CHAPTER LXXXIV.

MORVEN HOUSE.

In the evening Donal went again to the home-farm. Finding himself alone

in the drawing-room, he walked out into the old garden.

“Thank God,” he said to himself, “if my wife should come here some sad,

sweet night, with a low moon-crescent, and a gently thinking wind, and

wander about the garden, it will not be to know herself forgotten!”

He went up and down the grassy paths. Once again, all as long ago--for

it seemed long now--he was joined by Miss Graeme.

“I couldn’t help fancying,” she said as she came up to him, “that I saw

lady Arctura walking by your side.--God forgive me! how could I be so

heartless as mention her!”

“Her name will always be pleasant in my ears,” returned Donal. “I was

thinking of her--that was how you felt as if you saw her! You did not

really see anything, did you?”

“Oh, no!”

“She is nearer me than that,” said Donal. “She will be with me wherever

I am; I shall never be sad. God is with me, and I do not weep that I

cannot see him: I wait; I wait.”

Miss Graeme was in tears.

“Mr. Grant,” she said, “she is gone a happy angel to heaven instead of

a pining woman! That is your doing! God bless you!--You will let me

think of you as a friend?”

“Always; always: you loved her.”

“I did not at first; I thought of her only as a poor troubled creature!

Now I know there was more life in her trouble than in my content. I

came not only to love her, but to look up to her as a saint: if ever

there was one, it was she, Mr. Grant. She often came here after I

showed her that poem. She used to walk here alone in the twilight. That

horrid Miss Carmichael! she was the plague of her life!”

“She was God’s messenger--to buffet her, and make her know her need of

him. Be sure, Miss Graeme, not a soul can do without him.”

Here Mr. Graeme joined them.

“I do not think the earl will last many days,” said Donal. “It would be

well, it seems to me, at once upon his death to take possession of the

house in the town. It is the only property that goes with the title.

And of course you would at once take up your abode in the castle! You

will find in the earl’s papers many proofs, I imagine, that his son has

no claim. I would have a deed of gift drawn up, but would rather you

seemed to come in by natural succession. We are not bound to tell the

world everything; we are only bound to be able without shame to tell it

everything. And then I shall have a favour to ask: Morven House, down

in the town, is of no great use to you: let me rent it of you. I should

like to live there and have a school, with Davie for my first pupil.

When we get another, we will try to make a man of him too. We will not

care so much about making a great scholar, or a great anything of him,

but a true man. We will try to help the whole man of him into the

likeness of the one man.”

Here Mr. Graeme broke in.

“You will never make a living that way!” he said.

Donal opened his eyes and looked at him. Like one convicted and

ashamed, the eyes of the man of business fell before those of the man

of God.

“Ah,” said Donal, “you have not an idea, Mr. Graeme, on how little I

could live!--Here, you had better take the will,” he added, pulling it

from his pocket.

Mr. Graeme hesitated.

“If you would rather not, I will keep it. I would throw it in the fire,

but either you or I must keep it for a time as against all chances.”

Mr. Graeme took it.

That night the earl died.

Donal wrote to Percy that his father was dead. Two days after, he

appeared. The new earl met him in the hall.

“Mr. Graeme,” said Percy,--

“I am lord Morven, Mr. Graeme,” returned his lordship.

The fellow said an evil word, turned on his heel, and left them to bury

his father without him.

The funeral over, the earl turned to Donal and looked him in the face:

they walked back to the castle arm in arm, and from that moment were as

brothers.

Earl Hector did nothing of importance without consulting Donal, and

Donal had the more influence both with landlord and tenants that he had

no _interest_ in the property.

The same week he left the castle, and took possession of Morven House.

The people said Mr. Grant had played his cards well: had they known

what he had really done, they would have called him a born idiot.

Davie, to whom no calamity could be overwhelming so long as he had Mr.

Grant, accompanied him gladly, more than content to live with him till

he went to college, whither the earl wished to send him. Donal hindered

rather than sped the day. When it came, the earl would have had him go

too, but Donal would not.

“I have done what I can,” he said. “It is time he should walk alone.”

