: in short.

=wordie=, III, 269, 12: worthy.

=wordlye make=, II, 86, 18, 20: earthly mate, consort. See =warld=.

=wordy=, IV, 135, 16: worthily.

=worrie=, =worry=, _v._, (of smoke, flame) III, 434, 15; 435, 14; 437, 24; IV, 514, 20: choke.

=worselaid=, V, 217, =H= 2: wrestled.

=worset=, worset lace, III, 11, =J= 1: worsted; _lace_ must be meant for web; it cannot mean cord, and seems quite out of place.

=worth=, wat sal worth of, I, 334, 11: come, come to pass. wo the worth, worth the! III, 65, 189; 70, 296; 400, 1: come, be, to thee. woe worth you, wae worth ye, II, 245, 27; V, 247, 10; 248, 11. wae mat worth, IV, 236, 28; 428, 6; V, 166, 10; 306, 10: may wo come to.

=wou=, I, 244, 13: how.

=wouche=, III, 308, 26: (A. S. wóh, Scott, wouch) evil, harm.

=would=, _ellipsis of_, II, 375, 23; IV, 131, 13; V, 177, 9; 184, 38; etc. See =will=.

=wound=, _pret._, II, 148, 4; IV, 15, 19; 392, 19: wounded.

=wow=, I, 101, 20; 299, 8, 10, 12; II, 260 f., 1, 11, 14: exclamation of distress. IV, 65, 1; V, 272 a, 9: exclamation of admiration, sorrowful surprise. II, 282 2; IV, 271, =A= 3, 4, 7, 9; V, 197, 6: of confirmation, (vow!). See =vow=.

=wrack=, ruin.

=wrack=, V, 122, 11: mischief! devil!

=wraft=, I, 424, =b= 12, 13: waft (woof) misspelt.

=wraikit=, III, 427, note ‡: wrecked, destroyed.

=wraith=, wroth.

=wraith=, I, 134, =N= 15; III, 505, 12: apparition.

=wreck=, sea-wreck, IV, 442, 7: whatever is thrown up by the sea.

=wreke=, _p. p._, I, 243, 6: avenged.

=wril=, V, 73 a: a drinking-word, in response to pril.

=wrist=, III, 179, 4; 181, 16; 188, 3: ankle, instep. (Icel. rist, instep, ristar-liðr, instep-joint; Germ, rist, instep or wrist; fotwerst, fotwriust, hondriust, Richthofen, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch.)

=writer=, =writter=, IV, 131, 18; 135, 25: scrivener. IV, 180, =D= 2, 3; 181, 3; V, 256 a, 2, 3: attorney (?).

=writhe of=, III, 413, 34: (_pret._ of writhe, twist) twisted off.

=writs= (things written), papers.

=writter.= See =writer=.

=wrobbe=, I, 326, 4: wrabbe, warble? or Scottish wrable, warble, wriggle? J. A. H. Murray.

=wrocht=, wrought.

=wrocken=, =wroken=, _p. p._, III, 91, 3: avenged.

=wrongeous=, II, 129, 25: unjust.

=wrought=, _p. p._, II, 46, 40: rought, recked.

=wrought=, _pret._, I, 286, 51: raught, reached.

=wrthe=, I, 243, 5: worthy.

=wruched=, I, 286, 47: thrown up (ruck, a heap, to gather in heaps); perhaps, thrown ashore as wrack (Icelandic rek, originally vrek, reki, originally vreki, a thing drifted ashore).

=wrye=, I, 326, 4: twist.

=wud=, II, 249, 19: mad. See =wood=.

=wud=, I, 78, 53: would.

=wuddie=, IV, 69, 18: widdie, withy, a rope of willow-twigs.

=wuman=, V, 304 b, 1, 2: woman.

=wun=, _n._, II, 315, =E= 6: wind.

=wun=, _v._, II, 190, 4, 10: win, gain. See =won=.

=wundouten nay=, I, 334, 9: without, beyond contradiction, truly.

=wus=, V, 304 b, 1: was.

=wush=, _pret._ of wash, III, 386, 20; IV, 166, =C= 7. _p. p._ wushen, I, 490, 22.

=wuther=, V, 304 b, 3, 4: wether.

=wyght=, _adj._, strong, sturdy, active. See =wight=.

=wyȝth=, _n._, V, 283, 14: wight.

=wyld=, III, 307, 6: (like Germ. wild) deer; or, perhaps, an adjective with noun to be supplied, of which there are several cases in the ballad.

=wyle=, choose. See =wile=.

