Chapter 2 No.2

Lack, laik, want.

Laif, loaf.

Laik, want, deficiency.

Laird, (sometimes written Lord,) a landholder, under the degree of a Knight.

Lakeing, lacking, wanting.

Lang, long.

Langis, towards.

Lapp up, leaped up.

Lap in, leaped in.

Lappit, wrapped up, enclosed.

Lassour, leisure.

Latt, forbear.

Lauchfull, lawful.

Lave, leave.

Lawis, laws.

Lawly, lawlie, lowly.

Lefull, leichfull, lawful.

Leif, leave.

Leif, as leif, willing.

Leill, true, honest.

Leis, lyes.

Leisingis, falsehoods.

Lentron, time of Lent.

Leprouse, lepers, afflicted with leprosy.

Less-age, non-age, under-age.

Lestand, lasting.

Lestit, lasted.

Lesum, lawful.

Lettin down, let down.

Levand, living.

Levely, lively.

Lever, rather.

Levis, lives.

Leving, living.

Leyaris, liars.

Lichtness, levity, merriment.

Lifting, exacting, levying.

Limmis, limbs.

Lippin, depend, rely upon.

Lois, loss.

Loppin, leapt.

Lothesomness, very loath, unwillingness.

Loup, leap.

Loveabill, laudable, allowable, lawful.

Lovittis, beloved.

Lowsitt, loosed.

Ludgeit, lodged.

Lufe, luif, love

Luifsome, lovely.

Luifer, lover.

Luik, look.

Luiking, looking.

Lyck, lyked, lick, licked.

Lycour, liquor.

Lyek, lyik, lycke, like.

Lyeff, lyff, life.

Lymmaris, an opprobrious term, vagabonds.

Lyne, lain.

Lytill, little.

M

Mack, maik, make.

Maid, made.

Maikis, makes.

Maill, rent, duty.

Mair, more.

Makand, making.

Malhure, malleure, misfortune.

Mallapert, arrogant, presumptuous.

Man, maun, must.

Manassingis, menaings, threatenings.

Mank, deficient, imperfect.

Manrent (bond of), engagement of a vassal to his superior.

Marcat-croce, market-cross.

Mark, merk, a silver coin of the value of 13s. 4d. Scotish money, or 1s. 11?3d. sterling.

Marmouset, a little monkey.

Marrow, mate, fellow, companion.

Matynes, matins, morning prayers.

Meary, mearely, merry, merrily.

Meddill, middle.

Mekle, meikle, much.

Mell, meddle.

Mensworn, perjured.

Ment, meant.

Menzie, crowd of followers.

Met, measure.

Metar, meeter, more proper.

Minister, administer.

Minstrel, musician.

Minzeonis, minions.

Mirk, dark.

Mister, myster, need.

Mo, more.

Moder, mother.

Moist, most.

Mon, must.

Monifould, manifold.

Mony, many.

Morn, next day.

Morrion, a steel cap or helmet.

Mote, may, might.

Movit, moved.

Moyen, interest, power.

Mummeris, jesters.

Murmour, regret, murmur.

Myddis, midst.

Mylnes, mills.

Mynded, proposed.

Mynt, aim at, essay.

N

Na, no.

Nakit, naked.

Namit, named.

Narrest, nearest.

Naturall, disposition, affection.

Ne, nor.

Nellis, fists.

Nevelling, blows with the fists.

Ney, nigh.

Nocht, not.

Nor, than.

Notour, notorious, well known.

Noumer, number.

Nowther, nor, neither.

Nuik, corner.

Nune, noon.

Nuriss, nurse, also nourish.

Nychtbour, neighbour.

Nychtis, nights.

O

Obleyst, obliged.

Oblissand, obliging.

Oblisse, oblige.

Of befoir, frequently, oft before.

Officiaris, officers.

Ofter, often.

Ones, once.

Onless, unless.

Ony, any.

Oppin, open.

Oppinit, opened.

Oppone, opponeing, oppose, opposing.

Or, before.

Oraison, oration.

Outher, either.

Oulk, week.

Oure, owre, over.

Over-thorte, across.

Owerluikit, overlooked.

Owerquhelm, overwhelm.

P

Pacocke, peacock.

Paip, Pope.

Palycanis, pavilions.

Palzeoun, pavilion.

Pane, pains, labour.

Pannel, a criminal, or person impeached.

Pareiss, parish.

Parochinaris, parishioners.

Parson, person.

Pasche, Easter.

Pasche-evin, Easter-eve.

Pasementit, laced.

Patrocinye, patronage.

Patron, skipper, master of a vessel.

Pauckis, cunning, sly practices, artifice.

Paynis, pains.

Peir, pier, equal.

Peregryne, stranger, foreigner.

Phrenesy, insanity, phrenzy.

Pickis, pikes.

Pik, pitch.

Placeboes, parasites, applauders.

Plack, a small coin, the third of a penny sterling.

Plaiges, pledges, hostages.

Platt, plan or model.

Platt, plot.

Playnit, complained.

