The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)

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ca, caw, call==drive, strike. ca a nail, I, 403, 13; III, 495, B b, after 7. ca a pin, IV, 381, 9, 11. ca in the stake, II, 123, 14, 27. caw shoon on a steed, IV, 470, 18. ca up a gallows, II, 253, 8. ca’d holes, V, [141] b, 8. ca hogs, II, 258, 32. ca the mare, IV, 17 f., 5, 13. ca horse, IV, 109, 1. call sheep, II, 255, 17. caw ky, IV, 193, 13; 194, 17. ca the pleugh, V, [105], A 10. waft (emend from wraft) was neer ca’d throw, I, 424 a, 12, 13; 425, 12, 13. ca’d the table wi her foot, II, 313, 20. ca’d out the sheriff’s een, IV, 392, 19.

ca’d by, ca’d by Andrew Lammie, IV, 302, 1: called by the name of.

caddie. See cadie.

cadger, cauger, an itinerant huckster. corn-caugers, III, 479, 8 (== corn-buyers, 491, 6; corn-dealers, 492, 4).

cadgily, V, [115], 1: merrily.

cadie, caddie, IV, 351, 4, 5; 353, 6, 7, 9, 10, etc.: a young fellow who does errands, or any inferior kind of work.

caft, IV, 330 a, appendix, 2: calved.

cairdman, II, 474, 9, 10: tinker, beggar.

cald, III, 455, 10: could.

cale, call, calle, V, [221], 20; [228], 19; [247], 1 (MS. calld); 248, 21; 257, 15: cold.

call, a call opon, V, [221], 14, 19: a call out, (simply) call.

call, v., III, 62, 113; 111, 38: address.

calland, II, 267, 9: lad.

called their grandmother over, IV, 70, G 2: corrupted from cast their glamour oer her.

caller, cauler, IV, 484, after 23; 485, 19: (of air), fresh.

cam, pret. of come: III, 61, 91; 69, 259.

came home, hame, of child-birth, IV, 405, 54; 420, 5. See bring hame.

cammer, II, 131, 6: (conjecture for cannell) cambric (Scottish cammeraige, camroche).

camovine, IV, 212, 4; 213, 12: camomile.

campioun, II, 386, 18: champion.

campy, I, 304, 1: having the quality or make of a champion, or (name) champion (like kempy).

camric, cambric.

can, II, 445, 62; 450, 67; III, 66, 210; 67, 227; 162, 55: knows.

can, inf., will never can steer ye, IV, 69, 15.

can, cann, an auxiliary of the present tense, can bee==is: II, 442, 14; 443, 30; 444, 51; 446, 93. Cf. do be (are), I, 184, 47. (may be, II, 448, 33; 451, 100; might be, III, 452, 10, show a misunderstanding of this.) auxiliary of the past tense,==did: II, 446, 81, 84; III, 65, 184; 67, 223; 298, 56. (Probably a corruption of gan.) cold, colde, could, cowde,==did: I, 294, 23, 24; III, 298, 56, 59; 440, 10; IV, 3, 19; V, [278], 37. cold be, II, 443, 34; III, 413, 34: were, was. cold see, III, 413, 32: saw, have seen. (An extension of the use of can==gan.)

cankerdly, III, 160, 13; 267, 10: crossly.

cankred, III, 189, A 9: ill-humored, complaining, crabbed (Scottish canker, to fret), with reference to the behavior in 6. But as John shows no crooked temper to the palmers, possibly cankred is to be taken literally as crooked (see B 10), having in mind Icel. kengr, a crook of metal, English kink, etc.

cannas, cannis, canies, V, [239], 35; [276], 14, 15: canvas, coarse cloth.

cannel, II, 147, 3, 4: candle.

canny, adj., IV, 303, 16; 304, 4: gentle. IV, 305, 25: cautious. IV, 306, 17: clever, expert. V, [121] a: wily. IV, 132, G 4: canny (Cannygate) seems to be for jingle, but may be a term of general commendation.

canny, cannie, cannilie, adv., IV, 154, 4; 304, 14; 306, 29: cautiously. IV, 133, 3, 4; 306, 18; 354, 2, 3: attentively. I, 245 f., 11-14: carefully, expertly. I, 245, 8, 9: expertly, or gently. II, 161, 18: slowly, or softly.

cantie, canty, IV, 261, 3; 317, F 6; V, [115], 2: merry.

