[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.’—