[1234] knapscap = headpiece.

[1235] grat = wept.

[1236] lyart = grizzled.

[1237] lourd = liefer, rather.

[1238] wudspurs = hotspur, or madspur.


[142. Dick o’ the Cow]

I

Now Liddesdale has lain lang in,
There is na ryding[1239] there at a’;
The horses are a’ grown sae lither[1240] fat,
They downa stir out o’ the sta’.

II