garded, III, 117, 16: looked at.
gare, gair, gore, properly, a triangular piece of cloth inserted in a garment to give width at that part; in Old English often coat or gown. low down by his (her) gare is a frequently recurring expression which may be taken literally, down by that part of a garment where the gore would be==low by his knee, II, 197, 18. In, your ain hand sewed the gare (of a shirt), II, 379, 13; 389, 5; 395, 12 (following ain hand sewed the sleeve), gare in the limited sense seems hardly important enough, and perhaps is to be understood side: cf. rive it (sark) frae gore to gore, gair by gair, I, 439, 4; 440, 5, 7; 441, 6, 7; 442, 5, 6; II, 294, 31, 32. So also in, frae breast to gare, I, 438, B 4, probably, though the limited sense would answer. So, riven him frae gair to gair, IV, 416, 17; the brown bride pat her hand in att Annë’s left gare, V, [224], 20. penknife, sword, brand, down by (below) his (her) gare, I, 451, 9; II, 98, 40; 144, 6; 154, 11; 172, 34; IV, 465, 38. keys hung leugh down by her gair, IV, 465, 34. she hung’t (cup of wine) low down by her gare, II, 369, 10 (recklessly and absurdly; the cup is in her hand in the next stanza). In, frae my sark ye shear a gare, I, 388, A 8, 9, B 6, gare must be a strip large enough to make a bandage for the head.
gare, III, 98, 24: ready.
garl, II, 129, 18; V, [223] a, No 66, 18: gravel (suspicious word).
garlande, III, 93, 31; rose-garlonde, III, 75, 398: a circular wreath, apparently hung upon a wand or rod. In III, 93, 31, this can be nothing more than an extemporized circlet of twigs.
garlings, II, 366, 24: garlands.
garmarcie, garmercy, III, 33, 130; 81, 34: gramercy.
garned, the bride she garned round about, IV, 410, 23, is a misprint of Buchan’s for gazed, which stands in the original MS.
garrett, III, 332, 16: watch-tower, look-out.
gars, garse, IV, 221, 11; 467, 7: grass.