It was soon evident that the boy would not disgrace him. There is no

certainty as to how deep any teaching may have gone--as to whether it

has reached the issues of life or not, until a youth is left by

himself, and has to choose and refuse companions: the most promising

youths are often but promisers.

With the full concurrence of Miss Graeme, Donal had persuaded mistress

Brookes--easy persuasion where the suggestion was enough!--to keep

house for him. They went together, and together unlocked the door of

Morven House.

Mistress Brookes said the place was in an awful state. There was not

much, to be sure, for the mason to do, but for the carpenter! It had

not been touched for generations! He must go away, and stay away till

she summoned him!

Donal gladly went home to his hills, and took Davie with him. He told

his father and mother, sir Gibbie and his lady, the things that had

befallen him, and every one approved heartily of what he had done. His

mother took his renunciation of the property as a matter of course. All

agreed it should not be spoken of. When they returned to Auchars, sir

Gibbie and lady Galbraith went with them, and staid for some weeks. The

townsfolk said he was but a poor baronet that could not speak mortal

word.

Lord Morven and Miss Graeme had done their best to make the house what

they thought Donal would like. But in the castle they kept for him the

rooms lady Arctura had called her own. There he gathered the books, and

a few other of the more immediately personal possessions of his

wife--her piano for one--upon which he taught himself to play a little;

and thither he betook himself often on holidays, and always on Sunday

evenings. What went on then I leave to the imagination of the reader

who knows that alone one may meet many, sitting still may travel far,

and silent make the universe hear.

Lord Morven kept Larkie for Davie. The last I heard of Davie was that

he was in India, an officer in the army, beloved of his men, and

exercising a most beneficial influence on his regiment. The things he

had learned he had so learned that they went out from him, finding new

ground in which to root and grow. In his day and generation he helped

the coming of the kingdom of truth and righteousness, and so fulfilled

his high calling.

It was some time before Donal had any pupils, and he never had many,

for he was regarded as a most peculiar man, with ideas about education

odd in the extreme. It was granted, however, that, if a boy stayed, or

rather if he allowed him to stay with him long enough, he was sure to

turn out a gentleman: that which was deeper and was the life of the

gentleman, people seldom saw--would seldom have valued if they had

seen. Most parents would like their children to be ladies and

gentlemen; that they should be sons and daughters of God, they do not

care!

The few wise souls in the neighbourhood know Donal as the heart of the

place--the man to go to in any difficulty, in any trouble or

apprehension.

Miss Carmichael grew by degrees less talkative, and less obtrusive of

her opinions. After some years she condescended to marry a farmer on

lord Morven’s estate. Their only child, a thoughtful boy, and a true

reader, sought the company of the grave man with the sweet smile, going

often to his house to ask him about this or that. He reminded him of

Davie, and grew very dear to him. The mother discovering that, as often

as he stole away, it was to go to the master--everybody called him the

_maister_--scolded and forbade. But the prohibition brought such a time

of tears and gloom and loss of appetite, and her husband so little

shared her prejudices against the master, that she was compelled to

recall it, and the boy went and went as before. When he was taken ill,

and on his deathbed, nobody could make him happy but the master; he

almost nursed him through the last few days of his short earthly life.

But the mother seemed not to like him any the better--rather to regard

him as having deprived her of some of her rights in the love of her boy.

Donal is still a present power of heat and light in the town of

Auchars. He wears the same solemn look, the same hovering smile. They

say to those who can read them, “I know in whom I have believed.” It is

the God who is the Father of the Lord that he believes in. His life is

hid with Christ in God, and he has no anxiety about anything. The

wheels of the coming chariot, moving fast or slow to fetch him, are

always moving; and whether it arrive at night, or at cock-crowing, or

in the blaze of noon, is one to him. He is ready for the life his

Arctura knows. “God is,” he says, “and all is well.” He never disputes,

rarely seeks to convince. “I will let what light I have shine; but

disputation is smoke. It is to no profit!--And I do like,” he says, “to

give and to get the good of things!”

THE END.

Note from John Bechard, creator of this Electronic text.

