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

by George T. Flom

Rock, sb. a loom, spinning wheel, spinning distaff. Lyndsay, 109, 3330; Burns, 223, 112, 3; 240, 148, 1. O. N. rokkr, a loom, Norse rokk, Dan. rok, spinning wheel.

Rocking, sb. "a chat, a friendly visit at which they would spin on the rock which the visitor carried along with her" (Wagner). Burns, 4, 28. See rock.

Rove, rufe, sb. rest, repose. Montg., M.P., VI, 20; Scott, 62, 19. O. N. ró, Norse, Dan. ro, quiet, rest, Orm. ro (see Brate). Final epenthetic v also occurs in other words in Sco. Cp. qhwov for qwho, cruive, besides crue, etc.

Rowste, vb. "to cry with a rough voice." Douglas, III, 304, 11. O. N. raust, the voice. Dan. röst, Sw. röst, Norse ryest. Cp. O. N. rausa, to talk loud or fast. Shetland ruz (Cl. and V.). The Sco. vb. seems to be formed from a sb. rowste, which occurs in Orm.

Rowt, rout, vb. to cry out, roar. Lyndsay, 538, 4353; Montg., F., 501; Rolland, IV, 406. O. N. rauta, O. Ic. rǫuta, to roar, to bellow, Norse rauta, ræuta, Sw. dial. röta, id. The Sw. word exhibits the E.Scand. monophthongation, which took place in Dan. about 900.

Rowt, sb. loud clamor. Poet. R., 157; Ramsay, I, 251. See vb. rowt.

Ruckle, rickle, sb. a little heap of anything. Lyndsay, 539, 4356; Burns, 596; M.W., 114, 3. See Wall under rook. Ruckle is the form of the word in Edinburgh dial. May be Eng. Skeat considers Eng. ruck Scand. and rick Eng., but in Scotland the one may be simply a variant of the other, not necessarily a doublet. Cp. fill and full.

Ruik, a heap. Lyndsay, 454, 2079; 494, 3075. Spelled ruck, meaning "a cock of hay," in Ramsay's "The Gentle Shepherd," 160. See Wall, under rook. Cp. Cu. ruck, the chief part, the majority.

Roop and Stoop. Ramsay, II, 527; M.W. 203, 8; 214, 5. Cp. rubb og stubb, every particle. Aasen defines "löst og fast, smaat og stort, selja rubb og stubb," sell everything, dispose of all one has; literally "stump and piece," "rump and stump." Used exactly the same way in Sco. Of very frequent occurrence in this sense in Norway.

Rund, roond, roon, sb. the border of a web, the edge. Burns, 596. O. N. rond, rim, border, Dan. rand, a line, seam, the border, Norse rand, rond, a streak, seam, edge, border. Cp. Cu. randit, streaked, Norse randet, id.