[1278] graith = harness, arms.
[1279] riving = tearing.
[1280] yate = gate.
[150. The Dowie Houms of Yarrow]
I
Late at een, drinkin’ the wine,
And ere they paid the lawin’[1281],
They set a combat them between,
To fight it in the dawin’.
II
‘O stay at hame, my noble lord!
O stay at hame, my marrow[1282]!
My cruel brother will you betray,
On the dowie[1283] houms[1284] o’ Yarrow.’—