cap, caup, II, 344, 1: cup.

cap, cape, V, [230] a, 10, 11: catch, pret., p. p. caped, II, 317, B b 20; V, [219], 23; [271], 14: struck. See kep.

cape, V, [79], 32: cloak.

capull-hyde, III, 92, 7; 93, 44; 94, 48: horse-hide.

care, car, cart.

care, v., II, 370, 16: mind, object.

care-bed, II, 58, 4; 433, 3; 434, 28; 435, 47; 436 f., 58, 79 (of a hopeless lover): almost, or quite, sick-bed; (of a mother) III, 3, 2; so, bed of care, V, [227], 11. “care-bed lair, a disconsolate situation; a sick-bed.” Jamieson.

carefull, III, 57, 28; 343, 18: full of care, sorrowful.

carket, carknet, I, 69, 56; 71, 46: necklace.

carl, carle, carel, carril, cerl, II, 466 f., 35, 36, 45, 46; III, 189, B 10, 11; IV, 493 f., 7, 11, 30; V, [237], 6, 7; [238], 12, 13, etc.: fellow, man of low condition, peasant.

carlin, carline, old woman, V, [26], 24; of a gentleman’s mother, I, 71, 31; of a wealthy woman, II, 238, 1, 2, low-born woman, peasant woman: II, 467, 40, 47; 469 f., 42, 51, 56-58; V, [26], 24.

carlish, churlish, uncivilized.

carrlis, careless.

carnal, II, 8, 1, 2, 4: (cornicula, corneille) crow.

carp, carpe, III, 127, play, 31; 310, 58: talk. In, harp and (or) carp, I, 324, 5; 325, 5; 329, 2; IV, 18, 9, 10; 19, B 5, 6, 12; 20 f., C 7, D 7, 8; 21, E 8; 23, A c 22; 454 b; 455, 8, carp seems to mean tell tales, probably sing or chant tales (ballads) to the harp. See I, 329, 2, 3.

carping, III, 13, 1; IV, 21, 17: talk, tale.

carry, IV, 247, C 11; 253, 15: pass, allow to pass, make effective, hold good.

case, in case that, I, 351, 38; II, 103, 1, 8; 171, 22; IV, 205, 17: against the chance that, lest.

case, cassed, V, [274], 4, 5: cause, caused.

casey, cassie, IV, 354, 4; V, [16], 2, 3, 5, 6: causeway.

cast, n., III, 68, 248: venture. (Possibly cost, outlay.)

cast: pret., coost, koost, cust, cuist, keist, kiest, kyst, kest. p. p. casten, castin, coosten, custan, cuisten.

cast, III, 308, 17: project, intend. cast on sleepe, III, 401, 10: thrown into a sleep, fallen asleep.

cast, pret., III, 344, 34: struck, (upcast, III, 349, 34.)

casten, castin, p. p. of cast, I, 245, 7; 463, 3; II, 115, 29; V, [300], 2; [306], 14.

cat o clay, III, 11, L: a roll of straw and clay wrought together, used in building mud walls. Perhaps only a bit of clay.

caterans, V, [253] b, 1: robbers, Highland or Irish irregular soldiers. (Gaelic ceatharnach, soldier.)

cauger. See cadger.

caul, kell, IV, 483, 20: a woman’s cap.

cauler, IV, 26, 6; 485, 19: cool, fresh. See caller.

caup, II, 472, 27: cup. See cap.

cause, in that cause to flee, II, 421, 34: exigency (such exigency that you had to flee).

caution, III, 447 b; 451, note *: surety.

cavil, kavil, kaivle, kevel (Dutch kavel), I, 69, 46, 48: lot.

caw, cawd. See ca’.

cawte, III, 296, 26: wary.

ceppet, kepit, II, 410, 6; 407, 13: received, caught, when falling. See cap, cape.

cerl. See carl.

cerstyn, III, 111, 44: Christian.

certyl, III, 14, 15: kirtle (man’s garment).

césererá, sassaray, II, 207, A 5; 209, E 5: intended for an imitation of the sound of bells.

chaffare, III, 111, 33; 113, 68; V, [79], 21, 25: ware, merchandise.

chaffe, III, 34, 11: chuff, clown, loon, simpleton.

chaft-blade, III, 269, 9; V, [243], 12: jaw-bone.

chafts, III, 267, 16: chaps, jaws.

chalmer, chamer, chaumer, chamber.

