Buith (ū), sb. booth, shop. Winyet, 1, 23, 2. O. N. búð, shop, O. Dan. both, bodh. O. Sw. boð, Norse bud, Sw. bod, Dan. dial. bod. M. E. bōþe, cp. M. L. G. bode.
Byng, vb. to heap up. Douglas, III, 144, 5. See bing sb.
Byrd, vb. impers., it behoved. Bruce, VI, 316. O. N. byrja, to behove, beseem, pret. burði, Norse byrja id., pret. burde, O. Dan. böræ , Sw. böra.
Bysning, adj. strange, monstrous, terrible, Douglas, I, 29, 7; I, 37, 5; II, 70, 17. M. E. biseninge, ill-boding, monstrous, from O. N. býsna, to portend, Norse bisna, to marvel over.
Bysning, sb. a strange person, an unusually unfortunate person. Douglas, I, 2544; I, 339. O. N. býsna, to portend, býsn, a strange and portentous thing. Norse bysn, a prodigy, bysning, curiosity. See the adj. Cp. Shetland sóni-bosni, O. N. sjonar-býsn, a marvel.
Cadye, adj. wanton. Lyndsay, LXXXVII, 2567. Also written cady, caidgy, caigie; sometimes means "sportive, cheerful." Dan. kaad, merry, lusty, lustful. So Sw. kåt, O. N. katr, merry, cheerful, Norse kaat. Cp. Philotus 5, "the carle caiges," where the same word is used as a vb. to wanton, be wanton.
Caller, adj. cool. Fergusson, 73. Very common in modern Sco. diall. O. N. kaldr, Norse kall, cold. Seems to be a case of the Norse inflexional r not disappearing in Sco.
Cangler, a wrangler. Ramsay, II, 482. Norse kengla, kæingla, kjæingla, to quarrel. A Sco. vb. cangle, to quarrel, also exists. Cp. O. N. kangin-yrði, jeering words, Yorkshire caingy, cross, ill-tempered.
Cappit, vb. pret. strove. Douglas, II, 154, 21. O. N. kapp, contest, zeal, deila kappi við, strive with. Norse kapp id. kappa, reflexive, to race. Dan. kamp, O. E. camp, cempam. The Sco. word exhibits W. Scand. assimilation of mp to pp, the form kapp, however, also existed in O. Sw. and exists in N.Dan. In Cu. a capper is one who excels. This is probably the same word. See, however, E.D.