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

HAMSTRAM, s. Difficulty, S. B.
Ross.

Teut. ham, poples, stremm-en, cohibere.

HAN, pret. Have.
Sir Tristrem.

HANCLETH, s. Ancle.
Lyndsay.

A. S. ancleow, id.

HAND. By hand, adv. Over, past, S.
To put by hand, to put aside, S.
Rutherford.
Weill at hand, Active.
Barbour.
To put hand in, To put to death.
Godscroft.
Fra hand, adv. Forthwith.
Lyndsay.
Out of hand, id. S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
Spede hand, Make haste, S.
Douglas.

Handcuffs, s. pl. Manacles, S. q. sleeves of iron.

To Handcuff, v. a. To manacle, S.

To Hand-fast, v. a.
1. To betrothe by joining hands, in order to cohabitation before marriage.
Pitscottie.
2. To contract in order to marriage.
Ferguson.

A. S. hand-faest-en, fidem dare.