1.1 ‘nourris,’ nurse, nursing-mother.
An eartly nourris sits and sings,
And aye she sings, ‘Ba, lily wean!
Little ken I my bairnis father,
Far less the land that he staps in.’
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2.2 ‘grumly,’ muddy, dreggy. —Jamieson.
Then ane arose at her bed-fit.
An’ a grumly guest I’m sure was he:
‘Here am I, thy bairnis father,