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- Gus-gus! 67, 133, call to pigs, Ic. gosse, a pig, Sc. gussie, "Goosie! goosie!"; grumphie, Fi., a pig, Ic. grumfie, a spectre; grynta, to grunt, Shet.
- Gutty, 150, pot-bellied: gut, the intest. canal of animals, Go. giutan, to pour, Sc. and O.E. gote, a drain; cf. Fi. gutsy, gluttonous. A dignified Aberdeenshire burgh official was popularly known as Gutty Willie. See gaissen, giutan
- Gutter-gaw, 140, a pustule shown on feet between the toes after paddling in gutters: "conn. with gall either as bile, Du. gal, Ic. gall, or with O.F. galler, to gall, in F. gale, scab on fruit, Lat. callus, thick skin."—Sk.
- Gynnys, 62, gin=noose, from engine
- Gyte, 33, silly, to gang gyte, perh. cog. with giddy, out of one's senses
"Screamed like a young gyte."
"Christ. Ba'in'."
H
- H., 12, 82, 177, Cu., before a vowel in Go.
- Haa-penny deevels, 130, 186, hawp'ny d—, old-fashioned gingerbread figures
- Haar=mist, 98, cf. hoar frost, and prob. O.N. hárr, hoar, hoary
- Hack, 146, North, a muck-rake. Du. hak, hoe, Eng. hack. See howk
- Hae, 197, for have, C. Du. hé
- Haemit, hamil, 153, 171, 200, hamald, hamelt, hamel, from hame, home, O.N. heimolt, Shet. heimilt, pasture adjoining a yard or enclosure; hamly, homely, 62
- Hafflin, 66, 137, 187, young plowman, hawflin, spec. Sc., one half-grown
- Hafjands(and-), Go. answering: from hafjan, to heave. Ger. heben, to lift, Lat. cap-i-o. Cf. Bible, "lifted up his voice"
- Hagg, 66, 140, cow-tender. Not in N.E.D.
- Haggis, 98, dish, now spec. Sc., der. unknown, Fr. hachis is later
- Haihs, 17, Go. one-eyed.
- Haims, 32, village, Go. haim, af-haims, from home. O.E. hain, Du. heem, Ger. heim
- Haims, 130, Jam. hammys, hems, collar of working horse. Du. haam, O.F. ¤ham—to hold against. "Not known bef. 1300." N.E.D. See brecham.
- Hained, 70, 130, saved. Not in N.E.D. Hain, to spare, save from exertion:—
"An' swankies they link aff the pat
To hain their joes."—"Farm. Ha'."
- Hairdeis, 68, Go. a herdsman
- Hairst, 94, 128, 129, autumn, Ger. Herbst, harvest
- Hairus, 25, Go. a sword, A.S. heor
- Hait, 12, a bit, an atom. "The de'il hait ails you."—M'Crie's "Knox." Ic. haete, common phrase, also explained as "De'il have it," which see
- Haithi, 23, Go. heath
- Hake and manger, 173, live in plenty
- Haldand, 24, 35, Go. keeping, holding, Eng. hold, O.E. haldan, N. halda, Ger. halten, Go. haldan, Sc. hud, hudden; Go. only to keep cattle, which term superseded it in Sc.; hald, for hai-hald, Go. pret. of haldan
- Hale, 106, to take a goal. Not in N.E.D.
- Hale-apothek, 86, 138, Sc. entire or whole quantity, Gr. apotheké
- Half two, 197, Sc. idiom
- Halja, 28, Go. hell. O.N. and Du. hel, or. "the coverer up." See hool; Go. huljan, to cover
- Hallan, 68, perh. dim. of hall, screen wall inside doorway, inside porch.—N.E.D.
"Richt scornfully she answered him
Begone ye hallan-shakker."
- Hallion, halones, 160
- Halp, 36, Go. helped, pret. of hilp-an
- Halts, 17, Go. halt, lame, Eng. limp, v., to make a halt
- Hamfs, 17, Go. one-handed=ha-nifa. Skeat, under hamper, connects it with hamfs, M.E. hamelen, to mutilate, render lame, hammle, an ungainly walk, Ic. hamla and Ger. hammel, mutilated. See
