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364 364 GLOSSARY. birdy burdy maiden, young woman. birky birch. birldy poured out. blatiy blangy blanne {blinne), stopped, ceased. blawn (Lady Maisry^ 20^) = blawin*, blowing: present par- ticiple in elliptical construc- tion (?). blinne, to stop, cease. blood-ironsy lancets. blowty to brag {Gesty 59*). blyvey belyvey quickly. bodty bidden, invited. boltcy arrow with blunt head. bondy bound. boncy boon. booUy remedy. bordy bordcy table. borowey surety. borrowy borowedy to ransom. botelery butler. boteryy buttery, place for liquors. bothy be, are. bowney bowyndy to prepare. bouHy bawyuy prepared, made ready. boys (bowys)y bows. brae (Cocky 17*), brow. bra€y hill, hill-side. braider y broader. brawy brave, handsome. bready breadth. bredey see note, St. Stephetty 7*. breey brow. brentey burnt. brethery brothers. briddisy birds. ^gg^y bridges. broad-arrow (see bearing-arrow) y an arrow with broad head, *for cleaving.* brochey tap : a brochey abroach, on tap. brodedy braided. brokey brooky to enjoy, use. broken (men)y outlaws. bromey broom. brooy broth. brooky see broke. browny browne (of swords), glit- tering, bright ; or simply, 'browned against rust.^* See note, Mauricey 25*. bryttlyngey breaking or cutting up, quartering of slain animals. bully (see billie)y friend, comrade, brother-in-arms. * burdy see bird. burny a brook. burn-braey *the acclivity at the bottom of which a rivulet runs.' — Jamieson. buskey to dress, prepare, make ready to go. buskey bush. bussy bush. busshementy ambush. buty except, unless. byckartey skirmished. byddysy abides, remains. bydene (* for bt ine ? * conjectures Stratmann; but see Hempl, Academyy 25 April, 1891, p. 395: bi >e ene"^ bi^-ene^ bidene), together, at once. bylle, bill, sword, battle-axe. byny be, are. byrey cowhouse, stable. bysty art. Cay to call. ca^dy drove, hit. cany for gany often combined with an infinitive to express the past tense: can I see (Gesty 184*), I saw. can (Gesty 210*), knows. cansty knowest. capull-hydcy horse's hide. Digitized by LjOOQIC