An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 26

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_Douglas._

V. ~Hoif~.

ARTOW, Art thou? used interrogatively, S. the verb and p.r.o.noun being often, in colloquial language, conjoined in Scottish, as in Germ. and Isl.

Isl. _ertu_, id.

_King's Quair._

_Ertow_, id.

_Ywaine and Gawin._

AS, _conj._ Than, S. synon. with _nor_.

_Kelly._

AS, a.s.s, a.s.sE, ALSE, _s._ Ashes; plur. _a.s.sis_, S. _a.s.s_ and _aiss_; A.

Bor. _a.s.s_, c.u.mberl. _esse_, id.

_Dunbar._

Moes. G. _asja_, Alem. _asca_, Germ. and Belg. _asche_, Su. G. and Isl. _aska_, cinis.

a.s.sHOLE, _s._ The place for receiving the ashes under the grate; S.

Lancash. _esshole_, _ashole_, id.

V. Preceding word.

ASCHET, _s._ A large flat plate on which meat is brought to the table, S.

Fr. _a.s.siette_, "a trencher-plate," Cotgr.

ASYNIS, _s. pl._ a.s.ses.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asin-us_.

ASK, AWSK, _s._ An eft, a newt; a kind of lizard, S.; _asker_, A. Bor.

_Wyntown._

Germ. _eidechs_, _eidex_; Franc. _edehsa_; A. S. _athexe_; Belg.

_egdisse_, _haagdisse_, id. Wachter deduces the Germ. word from _ey_, _eg_, ovum, and _tyg-en_ gignere, q. "produced from an egg."

ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, _adv._ Obliquely, asquint, on one side, S.

_Aslant_, E.

_R. Bruce._

Swed. _slant_, obliquus, from _slind_ latus.

ASPECT, _s._ The serpent called the asp, or aspik, Fr. _aspic_.

_Burel._

ASPERANS, _adj._ Lofty, elevated, pompous; applied to diction.

_Wallace._

Fr. _aspirant_, Lat. _aspirans_, aspiring.

ASPERT, _adj._ Harsh, cruel.

_King's Quair._

Fr. _aspre_, Lat. _asper_.

ASPYNE, _s._ From the connexion, apparently meant to denote a boat.

_Barbour._

Swed. _esping_, a long boat, Teut. _hespinghe_, _espinck_, cymba, a small boat.

ASPRE, _adj._ Sharp.

V. ~Aspert~.

_Wallace._

ASPRESPER, _s._ Perhaps q. "sharp spear;" like _aspre_ bow, also used by _Blind Harry_.

_Wallace._

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