Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch / A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian

by George T. Flom

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Agait, adv. uniformly. R.R. 622. Sco. ae, one, + O. N. gata literally "ae way," one way.

Agait, adv. astir, on the way. See Wall.

Agrouf, adv. on the stomach, grovelling. Ramsay, II, 339. O. N. á grúfu, id. See grouf.

Airt (ę̆rt), vb. urge, incite, force, guide, show. O. N. erta, to taunt, to tease, erting, teasing. Norse erta, örta, id. Sw. dial. erta, to incite some one to do a thing. Sw. reta shows metathesis. M. E. ertin, to provoke.

Allgat, adv. always, by all means. Bruce, XII, 36; L.L. 1996. O. N. allu gatu. O. Ic. öllu gǫtu. See Kluge, P. G.² I., 938.

Algait, algatis, adv. wholly. Douglas, II, 15, 32; II, 129, 31. See Kluge, P. G.² I., 938.

Althing, as a sb. everything. Gau, 8, 30, corresponding to Dan. alting. "Over al thing," Dan. over alting. Not to be taken as a regular Sco. word, however. Gau has a number of other expressions which correspond closely to those of the Dan. original of Kristjern Pedersen, of which Gau's work is a translation.