chamber thy words, II, 435, 45: restrain, suppress, be chary of.

changehouse, IV, 153, E 3: tavern, ale-house.

channerin, II, 239, 11: fretting, petulant.

chap, knock, rap, tap: I, 107, 3, 4; 465, 11; 481, 29; II, 140, 15; 177, 14, 16; 272, 14; 313, 14; IV, 445 f., 3, 4; V, [228], 16; [306] b, 1: of the striking of the hour, II, 371, 7.

chaperine, III, 514, 10, would make some sense as chapel, but the form is unaccountable except as a popular diminutive.

chare, III, 250, J 7, 8: turn.

charge, IV, 457, 1, must be understood as charge not, forbid.

charter (simply): III, 358, 82. See next word.

chartre of peace, III, 27, 108: grant of pardon, paper condoning past offences.

chase, III, 26, 74: follow up, hunt down, chase the wine, III, 169, 24: follow, keep up, like follow strong drink. (But a rhyme-end.)

chaunler-chaftit, I, 303, 6: having chafts (chops) like a chandler (candlestick, lantern), lantern-jawed, with a long, thin face.

chaunter, I, 438, B 6: usually, tube of the bagpipe, which would not be expected here. A book of chants would suit. Cf. Sir Hugh, III, 247, 20; 248, 14; 249, H 7, I 5, etc.

chays, hunting-ground.

che, I, 415 b: she.

chear, II, 193, 27: sounds expressing a state of feeling (here sad). IV, 18, 19: referring to the evening’s entertainment, or, simply doing and saying. See chere.

chear well to, III, 160, 11: have good cheer at.

check, tether’s check, V, [213], 10: spike of a tether.

cheel, IV, 69, 12: child, fellow.

cheepe, better cheepe, V, [15], 26: (price) cheaper.

cheeped, IV, 516, 15: chipped, broken.

cheik, II, 336, P 2, close to the cheik and chin: cheik is door-post, chin often=gin, the contrivance for fastening, but gin would not come in well here, and it is likely that chin is meaningless, coming in because of its frequent association with cheek (kissed her cheek and chin, etc.), see door-cheik.

chelvellrye, IV, 503, 1: corrupt. Read, chevauchie, excursion on horseback? (would a progress ride, III, 343, 2.)

chepe, cheepe, n., bargain. better chepe, III, 69, 259: more cheaply. gret chepe! III, 111, 34: great bargain!

chepe, v., III, 110, 26; 111, 33: cheapen, bargain for, or buy.

chere, cheer, cheir, chier, chear. carefull, sorry chere, III, 57, 28; 68, 239: face, countenance. I, 109, 14; 117, 6; 330, B 7; II, 189, 37; III, 441, 37; IV, 20, 15: of state of mind, bearing, or behavior. III, 66, 197; 67, 215; 75, 394; IV, 18, 19: entertainment, merry-making. here is a symple chere, III, 59, 61. made gode chere, III, 100, 67: repast.

cherish, v., I, 76, 19; IV, 96, C 11; 437, 25: cheer.

cherry, V, [264], 4: sherry.

chess, I, 86, 15: jess, strap; properly, leather strap for a hawk’s leg (explained by R. Jamieson, hawk’s bell).

chess, IV, 457, L 8, dancin in a chess: chace? forest? Probably corrupt, since A 10, B 10, I, 341, 343, have playing at the chess.

chess, chiss of farie, V, [165] f., 6, 9, 10: corrupt; read, cheese o Fyvie (see V, [305] f.).

chest, kist, IV, 342, 12: coffin.

cheue, v., III, 73, 349: end. See chewys.

cheverons, III, 374, 8: gloves.

chewys, I, 327, 20: endest, comest off. (French chevir.) See cheue.

cheys, III, 112, 48: choose.

child, chiel, chil, cheel, child, young fellow: I, 72, 8; 367, 3; IV, 69, 12; 432, 15; V, [278], 33. as an appellation, II, 85 f., 1, 2, 6, etc.; 128 f., 1, 5, 8, etc.; 264 f., 1, 7, etc.; V, [157], 1, 6, etc. auld chiel, V, [125], 6, 8: devil, pl. chylderin, III, 13, 2, 3.

childer, III, 478, 24; IV, 99, 11: children.

chill, V, [287], 16: child.

chimly, II, 71, 9; IV, 481, 22; V, [122], 5: chimney.

