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

To SAY, v. n. I yow say, I tell you.

A. S. sege me, dic mihi.

Barbour.

To SAY, SEY, v. a.
1. To put to trial, S.
Pitscottie.
2. v. n. To endeavour, S.

O. Fr. say-er, essayer, tenter.

SAY, SAYE, s. A water-bucket, Inverness, Orkn.; a milk-pail, Dumfr.
Acts Ja. I.

Su. G. saa, vas quo aqua portatur.

SAYARE, s. A poetical writer.
Doug.

A. S. saeg-an, narrare; sage, narratio.

SAIKYR, HALFSAIKYR, a species of cannon, smaller than a demi-culverine, named from a species of hawk.
Complaynt S.