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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...1. 7. prislly, readily, quickly, actively. 1. 8. blyne, cease. 1. 11. sere, various, several. 1. 15. tyte, soon, quick. 1. 16. sythene, for the Northern sen, syne, as in 1. 6, which would improve the rhyme 1. 22. by-leue, remain; German bleiben, Dutch b-lijven. FYTTE I. 1. 25--28. The Cotton differs considerably from the others, Th. and Ca. showing the original reading. 1. 25. Endres-day = ender day, this by-gone day. Icel. endr, of yore, formerly. Lat. ante. - 9 I myselfe lay this enderz nyght All alone withowten any fere."--MS. Rawi. C. 813, leaf 54. 1. 26. grykyng, the graying, or gray of the morning: "It was na gray day-licht." 1. 28. JBuntle bankys, on Eildou Hills, near Melrose. See Introduction, p. li. 1. 30. Mawes, mavys; L. corruptly maner for maues, the mavis or song thrush; but the throstyll of the preceding line is also the thrush, which L. accordingly changes into the merle or blackbird, menyde, Co. corruptly movyde, bemoaned herself, sung plaintively. 1. 30, 32. songe, ronge, doubtless originally tne Northern sang, rang, as in 1. 56. 1.31. The Wodewale, the wood-lark, beryde, Ca. corruptly farde, vociferated, made a noise; "the rumour of rammasche foulis and of beystis that maid grete heir."--Compl. ofScotl., p. 38, I. 24. 1. 32. shawys in L. for wode of others, still used as an equivalent, in the north. Isl. sk6g, Dan. skov. 1. 36. louely, Ca. and L., is no doubt the original, corrupted by T. to longe, and glossed by Co. as fayre. In Ca. lonely would be as good a reading of MS., but was lonely = al-onely, then in existence? I. 37. ygh, Co. for pogh, the f and j frequently confounded by ignorant scribes. 1.38. wrabbeandwrye: wrobbe, wrabbe--warbe? sing; wry = wray, bewray, reveal. Or perhaps Sc. xorable, warble, wu..."