chin, chappit at the chin, II, 140, 15, 24; stecked doors close to the chin, II, 336, P 2: gin, that is, pin. See gin, pin.

chine, IV, 188, 18: chin.

chip-hole, I, 305, 3: a hole chipped or cracked, a chink.

chiss, chess, V, [165] f., 6, 9, 10: cheese. See V, [305] f.

chive, II, 362, 34=schive, slice.

chiven, play the, III, 145, 8: “run away precipitately,” Nares; chiven, chivin=chub, or any shy fish. chivie=fearful.

choice, choise, II, 463, 17; 469, 34; 473, 12; V, [269], 15: choose.

choised, chosen.

choose, chose, I, 103, 7; 329, 2; IV, 211, notes, 6: choice.

choosed, p. p., III, 440, 23.

chossen, p. p., chosen.

christendom, christendame, christendoun, -doom, I, 341, 21; 344, 20; 346, 11; 350, 24; 369, 48; 370, 15, 19: christening (as in Old English).

christentie, cristendie, I, 286, 46; II, 53, 41; V, [192], 22, 33; [194], 65: Christendom.

chrystall, II, 52, 17: rock-crystal, a variety of quartz.

church-style, IV, 412, 14: the gate of the enclosure round a church.

churlish, I, 102, 2: of vulgar derivation.

chylderin. See child.

cirsned, p. p., V, [224], 19: christened.

clade, clead, cleed, clad.

claes, claise, I, 488, 17; II, 90, 25; IV, 18, 16; 262, 22; V, [118], 6, 7, 14: clothes.

claiding, cleadin, etc., IV, 424, 12: clothing.

claith, II, 131, 8: garment.

clam, pret. of climb, II, 166, 35; V, [249], 4.

clap, in a clap, IV, 41 b: moment.

clap, II, 269, 25; IV, 278, 4; 303, 18; 403, 12; 414, 25, 14; V, [125], 4; [277], 7: pat, fondle, embrace.

clappit at, V, [173], 1: knocked at (with ellipsis of the door).

clarry, claret.

clatter, IV, 21, 14: to be loquacious.

clead, cleed, cleid, clied, I, 220, B 6; 224, J 6, 7; 225, L 2, 4; 504 b, 2; IV, 451 a, 2; V, [211] b, 4: clothe. pret. cled, IV, 492 a, 1. p. p. clead, IV, 456, 1.

cleadin, cleeding, cleiding, clieden, cliding, n., II, 92, 7; 108, 6; 183, 19; 273, 24; IV, 445, 12; 457, 2, 7; 515, 4: clothing. one of thy cleeding, II, 271, 18: dresses.

cleare, III, 307, 5; IV, 166, C 7; 477, 21; 506, 22: bright.

cleathe, I, 222, F 11, 12; V, [128], 27, 28: clothe.

clecked, clekit, pret., p. p., I, 254 a; II, 261, 7: hatched.

cleek, n. and v., I, 494, 13; V, [106] E 4; [122], 5: hook.

clef, pret. of cleave, III, 13 f., 5, 15.

cleffe, III, 109, 6; 112, 52: cleave.

cleiding, clieden, clothing. See cleadin.

clekit, clecked, I, 254 a: hatched.

cleugh, clough, III, 22, 1; IV, 6, 13; 7, 26; V, [182], 1; [250], 12: a hollow between steep banks, narrow glen or valley, high rocky bank.

cleynt, pret., V, [80], 43: clung.

clied. See clead.

clift, I, 137, A c 6: cliff.

clifting, IV, 179, 4: clift, cleft, fissure.

cliitt, III, 179, 5: read clutt, clouted, patched.

cling, V, [154], 15: shrink.

clintin, IV, 179, B 1: crevice, fissure,==clifting, A 4.

cloathe, III, 93, 43; 174, 24: garment.

clock, IV, 3, 20, 22: limper, hobbler (Fr. clocher, Picard cloquer).

clocken-hen, V, [92], 15, 16: sitting hen.

clod, got the clod that winna cling, V, [154], 15: the loaf of bread (?) that will not shrink (but will rise?), referring to the impending increase of her size.

cloks, II, 166, 36: beetles.

