An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Isl. hwijn-a, resonare; hwin, resonans; q. "the resounding stone."

To QUHYNGE, v. n. To whine, S. wheenge.
Douglas.

Su. G. weng-a; plorare.

To QUHIP, WIPP, v. a. To bind about, S.

Moes. G. waib-jan, to surround; Isl. wef, circumvolvo.

Quhippis, s. pl. Crowns.
Gl. Sibb.

Moes. G. waips, corona.

To QUHIRR, v. n. To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S. whurr.

E. whirring is used as an adj. Su. G. hurr-a, murmurare, cum impetu circumagi.

Quhirr, s. The sound of an object moving, as above expressed, S. whurr.