[1216] skeigh = shy.
[1217] weil = eddy.
[1218] lave = rest.
[1219] e’en = even, count as equal.
[1220] shame a ma = devil a bit.
[141. Jamie Telfer in the Fair Dodhead]
I
It fell about the Martinmas tyde,
When our Border steeds get corn and hay,
The Captain of Bewcastle bound him to ryde,
And he’s ower to Tividale to drive a prey.