Clootie, I, 5, 18: a name for the Devil, from cloot, the half-hoof of a cloven-footed beast.

close, closs, enclosure, yard, and, before a house, court-yard: I, 145, 15; 146, 10, 19, 21; 147, 14; 148, G 10; 149, I 7; V, [173], 1; [279], No 257, 11; [306] b, 2. castle-yard: IV, 84, 22; 86, C 10; 87, 7; 89, 10. lady standing in the close pinning her gown, III, 436, 3. close parler, III, 431, 22: securely enclosed, or fastened? 23, you are in close: one (not trustworthy) transcript has to chose, which would make easier sense. Saint Evron’s closs, I, 146, 19, 21: cloister?

closely, III, 470 a: covertly, without attracting observation.

closs. See close.

cloth and fee, III, 433, 7: clothing and wage. holde with cloth and fee, III, 61, 107: retained by presents of clothes and money.

clot-, clout-lether, V, [79], 27: mending-leather.

cloudy, II, 31, N 1, cloudy stone: (A. S. clúdig) rocky. (Read, cloud and stone==reef and rock?)

clout, n., V, [116], 10: patch. See clouts.

clout-leather, clouting-leather, V, [77], 39; b 39; [83], 55: leather for mending, patching.

clouts, II, 463, 24; 470, 54: pieces of cloth for bed-coverings, or sheets (linsey clouts, canvas clouts). II, 470, 53: duds, clothes. See clout.

clouty, I, 206, 35; 207, 33; V, [110], 2; [116], 4, 5: patched.

clud, IV, 174, 12, clud o night: cloud.

clunkers, clunkerts, I, 305, 13; V, [213], 9: clots of dirt.

clutt, III, 179, 5: clouted (given wrongly cliitt).

clyffe, III, 91 a (play): rive, sunder, be split.

co, V, [250], 17, 19: quo, quoth.

coad, II, 132, 27. See cod.

coardie, V, [244], 7: cowardice.

coat-neuk, II, 107, 3, 5: corner of his coat.

coate-armor, III, 284, 11, 13: surcoat or tabard, embroidered with armorial bearings, worn over the armor as a personal distinction, and for identification, the face being concealed.

coble, IV, 128, 7; 359, 2, 5, etc.: boat (yawl, flat-bottomed boat).

cock, II, 472, 20, 28; V, [269], 14: knots, or other arrangements, of ribbon for the hair. (French coque.)

cockward, I, 285, 24, 26: old cock, fool (French coquard).

cod, coad, I, 68, 29; II, 132, 27; 270, 27: pillow.

coffer, trunk or box, for clothes and valuables: I, 69, 60; 71, 49; II, 375 f., 23, 26, 29; IV, 258, 19. In a commonplace with mantle: I, 350, 16; III, 244, 11; IV, 385, 26; V, [175], 2; absurdly introduced in the first two instances; ridiculously corrupted, I, 348 f., F 1, 3, 13; II, 475, 5.

coft, I, 356, 56; 394, 9; 397, D 8, 10, 12; III, 11, 6; V, [118], 9; [162], C 7; [163], 13: bought.

cog, coug, II, 30, 6; IV, 378 f., 2, 3, 20; 379 f., 2, 4, 17-19; V, [275], 2, 3, 9: boat, vessel.

cog, cogie, II, 273 a; IV, 199, 15; 200, 17; 206, 9; V, [273] a: milk-pail.

coif, quoif, II, 280, B 3; III, 514 b, 3; 515 a, 1, 4: cap.

coil (of hay), II, 233, 7: cock.

coilyear, V, [70] b: collier, charcoal-burner.

cold, could, coud, understood. cold of wisdome, of curtesye, I, 271, 1, 3. cold of his curtesie, I, 286, 49; V, [132], 3. cold, could, coud his curtesye, II, 433, 10; 435, 35; III, 75, 385; V, [132], 3.

cold, could, coud, did. See can.

cole, III, 74, 372; 76, 421: cowl, monk’s hood, also frock, which last is intended here, for the king wears a broad hat and puts on a green garment when he casts off his cowl.

coled (high coled). See colld.

coll, v. See cow.

coll, cold.

collaine, collayne, collen, swords of, III, 298, 50: of Cologne steel. collaine, collen brand, I, 286, 42, 43, 45.

colld, coled, cut, shaped, fashioned. high-colld hose, I, 69, 52; 71, 42. high coled stockings, I, 72, 9: made to go to the knee or above (perhaps in contradistinction to short hose, worn by common people). high-coled shoon, I, 73, 64. laigh-colld shoon, I, 69, 52; 71, 42; 72, 9: low-cut shoes. high-colld hat, IV, 204, 12: hat peaked before and behind.

