GLOSSARY
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Ger. hold, O.N. hollr, A.S. hold, gracious
- Unless, 90, without
- Un-selja, 28, Go. un-silly, i.e., wicked. See silly
- Un-weis, 13, Go. unlearned. See weiss
- Upsij, 218, C. Du. See op-sit
- Up a heet, 169, North.
- Uppalt, 153, cessation, uphald, uphaud
- Upsettin', 136, conceited brat
- Upsie-daesiss, 185, nursery prattle—up—down
- Up-tack, 92, quick apprehension
- Us-hlaupands, 33, Go.; Sc. loupin up, leap, A.S. hleápan, Du. loopen, Ger. laufen, all in sense to run
- Us-litha, 27, Go. paralytic. See lith
- Us-stiur-iba, 56, from stiur-jan, to establish, confirm, E. steer, to guide, and steer, an ox, in prim. sense of "what stands firm," as in Ic. staurr, a post
- Uz-anan, 31, Go. to give up the ghost. See an-an, to breathe
- Uz-eto, 24, Go. manger, out-eater
V
- Val, 210, C. Du. val deure, a trapdoor, E. fall. See moos-fa'
- Vee, 218, C. Du. See fe
- Veldt, 199, C. Du.; O.N. fold, A.S. fëld, Du. veld, E. field, fell, fieldfare
- Vel schoen, 208, C. Du. shoes of skin. See fill
- Verb present with s, 90 (Scots)
- Victual, 94, rations
- Village commune, 64
- Vlei, 125, C. Du., cog. flay, M.E. flean, Ic. flá, to slice off, Sw. flaga, a flake. App. to slicing off turf in Sc. flauch, and flauchter, which see
- Volksraad, 198, C. Du.; E. folk and Go. redan, to counsel, provide, A.S. raedan, Ger. Rat, raten, E. read, Sc. rede
"An' may he better reck the rede
Than ever did the adviser."
Burns.
- Vrij, vrijers, 205, C. Du. to woo, wooers, Ind.-Ger. root pri, to love, cog. with friend. Or. sense, free choice, hence Du. vrij. Go. freis (frija), Ger. frei. See free
- Vuur, 207, C. Du. fire
W
- Waddjan, 25, comp. with "baurgs," Go. town-wall, A.S. wattel, a hurdle, Sc. wattles, wallet; lit. "a thing woven together"
- Waa'er, 83, Lan. water
- Wad-g-er, 212, Fi. See wadi
- Wadi, 26, Go. a pledge, E. wed. Go. waddja-bokos, a bond
- Wadmel, 100, Orc.; E. wad, a bundle of stuff, Ic. vadmal, a plain woollen stuff, Ger. Watte, a fishing-net, like Ic. vathr, stuff wound together. Cf. E. weeds, dress. See mail
- Wadn't cud dea't, 169, Cu. idiom
- Wad-set, 26, 155, 212, a mortgage, wad, a pledge; cf. Lat. vas, vadis. See wadi
- Waër, 62, Barb, sadder; comp. cf. wae, woe
- Waffie, 137, a vagabond, waff, strayed
"To wear up three waff ewis strayed on the bog."—"Gentle Shepherd."
- Waggari, 17, Go. a pillow, A.S. waggare, wange, cheek, jaw, E. wang-tooth, O.E. and Ger. Wange
- Waian, 255, Go. root of E. weather
- Wair, 248, Go. world, A.S. wergeld, Ger. Welt, Lat. vir
- Wairdless, 87, spendthrift, without ward, guard or prudence
- Wairilo, 17, Go. the lip, A.S. weler
- Wairthan, 48, Go. to become, arch. E. worth, Ger. werden
- Wairthus or wairdus, 24, Go. a host, Ger. Wirth
- Wale, waled, 33, 183, 192, 219, Go. waljan, to choose, Ic. velja, Ger. wählen, cog. with will
- Wallop, 53, 156, Mo. the lapwing, wallock and to wallach, to use many circumlocutions
- Wallowit, 49, withered, A.S. wealwian, to roll, wallow; cf. Lat. volvo, to roll
