- wae, sad.
- waged, staked.
- wait, wot, know.
- waith, wandering.
- wald, would.
- wale, choice.
- wall-wight, [306], picked (waled) strong men, or warriors.
- waly, an interjection of lamentation.
- wanrufe, [246], disquietude.
- wan up, got up.
- wat, wot, know.
- waur, worse.
- wee, [269], short time.
- weed, clothes.
- weel, well.
- weel-busket, well trimmed.
- weel-far'd, weel-faurd, well-favored.
- wend, [280], weened.
- werry, [248], weary, sorrowful.
- whae's aught, who is it owns.
- whingers, "a short hanger, used as a knife at meals and as a sword in broils."
- wight, strong or nimble.
- win, get, go;
- win to, attain or get to;
- win up, get up.
- win, to make the harvest.
- winna, will not.
- winsome, pleasant.
- wisna, know not.
- worldling, [230], pet?
- wow, exclamation of admiration, or surprise.
- wreuch, wretched.
- yede, went.
- yef, if.
- ye'se, ye shall.
- yestreen, yesterday.
- yett, gate.
- ying, young.
- your lane, alone by yourself.
- ze, ye.
Transcriber's Notes
Irregular and inconsistent spellings have been retained as in the original. Typographical errors such as wrongly placed line numbers and punctuation have been corrected without comment. Where substantive changes have been made these are listed as follows:
Page [90], line 14: added missing apostrophe (In simmer, 'mid the flowers?)
Page [93], line 34: added missing end quotation mark (And the cauld rain on your breist.")
Page [177], line 26: added missing open quotation mark ("O come to your bed, my dearie; ...)
Page [120], line 41: added missing open quotation mark ("But wha will bake my bridal bread, ...)
Page [160], line 40: added missing (or uninked) comma ("She is dead, sir, long agoe.")