colleen, II, 497 f., 4, 13, 16: (Ir. and Sc. Gaelic cailin, diminutive of caile, simple country maid) girl.

collen, of Cologne. See collaine.

com, come, pret. of come, I, 244, 10, 13; 328, 46.

comand, V, [80], 56: commanded. (Read, comanded?)

comd, pret. of come, III, 430, 6; 467, 61. p. p., I, 324, 4; III, 464, 3, 7.

come, pret. cam, com, come, coom, comd. pret. pl. come. ptc. pres. coomin. p. p. comen, commen, coom, comd.

come, pret. pl. of come, III, 216, 34.

come by (life), IV, 515, 7: get, obtain, gain.

comen, commen, p. p. of come, II, 52, 19; 54, 46; III, 35, 32.

comentye, comyntie, III, 361, b, c 58: commonalty.

comfort, p. p. of comfort, II, 370, 22.

commant, p. p. of command, III, 9, 1.

commaunded theym agayne, III, 77, 430: come has perhaps dropped out; later editions, them to come.

compare, made him no compare, V, [260], No 221, 1: made no comparison (of others) with him.

compass, I, 346 f., 17, 25; 351, 32, 44: circle.

compear, compeir, III, 364 b; IV, 81 b; 164 a: appear.

comt, count.

complete, sang sae sweet and sae complete, V, [301], No 200: excellently, skilfully.

compted, III, 77, 437: emendation for commytted of 80 and 81, 437. (85, 88, commended for.)

comunye, I, 285, 31: communing.

comyn-bell, III, 100, 73: town bell, a clerc the commun belle rong. Robert of Gloucester, p. 541, Hearne.

condescend upon, IV, 41 b, note §: particularize.

conduction, III, 403 a: direction, charge.

cone, liftet up the cone, IV, 484, a, last stanza: apparently the face-cloth, which may have been gathered into a conical form the better to fit the face. J. Aiken.

conferred, III, 336, note †: made the subject of conference.

conform, IV, 63 b: conformably.

confound, II, 443, 38; 449, 44: be the destruction of.

conquess, V, [191] f., 9, 13, 23, 35: conquer.

convay. See convoy.

convë, V, [117], 13; [268], 27, 28: convoy, escort.

convened, III, 409 a, note: agreed.

convenient, IV, 78, 4: suitable.

convention, made a, III, 364 a: had a meeting.

convey. See convoy.

convoy, convay, n., I, 252, 16; IV, 37, 15; 38, 15; 267, 14: escort. IV, 453, 6: of attendance upon the dead.

convoy, convey, v., II, 27, 4: convey. IV, 267, 3, 10; 269 f., f 2, 3, g 3; 317, 7; 318, 12; V, [119], 12: escort, accompany part of the way homeward, or on a journey, see a friend off, a young woman home.

coom, p. p., V, [296] a: come.

coomin, ptc., V, [296] a: coming.

coops, IV, 461, 4: carts (tip-carts).

coost, koost, pret. of cast, I, 73, 59; 102, 18; IV, 477, 6; V, [173], 3, 4. I, 74, 70; 78, 48: threw things about. p. p. coosten, I, 77, 5; 324, B 6; 371, 3.

coot, queet, IV, 212, 5: ankle.

cop, coppe, I, 244, 9; III, 123, 6: head.

coped, overset. See couped.

cor, Corehead, Corhead, V, [192], 37; [195] f., 35 (MS., Carhead); [196], 52: (Gaelic coire, cauldron, dell) corrie, a hollow in a hill. Jamieson. Penman’s Core, [193], 51, 55, 58, described as a hollow on the top of a high ridge of hills, might possibly be Penman score (score, a deep, narrow, ragged indentation on the side of a hill, South of Scotland. Jamieson). poor man’s core, V, [196], 52, corruption.

corbie, I, 253, 1; 254, b 1, c 1; III, 473, 23: raven.

cordain, cordan, cordevine, II, 435, 50; IV, 312, 7; 317, F 3: Cordovan leather.

cordin, shoon laced with cordin, IV, 435, 8: cording, cord (and not with whangs of leather).

cordiuant, adj., V, [49], 23: of Spanish, Cordovan leather.

cored, II, 217 f., 5, 10: covered.

coresed (hors), III, 61, 100: bodied (?) (later texts, corese, corse).