Pleinyeing, complaining.

Plenzeit, complained.

Pleuch, plough.

Pock, polkis, bag, bags.

Policy, polity, form of government.

Pollicie, device.

Portis, posts, gates.

Pose, poise, hoard, money in store.

Posted, postit, sent, communicated.

Postis, messengers.

Pottingar, apothecary.

Poulder, powder.

Practick, practises.

Praysit, praised.

Prease, press.

Preassit, attempted.

Prechouris, preachers.

Preichit, preached.

Preif, proof.

Presoneris, prisoners.

Prevented, preceded, going before.

Princes, princess.

Proclamit, proclaimed.

Proctours, procurators, proxies.

Proiffit, proved.

Promittis, engages, promises.

Proporte, purport.

Propyne, offering.

Propyned, gift presented.

Provents, revenues.

Provyd, providing.

Puir, pure, poor.

Puneist, punist, punished.

Pynouris, workmen, pioneers.

Q

Quatt, quit, relinquish.

Querrel, quarrel, cause, interest.

Quhair, where.

Quhairas, whereas.

Quhais, quhois, whose.

Quhame, whom.

Quharintill, wherein.

Quhat, what.

Quhidder, whither.

Quhilk, which.

Quhill, until.

Quhilum, sometimes, deceased.

Quhow, how.

Quhynger, hanger, a short broad-sword.

Quick, living.

Quitclaimis, absolves, renounces.

R

Raccompt, account.

Raid, foray, border excursion.

Raid, rode.

Rainzeis, reins.

Raiss, rose.

Rakeless, rash.

Rapper, rapier.

Rasit, raised.

Rawishe, ravish.

Rayd, rode, or expedition.

Reacomteris, rencounters.

Rebellours, rebels.

Reciproce, reciprocal.

Recklessnes, rashness.

Reclamit, proclaimed.

Recule, recoil, fall back.

Reculling, falling back.

Red, read.

Rede, advice, counsel.

Reft, ravaged.

Refusand, refusing.

Regardand, regarding.

Regentrie, regency.

Regiment, government.

Reid, rode.

Reif, ravage, theft.

Reifeit, plundered.

Remanent, remainder.

Remeid, remedy.

Remit, remission.

Repugn, impugn.

Resett, receive, harbour.

Resolute, consonant, agreeable to.

Ressait, receipt.

Ressavit, received.

Retearis, retires.

Revocalit, recalled.

Rewill, rule.

Rewyne, ruin.

Reyll, reel, stagger.

Ring, reign.

Rive, tear, rend.

Roose, praise, commend.

Roundit, whispered.

Roung, reigned.

Rowme, place.

Rowpit, cracked.

Rubberie, robbery.

Ruit, root.

Ruse, boast.

Rycht, right.

Rynnis, runs.

Ryped, searched.

Ryvar, ryvere, river.

Ryve, tear.

S

Sa, so.

Saccage, spoil or pillage.

Sacrate, consecrated.

Sackless, guiltless.

Sacklesslie, innocently, without guile.

Saddest, very sad, or melancholy.

Sair, sore.

Sait, throne.

Salfgard, safeguard.

Sall, shall.

Saltable, open to assault.

Samin, same.

Sanctis, saints.

Sark, shirt.

Saule, saulis, soul, souls.

Sawin, sown.

Scabruslie, doubtfully.

Scaillis, scaling-ladders.

Schaike, shake.

Schavellings, a term of contempt applied to Churchmen having their heads shaved.

Schaw, schawis, show, shows.

Schawin, shown.

Scho, she.

Schone, shoes.

Schopped, chopped, struck.

Schot, shot.

Schote, schuitt, shoot.

Schuik, shook.

Schybaldis, scybaldis, mean, worthless fellows.

Schyftis, shifts.

Sclait, sclaittis, slate, slates.

Scouparis, skippers, dancers.

Scrippit, mocked, derided.

Seallie, sely, silly, helpless.

Secritar, secretary.

Seidgit, besieged.

Seik, sick.

Seill, seillis, seal, seals.

Semblabile, like.

Sen, then, thereafter.

Sen, sensyne, since.

Send, sent.

Senzie, synod, assembly.

Serk, shirt.

Sers, search.

Servitouris, servants, attendants.

Sew, saw, sow, disperse.

Sey, sea.

Seym, seem.

Schir, sir.

Schored, threatened.

Schort space, for a small way.

Schyris, shires, counties.

Sic, sick, such.

Sicht, sight.

Sicklyke, also.

Side, signifies long, when applied to wearing apparel.

Sindered, parted, separated.

Singular, single.

Skaill, disperse, separate.

Skair, fright.

Skairse, scarce.

Skaith, harm, prejudice, hurt, damage.

Skaithless, blameless, harmless.

Skarslie, sparingly.

Skeife, powerful, well provided? probably from skaff, food, provision.

Skooft, mocked, scoft.

Skrimpled, scorched.

Skruiff, applied to money that is both thin and base.

Slap, slop, breach or broken.

Slepand, sleeping.