The following is a list of Scottish words which are found in George

MacDonald’s _Donal Grant_. I have compiled this list myself and worked

out the definitions from context with the help of Margaret West, from

Leven in Fife, Scotland, and also by referring to a word list found in

a collection of poems by Robert Burns, “Chamber’s Scots Dialect

Dictionary from the 17th century to the Present,” c. 1911, and

“Scots-English English-Scots Dictionary,” Lomond Books, c. 1998. I have

tried to be as thorough as possible given the limited resources, and I

welcome any feedback on this list which may be wrong (my e-mail address

is JaBBechard@aol.com). This was never meant to be a comprehensive

list of the National Scottish Language, but rather an aid to

understanding some of the conversations and references in this text in

the Broad Scots. I do apologise for any mistakes or omissions. I

aimed for my list to be very comprehensive. It includes words

that are obvious to native English speakers, only spelled in such

a way to demonstrate the regional pronunciation.

This list is a compressed form that consists of three columns for

‘word’, ‘definition’, and ‘additional notes’. It is set up with a

comma between each item and a hard return at the end of each

definition. This means that this section could easily be cut and

pasted into its own text file and imported into a database or

spreadsheet as a comma separated variable file (.csv file). Failing

that, you could do a search and replace for commas in this section (I

have not used any commas in my words, definitions or notes) and replace

the commas with spaces or tabs.

