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 WALLOW, WALOW, v. n.
1. To wither, to fade.
Douglas.
2. Metaph. applied to the face.
Hardyknute.
3. Transferred to the mind.
Wyntown.

A. S. wealow-ian, marcescere, Germ. welw-en.

WALROUN, s.
V. [Wolroun].

WALSH, WELSCHE, adj. Insipid, S. walsh.
Douglas.

Teut. gaelsch, ingratus, insuavis sapore aut odore.

Walshness, s. Insipidity of taste, S.
Gl. Sibb.

To WALTER, v. a. To overturn.
V. [Welter].

Walterar, s. One who overturns.
Poems 16th Cent.

WAMBE, WAME, WAIM, WEAM, WAYME, s.
1. The womb.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. The belly, S.
Bellenden.
3. The stomach.
A fow wame, a full stomach; a wamefow, a bellyful, S.
Henrysone.

Moes. G. wamba, A. S. Isl. wamb, venter, uterus.