GLOSSARY
OF
THE WORDS REQUIRING EXPLANATION IN THE FOREGOING POEM.
Aboon. Above.
Ahint. Behind.
Aip. Ape, imitate.
Alangis. Alongst.
Bemangit. Injured, whether in mind or body; a word much used in Angus.
Be. By.
Big. Build.
Biggin. Building, house.
Blink. Moment.
Bonny. Handsome, beautiful.
Boun. Ready.
Bouk. Body.
Braw. Fine.
Briskit. Breast.
Bustuous. Huge.
Byre. Cow-house.
Chap. Rap.
Chiell. Fellow.
Cleik. Hold.
Cowit. Shorn, cut off.
Croonin. Bellowing—most properly with a low and mournful sound.
Cur'd. Covered.
Darger. Labourer, day-worker.
Daffin. Sport.
Deid. Death.
Do the turn. Accomplish the fatal event.
Dore-cheek. Door-post.
Dowie. Melancholy, sad.
Douce. Sober, sedate.
Dreddour. Dread, terror.
Droich. Dwarf, pigmy.
Een. Eyes.
Eebrees. Eyebrows.
Elritch. Wild, hideous, not earthly.
Erd. Earth.
Esks. Newts, or efts.
Fey. Affording presages of approaching death, by acting a part directly the reverse of their proper character.
Fire-flauchts. Lightnings.
Fleckit-scales. Spotted shoals, or troops of trouts and other fishes.
Fleyd. Frighted.
Forhowit. Forsaken.
Fow. Full.
Fangit. Seized.
Fleyit. Affrighted.
Frightsum. Frightful.
Fremmit fouk. Strange folk.
Gaist. Ghost.
Gaif. Gave.
Gart. Caused, made.
Gar. The slimy vegetable substance in the bed of a river.
Gate. Road.
Glack. A hollow between two hills or mountains.
Gliffin. A moment.
Glint. Moment.
Gowl. Yell.
Greits. Cries, implying the idea of tears.
Gudewillit. Without constraint, cheerfully.
Haill. Whole.
Haugh. Low, flat ground on the side of a river.
Heyrt. Furious.
Howlat. Owl.
Horse-gells. Horse-leeches.
Huly. Slowly.
Ilk. Each.
In a stound. Suddenly.
Ken. Know.
Kie. Cows.
Kintrie. Country.
Lavrock. Lark.
Lauch. Laugh.
Leid. Language.
Leil. True, not delusive.
Lift. Sky.
Loun'. Calm.
Loup. Leap.
Maik. Companion, mate.
Mirk. During night.
Mirker. Darker.
Mow. Mouth.
Mudge. Budge, stir.
Nar. Near.
Narby. Near to.
Nickerin. Neighing.
Nocht. Not.
Norlan. Northern.
Oulks. Weeks.
Pend. Arch.
Quhihher. The idea is nearly expressed by whiz.
Quhilk. Which.
Ramper-eels. Lampreys.
Rashes. Rushes.
Rede. Council.
Reid. Read.
Rippet. Noise, uproar.
Sair brizz'd. Sore bruised.
Sall. Shall.
Sen. Since.
Seggs. Sedges.
Sheen. Shine.
Shill. Shrill.
Sicklike. Of this kind.
Sinder. Separate.
Skelvy skair. A rock presenting the appearance of a variety of lamina.
Skeegs. Lashes.
Skrae. Skeleton.
Skuggin. Overshadowing, protecting wood.
Sloom. Slumber.
Slauky. Slimy.
Smur'd. Smothered.
Snockerit. Snorted.
Soupt. Drenched.
Spae. Predict.
Spat. Spot.
Spate. Flood.
Speirit. Asked.
Spule-banes. Shoulder-blades.
Stanners. Gravel on the margin of a river, or any body of water.
Staig. A young horse.
Starnless. Without stars.
Stravaig. Stray, roam.
Strypes. Rills of the smallest kind.
Swarfit. Fainted.
Sweet sair'd. Sweet savoured.
Syne. Then.
Taiken. Token.
Tap. A child's top.
Tent. Take care, be attentive.
Thai. These.
Than. Then.
Toozlin. Toying, properly putting any thing in disorder.
Tyke-tyrit. Tired as a dog after coursing.
Tyne. Lose.
Waefou. Fatal, causing woe.
Wald. Would.
Wanweirid. Unhappy fate.
Wanchancy. Unlucky, causing misfortune.
Wanerthly. Preternatural.
Wap. Stroke, flap.
War. Were.
Wauk the claes. Watch the clothes.
Wean. Child.
Weird. Fate.
Whush. A rustling sound.
Wilsum skraik. Wild shriek.
Wirk. Work.
Wode. Deprived of reason.
Win. Dig from a quarry.
Wull. Wild.
Yestreen. Yesternight.
[ELLANDONAN CASTLE.]
A HIGHLAND TALE.
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.—- COLIN MACKENZIE, ESQ.
Ellandonan Castle stands on a small rocky isle, situated in Loch Duich (on the west coast of Ross), near the point where the western sea divides itself into two branches, forming Loch Duich and Loch Loung. The magnificence of the castle itself, now a roofless ruin, covered with ivy, the beauty of the bay, and the variety of hills and valleys that surround it, and particularly the fine range of hills, between which lie the pastures of Glensheal, with the lofty summit of Skooroora, overtopping the rest, and forming a grand back-ground to the picture; all contribute to make this a piece of very romantic Highland scenery.[92]