Slockened, quenched.

Slogorne, war-cry.

Smaikis, mean, pusillanimous fellows.

Smored, smothered.

Smote, blot or stain.

Smyrk, smile.

Snapparis, stumbles.

Sned, pruned, lopped off.

Snouttis, heads, beaks of vessels.

Socht, sought.

Soldartis, soldiers.

Solempn, solemn.

Solempnizat, solemnized.

Solist, solicitous, careful, eager.

Solistaris, solicitors.

Soliste, solicite.

Somer, summer.

Sone, soon.

Sone, sun.

Sonnar, sonner, sooner.

Sowmis, soumeis, sums.

Sowp, souppit, sup, supped.

Sowped, souppit, swept.

Sowtar, shoemaker.

Spack, spake.

Spanes, Spanish.

Sparsit, sparsed, spread abroad, circulated.

Speirit, asked, inquired.

Speris, spears.

Splentis, armour for the legs.

Sponk, spark.

Spreat, Spreit, the Holy Spirit.

Spulzie, spoils.

Spulzeit, spuilzeid, spoiled, plundered.

Spune, horn-spoon.

Spurtill, a wooden stick used for stirring pottage when boiling.

Stableis, establish.

Stabillis, stables.

Stall, stole.

Stammered, staggered, or thrown down.

Stane, stainis, stone, stones.

Stark, strong.

Stark money, good coin.

Stay, hindrance.

Steik, shut.

Steikand, shutting.

Steir thair taills, bestir themselves.

Sticked, run through.

Stogged, stabbed.

Stoir, store.

Stoole, stuill, pulpit.

Stope, hindrance.

Stowth, theft.

Stracking saill, shortening sail.

Strakis, straikis, blows.

Strang, strong.

Strowit, covered, strewed.

Stryck, strike.

Strykin-the field was strykin, fought, the battle was fought.

Sturt, disturbance, grief, trouble.

Styff (haldeth), holdeth fast.

Stylit, stiled, designed.

Sua, so.

Subdittis, subjects.

Subscryve, subscribe.

Subscrivit, subscryving, subscribed, subscribing.

Suddartis, soldiers.

Sueir, swear.

Suir, sure.

Suld, should.

Sum, some.

Sumquhat, somewhat.

Suppostis, followers, adherents.

Surfett, surface.

Suyttis, suytit, suits, solicited.

Suyting, soliciting.

Swash, a drum.

Sweard, sweardis, sword, swords.

Swongeoris, drones, sluggards.

Swynge, rule.

Syndre, sundry.

Syne, afterwards.

Sythense, since.

T

Tabornes, tabors.

Tack, take.

Tackin, taikin, taking.

Taigill, retard, hinder, entangle.

Take, taken.

Takinnis, taikinnis, tokens.

Takkis, leases.

Tanted, taunted, reproached.

Tants, taunts.

Targetting of thair tailles, bordering their gowns with tassels.

Tarie, stay.

Teiris, tears.

Tendernes of blood, proximity of blood.

Teythes, tythes.

Thai, they.

Thairfoir, therefore.

Thairfrae, from thence.

Thak, thatch.

Tham, them.

Thare, thair, there.

Thei, these.

Theiranent, thereabout.

The self, itself.

Thinkand, thinking.

Thir, these.

Thocht, though, although.

Thole, thoill, thoillis, suffer, undergo, endures.

Thrall, enslave, overcome.

Thriddis, thrid, third, third part.

Thrist, thristit, longing, desired.

Throcht, throwght, through.

Thrustit, thirsted.

Thyne, thence.

Tickattis, placards.

Till, to, unto.

Tint, lost.

Tirrit, teased, stript.

Tolbouth, the prison, also the place where sometimes the Courts of Justice sat.

Toome, tume, empty.

Tor of the chyre, arm of the chair.

Towartis, towards, to.

Traist, trust.

Trap, entrap.

Travailled, endeavoured, laboured.

Trawall, travaill, travel.

Treatie, treatise.

Tressoun, treason.

Trow, believe.

Tryist, appointment.

Tryit, tryed.

Trynschis, trenches.

Trysting, appointing.

Tuck, tuick, took.

Tuich, tueich, touch.

Turnpike, winding stairs.

Turse, carry, (in bundles or turses.)

Tweiched, tweiching, touched, touching.

Tweich-stone, touch-stone.

Tykis (mastif), mastiff dogs.

Tymmer, timber.

Tymous, betimes, early.

Tyne, lose.

Tynsall, loss.

Tynt, lost.

Tyran, tyrant.

Tytillis, tiths.

U

Umquhill, late, deceased.

Uncunzeit, uncoined.

Underly, lie under, undergo.

Understand, understood.

Unhap, unhappy, unhappiness.

Unhappe, misfortune, mischance.

Unknawin, unknown.

Unleisum, unlawful.

Upfall, what casts up, an incident.

Uphald, uphold.

Utermaist, uttermost.

Utheris, others.

Uttermost prick, extreme point, the smallest iota.

Utwith, without.