- valziant, valiant.
- verament, truly.
- vow, [169], exclamation of admiration or surprise.
- vowit, vowed.
- wae, sad, sorry.
- wald, would.
- waly, interjection of lamentation.
- wane, 36?
- war, worse;
- verb, to worst, overcome.
- war, aware.
- ward, word.
- waryson, reward.
- wast, west.
- wat, know.
- weal, 41 (of hands), to wring?
- weale, [64], qy, well? or good luck! The word is probably corrupted.
- weapon-shaw, inspection of arms, military review.
- wed, would.
- wede, [72], shorn?
- weir, war.
- well, [226], qy. mell, meddle or fight with.
- weme, [98], belly, hollow.
- wend, go.
- whigging, moving fast, marching briskly.
- whilk, which.
- whyll, [15], till.
- wid, would.
- wight, [102], strong, quick.
- win, go, get.
- win (hay), make, get in.
- winna, will not.
- wis, [214], wish.
- woned unto the dead, [222], qy. vowed? devoted themselves to death?
- wood, mad, furious.
- worried, [270], choked at.
- worthe, woe, woe be to.
- wouche, injury.
- wraithe, wroth.
- writhe, twisted.
- wyld, [30], seems to be used absolutely for deer.
- wynn, (hay), make, get in.
- ychone, each one.
- yebent, bent.
- yee, eye.
- ye-feth, i-faith.
- yender, yonder.
- yerlle, earl.
- yerly, early.
- ye'se, ye shall.
- yestreen, yesterday.
- yill, ale.
- yth' in the.
- zield, yield.
- zit, yet.
Transcriber's Notes
Page [39], line 101: changed "strenght" to "strength" (Many hade no strength for to stande,)
Page [108]: line note anchor moved from line 67 to line 68.
Page [157], line 11: changed "orher" to "order" (Lord Roxburgh was there, in order to share)
Page [191], line 9-12: changed indentation of this verse to be consistent with the rest of the ballad.