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NOTES TO CANTO FOURTH.
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GLOSSARY.



St. 1. May, maid.
Lists, pleases.
2. Stead, place.
3. Bairns, children.
In fere, together.
Winsome, engaging; giving joy, (old Teut.)
4. Syne, then.
5. Fessen, fetched; brought.
6. Drave, drove.
7. Dule, sorrow.
Dout, fear.
9. Bowster, bolster; cushion; bed.
Blae, blue.
Strae, straw.
10. Groff, great; large in girt.
Mark, mirk; dark.
11. Lang i' the night, late.
Grat, wept.
Mools, mould; earth.
12. Eard, earth.
Gae, go.
14. Prigged, entreated earnestly and perseveringly.
Gang, go.
15. Craw, crow.
16. Banes, bones.
Stark, strong.
Bowt, bolt; elastic spring, like that of a bolt or arrow from a bow.
Riven, split asunder.
Wa', wall.
17. Wow'd, howled.
Lift, sky; firmament; air.
18. Yett, gate.
19. Sma, small.
22. Lire, complexion.
23. Cald, cold.
24. Till, to.
Rin, run.
25. Buskit, dressed.
Kem'd, combed.
Tither, the other.
28. Routh, plenty.
Quail, are quelled; die.
Need, want.
29. Ahind, behind.
Braw, brave; fine.
31 Dowy, sorrowful.
33. Nirr, snarl.
Bell, bark.
34. Sained, blessed; literally, signed with the sign of the cross. Before the introduction of Christianity, Runes were used in saining, as a spell against the power of enchantment and evil genii.
Ghaist, ghost.