Word, Definition, Notes

a’, all; every, also have

a’ place, all places; everywhere,

a’body, everyone; everybody,

aboot, about,

abro’d, abroad,

abune, above; up; over,

ac’, act,

accep’, accept,

accoont, account,

accoontable, accountable,

ae, one,

ae-sidit, one-sided,

aff, off; away; past; beyond,

affrontit, affronted; disgraced, also ashamed; shamed

afore, before; in front of,

aforehan’, beforehand,

aft, often,

aften, often,

again’, against; opposed to, also again

’ahint, behind; after; at the back of,

ain, own, also one

aipple, apple,

airms, arms, also coat of arms; crest

airmy, army,

airt, quarter; direction; compass point, also art

airy, chilly,

ait, eat,

aith, oath,

aither, either,

aitin’, eating,

aiven, even,

alane, alone,

alang, along,

alison, awl,

alloo, allow,

allooed, allowed,

alloot, allowed,

Almichty, Almighty; God,

amen’s, amends,

amo’, among,

amoont, amount,

an’, and,

ance, once,

ane, one, also a single person or thing

anent, opposite to; in front of, also concerning

Anerew, Andrew,

’aneth, beneath; under,

angers, angers; makes angry, also grieves

angert, angered; angry, also grieved

angel-corbie, raven (sent from heaven), reference to 1 Kings 17:6

anither, another,

An’rew, Andrew,

answert, answered,

appeart, appeared,

approachin’, approaching,

appruv, approve,

a’ready, already,

arena, are not,

argle-barglet, bandied words; disputed; haggled,

art and part, aiding and abetting,

ashamet, ashamed,

aside, beside, also aside

askin’, asking,

asun’er, asunder,

’at, that,

aten, eaten,

a’thegither, all together,

a’thing, everything; anything,

’at’ll, that will,

’at’s, that is,

’atween, between,

aucht, eight; eighth, also ought; own; possess

auchteen, eighteen,

auchty, eighty,

auld, old,

aulder, older,

auldest, oldest,

auld-farrand, old-fashioned, also droll; witty; quaint

ava’, at all; of all, exclamation of banter; ridicule

awa’, away; distant,

aweel, ah well; well then; well,

awfu’, awful,

ay, yes; indeed, exclamation of surprise; wonder

aye, yes; indeed,

’ayont, beyond; after,

backbane, backbone,

baggin’, swelling; bulging,

bairn, child,

bairnie, little child, diminutive

bairnly, childish,

baith, both,

banes, bones,

bangin’, banging,

bangt, banged,

barnflure, barn floor,

becomin’, becoming,

bed-claes, bedclothes,

beery, bury,

beggin’, begging,

beggit, begged,

beginnin’, beginning,

behavet, behaved,

bein’, being,

beir, bear,

beirin’, bearing; allowing,

believin’, believing,

belongin’, belonging,

ben, in; inside; into; within; inwards, also inner room

bena, be not; is not,

beseekit, beseeched,

bethinking (oneself), stopping to think; reflecting,

bidden, abided; stayed,

bide, endure; bear; remain; live, also desire; wish

bidin’, enduring; bearing; remaining; living, also desiring; wishing

biggin’, building,

biggit, built,

binna, be not,

bit, but; bit, also small; little--diminutive

blamin’, blaming,

blaw, blow,

blessin’, blessing,

blessin’s, blessings,

blin’, blind,

blink, take a hasty glance; ogle, also shine; gleam; twinkle

blude, blood,

bludeshed, bloodshed,

boady, body,

body, person; fellow, also body

bonnie, good; beautiful; pretty; handsome,

boord, board (i.e. room and board),

brainch, branch,

brak, break,

brakfast, breakfast,

br’akin’, breaking,

brawly, admirably; very; very much; well,

breid, bread,

brither, brother,

brither man, fellowman; brother,

broucht, brought,

bude, would prefer to,

buik, book, also Bible

buildin’, building,

b’un’, bound,

burnin’, burning,

buss, bush; shrub; thicket,

buyin’, buying,

by ord’nar, out of the ordinary; supernatural, also unusual;