corn, II, 88, 17, 18, etc.: in Scotland, unground oats. (Here distinguished from white meal, which is usually oat-meal.)

corn-caugers, III, 479, 8: cadgers, hucksters, in corn.

corp, II, 218, 25; 229, 11: a vulgar singular of a supposed plural; corps, II, 217, 30; these corps, 31; cf. IV, 483, 23; 484 a, after 31. corpes, III, 231, 97, may be corpse.

cors, curse.

corse, corss, I, 117, 7; 351, 31, 32, 44; IV, 53, 8; 512 a, 9; V, [161], 4: cross.

corser, III, 68, 256: should probably be forser==coffer (text g has coffer).

cosh, coush, II, 363, 13: quiet (snug).

cote a pye, coate a pie, cote of pie, III, 65, 194; 80, 194; 86, 194: corruption of courtepi, short cloak or gown. (Dutch kort, short, and pij, coat of warm woolen stuff.)

cots, coats, III, 481, 2, 6: petticoats.

couchd, V, [9], 12: lay, leaned.

coug, cog, V, [275] b, 2, 3, 9: boat.

could, did. See can.

couls, V, [228], 19: cools, chills.

councell, counsell, II, 58, 3; III, 58, 45; V, [62], 78: secret.

cound, IV, 467, 13: count.

counsell, II, 246, C 9-11; III, 217, 53: secret. See councell.

counterfeit, p. p., V, [300], 10: counterfeited.

country-keeper, V, [196], 41: “one employed in a particular district to apprehend delinquents.” Jamieson.

coup, cupe, cup.

couped, koupd, coped, I, 469, 23; II, 313, 20; IV, 315, 14: overturned.

couper, cowper, IV, 259, 7; 260, 7: buyer and seller, dealer.

couple-root, I, 302, 13: rafter-end (the end resting on the wall).

courting, III, 146, 20: demonstration of affection, embracing.

courtnolls, V, [85], 14: courtiers.

courtrie, V, [191], 5; [198] b, after 52: belonging to a court, courtiers.

coush, cosh, IV, 483 b: quiet.

coustome, IV, 507, 78: duty (the king will remit).

cout, cowte, IV, 18, 20, 21; 21, 16: colt.

couth, II, 357, 2: sound, word, Jamieson (the sense required, but the suggested derivation from Icel. kviðr, A. S. cwide, is not easy).

couent, III, 60, 86; 357, 55: convent.

coving-tree, II, 193, H 4: meeting-tree. “A large tree in the front of an old Scottish mansion-house, where the laird met his visitors.” Similar to trysting-tree. Jamieson. In Roxburghshire, covin; in the north of England, covan, coban, and even capon. Denham Tracts, II, 226 ff.

cow, twig. See broom-cow, heather-cow, kow.

cow, coll (locks), II, 423, 4, 7: clip, (brume), III, 9, H 8: browse. (Norwegian kolla (Aasen), dock, take off the top.)

cowing, eating.

cowper. See couper.

cowte, colt. See cout.

coxcomb, III, 35, 19: pate.

crabby (crabbed), III, 488, 23: provoking.

crack, crak, II, 271, 18; 488, 6, 10; III, 161, 28; IV, 261, 3; V, [106], E 3: talk. III, [487], 6, 14, 16: brag. crackd (the Border-side), IV, 146, 4: defied, challenged. (In Scott’s printed copy, bragged, defied.)

crack, crak, a moment of time. in a crack, within a crack, IV, 314, 16; 315, 13; 317, E 6; V, [271], 13: instantly.

crack fingers, in grief or perplexity, II, 26, G 16. See knack.

crae, pret., V, [253] a, No 200, B a 8: crew.

crak. See crack.

cramoisie, cramasie, IV, 93, 8, 2, 3; 410, 17, 20; 472, 9: crimson.

crap, II, 261, 10; 286, 16: crop, top.

crap, pret. of creep, II, 323, 3; 330, H 3; 336, P 2; 337, 3.

crapotee, I, 326, 6: toad-stone, supposed to be generated in the head of toads; “in fact, a petrifaction of the teeth of extinct fishes.” Mätzner. Sometimes defined, smaragdus, emerald.

cravin, II, 335, N 2: asking for, demanding.

crawen, crawn, p. p. of craw, crow, II, 139 f., 7, 12, 22; 222, 17; IV, 473, 36.

cray, cry.

credence, III, 449 b: credit.

creed, n., IV, 262, 13, 14: blame.

creel, V, [122], 5, 11, 12; [123], 5, 11; [124], 4, 12: basket.

creep, pret. crap. See crap.

cries, n., II, 73, 22: calls, demands.

