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GLOSSARY

Du. and Ger. Steig, a street, from Go. steigan, to climb. See stey

  • Staigs, 69, 105, 137, 147, colts, var. of stag, app. to the male of different animals
  • Stake and rise, 127, fence or wall of upright stakes and wattles interwoven. See Rise. Not in Jam.
  • Staldan, 24, Go. to own or possess, cf. Du. staatholder, owner of a stead. See steading
  • Stamnis, 18, Go. a stammerer. See stoom
  • Stang, 208, a long pole, E. sting. Go. us-stiggan, to push out, Ger. Stange, a pole
  • Stanner-gaster, 153, Mo.
  • Starns, 255, stars, has the adj. suffix n of the Go. stairno=Ger. Stern

"Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns,
That proudly cock your cresting cairns."

Burns.
  • Staw, 172, a surfeit, v. to put to a stand, Da. staae, S. wstaa, to stand
  • Stead, steading, 24, 25, Go. stads, home-stead, Ger. Stadt. Fi. and Bu. stath-el, staid-el, a small rick
  • Steanies, 187, Cu.
  • Steek, 207, C. Du. and So. stitch, stick, Du. and Ger. sticken
  • Steer, 56, stir=disturb, A.S. Styr-ian, Ic. styrr, Ger. stören, cog. with storm
  • Steg, 168, Cu. a gander; cf. stag in sense of male in general
  • -ster, -bus, 65, home-stead in Norse place names
  • Stêrt, C. Du. 224, A.S. steort, M.E. stert, a tail, Du. staart, Ger. Sterz, lit. the "outspread." Cf. redstart, Start Point. "Stark-naked, a corr. of stert-naked."—Sk.
  • Stey, 26, 208, steep, A.S. stigan, to climb. See staiga
  • Stibna, 32, Go. voice, Ger. Stimme, A.S. stefn, M.E. steven
  • Stile, 208, A.S. stigel, Shet. stiggy. See stigan
  • Still an' on, 172, Sc. and Cu.
  • Stime, 86, 138, Sc. a speck; var. of skime, A.S. scima, a gleam

"At sic an eldritch time
O' nicht when we see ne'er a stime."

  • Stinkin Elshender, 123, ragwort
  • Stinkin Willie, 148
  • Stink weed, 148, ragwort
  • Stirk, 68, 147, a young bullock, Ger. stark, strong, A.S. stearc, styrc do., Du. sterk. Go. ga-staurknan
  • Stiur, Go. 21, 250, steer, calf, Du. and Ger. stier, Lat. taurus=strong, full-grown
  • Stockannet, strokannet, 124, 140, 172, 180, sheldrake or burrow duck, Shet. links goose. Not in Jam.
  • Stoep, 25, 188, 207, C. Du. porch
  • Stols, 25, Go. a throne, Ger. Stuhl, Du. stoel, E. stool
  • Stook, 128, 129, a clump of corn sheaves, Ger. Stück, E. stock
  • Stoom, stoomin, 137, 140, sulking, Ger. stumm, dumb, E. stammer
  • Stoor=dust, 97, dust of battle, cf. stir

"Till many a man lay weaponless,
An' was sair wounded in that stour."

  • Stot, 196, C. Du. stuit, Go. stantan, to smite, Ger. stossen, to push, cf. stutter, cog. with Lat. tundo, to hammer
  • Stot, 147, a young ox. Da. stud, a bull, E. steed, stud, A.S. steda, Ger. Stute; stott, a horse (Chaucer)
  • Stoup an' room, 188
  • Stovies, 129, var. of stew
  • Straucht, 91, adj. and verb
  • Strau-ja, 249, Go. bed of straw
  • Stravaig, 129, to stroll, app. not only to people

"The moon has rowed her in a cloud,
Stravaiging winds begin,
To shuggle and daud the window brods.
Like loons that wad be in."

Wm. Miller.
  • Stravaiging, 129, strolling, Lat. extravagare. "Stravaigin' aboot in the moonlicht wi' a young lassie"
  • Strawr-rat, 82, straw hat
  • Streiket corpse, 74, stretched in the coffin
  • Strong and weak verbs, 35
  • Stroup, 201, Ic. strup. Da. strube, the gullet
  • Subjunctive, 91, 197
  • Sugar-awlie, 186, Lan. sugar-ellie, Fi. a stick of liquorice
  • Suícĭdal, 81, E.
  • Suljo, 17, Go. sole of the foot, sandal, Lat. solea