=wyled=, they wyled the bonny lassie by, IV, 205, 26: the meaning cannot be that they (a troop of gentlemen) enticed the lassie aside. Mr. Forbes suggests, very plausibly, wyled (waled, took) their way past the lassie.

=wyliecot=, V, 107, 2: under-vest.

=wynd=, alley, lane.

=wynke=, III, 77, 441: shut the eyes.

=wynne=, III, 296, 22: joy, pleasure.

=wynne=, _v._ See =win=.

=wynter=, =winter=, III, 58, 47; 64, 162; 285, 20: year(s).

=wyse in=, V, 156, =B= after 16: show the way in (?), let in.

=wystly=, III, 76, 410: observingly, thoughtfully.

=wyte=, I wyte, I, 332, =G= 3; II, 376, 25; IV, 32 f., 6, 17, 19, 27; 136, 13; 278, 21; 410, 25; V, 299 b, 1, 300, 14, 17, 18: (I know) indeed, assuredly. II, 307, 34: I know, simply. See =wit=, =wyte=.

=wyte=, _n._ and _v._, blame. See =wite=.

=wyth=, =with=, III, 297, 42; 358, 75; 434, 23: by.

=wythe=, I, 334, 11: wight, strong. (Orthography questionable.)

=wythowtten=, drede, III, 296, 8: without, beyond doubt. withowghten naye, 296, 18: beyond denial. wythowghten (withouten) stryffe (strife), 295, 2; 299, =B= 2: beyond contestation. See =withouten=.

X

=xal=, I, 242, 8, 9; III, 13 f., 7, 10-12, 14: shall.

=xalt=, III, 13 f., 9, 16, 17: shalt.

=xul=, _sing._ and _pl._, III, 13, 4, 12: shall.

=xuld=, I, 415 b: should.

Y

(See also under =ȝ=, at the end of =G= and =I=.)

=y=, first y, III, 3, 15: ae, one. See =a=, =ae=.

=yad=, III, 483, 5, 9: jade, mare.

=yae=, I, 446, 8, 9: ae, only. II, 183, 17: every. See =a=, =ae=.

=yard=, =yerde=, I, 287, 63; III, 75, 397: rod, stick.

=yard o stane=, I, 466, =B= 23: perhaps, garden stane, something being meant equivalent to the fountain stane of =A= 23, at which the lady was christened.

=yare=, =ȝare=, II, 261, 6; III, 98, 24: ready.

=yate=, =yeat=, =yett=, I, 68 f., 23, 69; II, 336, =P= 2; III, 268, 15; V, 28, 60: gate. ȝates, ȝatis, III, 99, 61, 62.

=yatid=, I, 334, 10: granted. (A. S. géatan).

=ychon=, III, 101, 88: each one.

=ydrawe=, III, 91 a: drawn.

=ydyght=, =idyght=, III, 62, 131, 132: prepared, made, fabricated, adjusted. III, 75, 392: made ready.

=yeaman.= See =yeman=.

=yeard-fast=, =yird-fast=, II, 88, 11; 94, 8; 97, 15: fixed firmly in the earth.

=yearl=, II, 191, 20: earl. See =yerl=.

=yeat=, IV, 68, =D= 1: gate. See =yate=.

=yebent=, III, 308, 25: bent.

=yede=, =yeede=, =yeed=, =yed=, =ȝede=, =yode=, =yod=, _pret._ of gang, gae, go, I, 211, 37; III, 73, 346; 76, 408; 83 and 86, 160; 99, 60; 110, 18; 163, 69: went.

=yee=, III, 297, 39: eye.

=yeen=, I, 333, 2: towards, on.

=ye feth=, i faith.

=yeff=, =yeffe=, V, 79 f., 17, 51, 53, 54: if.

=yeffell=, III, 109, 6; 111, 34: evil, ill.

=yeffor.= See =yeuer=.

=yeft=, III, 70, 295: gift.

=yeldyde=, surrendered.

=yellow-fit=, yellow-foot[ed].

=yeman=, =yeaman=, III, 22, 4; 24, 43; 25, 51; 28, 121; 30, 165, 170; 56, 1, 3, etc.: yeoman.

=yemanr(e)y=, =yemenrey=, =yeomanry=, =yeomandree=, =yeomandrie=, =yeomendry=, III, 58, 45; 110, 23; 113, 83; 123, 19; 157, 31; 186, 14; 192, 23; 204, 31: class or company of yeomen; what is in accordance with a yeoman’s principles, idea or character.