Cristiantë, Cristinty, Cristendie: Christendom.

croche, I, 413, 36: crouch.

croft, IV, 142 a: a piece of land adjoining a house.

crooden, croodin, croodlin, croudlin, I, 163 f., J 1, 2, etc.; 165, M 1, N 1, etc.; 166, K c 1: cooing.

cropped (knee), III, 280, 26: crooked (Icel. kroppinn).

cross, v., V, [306], 6 (correct V, [166], 7², in accordance with this reading): oppose. p. p., the sheriff was crost, III, 157, 30: balked.

croudlin. See crooden.

crouds, cruds, IV, 260, 5: curds.

crouse, crouselie, crously, II, 169, 9; III, 161, 28; IV, 261, 3; V, [17], 33: briskly, merrily, jubilantly. III, 493, 16: (perhaps) bumptiously. See crowse.

crow, craw, crow. ar the coc him crowe, I, 244, 18; V, [288] b, v. 33. p. p. crowen, crawen, crawn.

crowen, p. p. of crow, II, 138, 7.

crowner, I, 141 b: coroner.

crowse, III, 457, B 5: audacious. See crouse.

crowt, I, 273, 28: draw together, pucker up.

cruds, n., IV, 260, 7, 18, 19; 262, 30; 265, A b 1, 11: curds.

cry, crye, proclaim, proclamation. cry in, III, 320, A b 7: call in. cry on, upo, I, 127, 6; II, 150, 13; III, 318, 7; IV, 7, 24: call upon, summon. cryed out on Robyn Hode, III, 70, 296: cried out against, or, simply, cried out “R. H.”

cryance, II, 58 f., 18, 20, 21: cowardice, faintheartedness (disposition to succumb).

cud, V, [104] a: cudgel.

cuddy, IV, 69, 6: ass.

cuirt, pret., I, 439, C 11: covered.

cuist, cust, pret. of cast, II, 248, 1, 2; IV, 68, E 2; 182, G 5; 394, C 1; V, [116], 5. keist, kiest, I, 69, 46; 75, 36; 80, 4.

cuisten, p. p. of cast, I, 495, 11. See custan.

cum, V, [191], 8: become.

cum, pret. of come, III, 386, 22.

cumand, ptc., V, [192] f., 35, 49: coming.

cumber, V, [53], 104: oppress, torment. See cumre.

cumbruk, cambric.

cummers, V, [106], E 2: gossips (commères).

cumre, n., IV, 316, 19: cumber, trouble. See cumber.

cun thanke, III, 68, 242: am, feel, grateful.

cunnes. nones cunnes, I, 244, 11: of no kind. enes cunnes, I, 244, 12: of any kind.

cunning, V, [82], 21: craft (mystery, trade).

curch, curche, II, 131, 6; III, 472, 10: kerchief, woman’s head covering.

cure, III, 262, 7: pains. McNaughtoun’s cure, II, 386, 25: “McNaughtoun’s cure to ye is, Devil relieve ye.” Motherwell.

curn, III, 160, 19; IV, 85, 3: quantity, parcel, pack.

curst turne, III, 93, 34: malignant, spiteful, ferocious job, piece of work, feat.

curstlye, V, [53], 104: fiercely, savagely.

curtal (frier), III, 124 ff., 6, 7, 11, 13, etc.: (Lat. curtilarius) having charge of, attached to, the vegetable garden of a monastery. curtal dogs, 125, 34.

cust, pret. of cast, V, [116], 5. See cuist.

custan, p. p. of cast, III, 4, 2.

cut, V, [202] a: horse.

cut, V, [112], 7; [124], 6; [125], 5: bite, gnaw.

cutted (friar), III, 123, 3, 11, 13, 15, 17: short-frocked (but apparently a corruption of curtal, see III, 121 f.).

cutters, III, 228, 10: bravos, robbers.

cuttie, I, 72, 13; 74, 74: short.

cutties, II, 470, 49: spoons.

cweet, queet, II, 96, I 3: ankle.

cypress queen, as fair as a cypress queen, V, [164], 15: Cyprus, Cypris (Venus).