exceptional

ca’, call; name,

ca’d, called,

cairriage, carriage,

cairry, carry,

callin’, calling,

cam, came,

cankerin’, souring; festering, also fretting

can’le, candle,

canna, cannot,

carefu’, careful,

caret, cared,

carin’, caring,

carryin’, carrying,

ca’s, calls,

castel, castle,

cat, ointment, lit. soft clay or mud

cauld, cold,

cauld-hertit, cold-hearted,

’cause, because,

cawpable, capable,

ceevil, civil,

’cep’, except; but,

chairge, charge,

chappin’, knocking; hammering; striking,

cheenge, change,

cheengeable, changeable,

cheengt, changed,

cheep, chirp; creak; hint; word,

cheir, chair,

ch’ice, choice,

chiel’, child; young person; fellow, term of fondness or intimacy

chimley-piece, chimney piece; mantle,

chuise, choose,

claes, clothes; dress,

clan, group; class; coterie,

clankin’, clanking,

clapper-clash, gossip,

clash, blow; slap; mess, also gossip; tittle-tattle; tale-bearing

clean, altogether; entirely, also comely; shapely; empty; clean

clearin’, clearing,

clim’, climb,

cloods, clouds,

cloot, clout; box (ear); beat; slap, also patch; mend

close parin’, give a short measure,

cobblet, cobbled,

cobblin’, cobbling; shoemaking,

comena, do not come,

comfortin’, comforting,

comin’, coming,

comman’, command,

comman’ments, commandments,

committit, committed,

comparet, compared,

compleen, complain,

compleenin’, complaining,

comprehen’, comprehend,

conceivin’, conceiving,

concernin’, concerning,

concernt, concerned,

condescen’, condescend,

conduc’, conduct,

conneckit, connected,

considert, considered,

conteened, contained,

contert, contradicted; thwarted,

contrairy, contrary,

contrive, design,

convic’, convict,

cooardly, cowardly,

cooncil, council,

coonsel, counsel,

coont, count,

coontenance, countenance,

coontin’, counting,

coontit, counted,

coopered, tinkered up,

coorse, coarse, also course

coortin’, courting,

corbie, crow; raven,

corbie-steps, corbel steps, projections on a gable resembling a step

correc’, correct,

couldna, could not,

crack, news; story; chat; gossip,

cracks, news; stories; chats; gossip,

craps, crops; produce of the field,

cratur, creature,

crawin’, crowing,

creakin’, creaking,

creepit, crept; crawled,

cried, called; summoned,

croont, crowned,

cry, call; summon,

cryin’, calling; summoning,

cuist, cast,

cunnin’, cunning,

cuttit, cut; harvested,

dacent, decent,

danglin’, dangling,

dauchter, daughter,

daur, dare; challenge,

daured, dared; challenged,

daurna, dare not; do not dare,

daursay, dare say,

dawin’, dawning,

Dawvid, David,

declaret, declared,

declarin’, declaring,

’deed, indeed,

dee’d, died,

dee’dna, did not die,

deein’, doing, also dying

dees, dies,

deevil, devil,

defen’, defend,

deid, dead,

deif, deaf,

deifer, deafer,

deil, devil,

deith, death,

denner, dinner,

denyin’, denying,

depen’, depend,

describit, described,

dewotit, devoted,

didna, did not,

differ, difference; dissent, also differ

difficlety, difficulty,

dignities, dignitaries,

dignity, dignitary,

din, sound; din; report; fame,

dinna, do not,

direc’, direct,

direckit, directed,

direckly, directly; immediately,

dis, does,

disapp’intit, disappointed,

discipleen, discipline,

discontentit, discontented,

discoontenance, discountenance; refuse to approve of,

discoorse, discourse,

disgeist, digest,

disgracin’, disgracing,

disna, does not,

disrespec’, disrespect,

dist, dust,

disturbit, disturbed,

div, do,

dochter, daughter,

doesna, does not,

dogsure, quite certain,

doin’, doing,

doo, dove, darling--term of endearment

dooble, double; duplicate, also double dealing; devious

doobt, suspect; know; doubt, have an unpleasant conviction

doobtfu’, doubtful,

doobtin’, suspecting; knowing, also doubting

doobtless, doubtless,

doobtna, do not suspect; do not know, also does not doubt

doon, down,

door-sill, threshold,

doos, doves,

dottlet, crazy; in dotage,

douce, gentle; sensible; sober; prudent,

dour, hard; stern; stiff; sullen,

dowy, sad; lonely; depressing; dismal, also ailing

doze, dose,

drap, drop; small quantity of,

drappin’, dropping,

drappit, dropped,

dreid, dread,

dreidfu’, dreadful; dreadfully,

dreidit, dreaded,

drogues, drugs,

drunken, drinking,

du, do,

duer, doer,

duin’, doing,

dull, deaf; hard of hearing,

dune, done,

dwall, dwell,

dyke, wall of stone or turf,

earth-dyke, wall of earth,

Ebberdeen, Aberdeen,

edder, adder,

e’e, eye,

eemage, image,

een, eyes,

e’en, even; just; simply, also eyes; evening

efter, after; afterwards,

efterwards, afterwards,

elbuck, elbow,

en’, end,

encoonter, encounter,

endeevour, endeavour,

eneuch, enough,

Englan’, England,

enstance, instance,

enterest, interest,

er’, ere; before,

etin, giant, also ogre

exackly, exactly,

excep’, except,

expeckit, expected,

experrience, experience,

explainin’, explaining,

fa’, fall; befall,

fac’, fact,

fac’s, facts; truths; realities,

factor, manager of property, lets farms; collects rents; pays wages

faddomless, fathomless,

failt, failed,

faimilies, families,

faimily, family,

faimily-name, family name; surname,

fain, eager; anxious; fond, also fondly; gladly

fa’in’, falling,

fairmer, farmer,

Faith!, Indeed!; Truly!, exclamation

faither, father,

faithfu’, faithful,

fallow, fellow; chap,

fancyin’, fancying,

fa’s, falls,

faund, found,

fause, false,

fau’t, fault; blame,

fauvour, favour,

fauvoured, favoured,

fearfu’, fearful; easily frightened,

fears, makes afraid; frightens; scares,

fearsome, terrifying; fearful; awful,

feart, afraid; frightened; scared,

feathert, feathered,

feelin’, feeling,

fell, very; potent; keen; harsh; sharp, intensifies; also turf

feow, few,

fess, fetch,

fillsna, does not fill,

fin’, find; feel,

fit, foot; base, also fit; capable; able

fittin’, fitting,

fittit, fitted,

fivver, fever,

fixtur, fixture,

flangna, did not kick; did not throw,

flee, fly (insect),

flingin’, kicking; throwing,

flit, shift; remove; depart,

followt, followed,

forbeirs, ancestors; forefathers,

forby, as well; as well as; besides, also over and above

forepairt, front part, also early part (e.g. of the night)

forgettin’, forgetting,

fortin, fortune,

fowk, folk,

frae, from,

frae hame, away; not at home,

freely, quite; very; thoroughly,

freen’, friend; relation,

freen’ly, friendly,

freen’s, friends; relations,

fricht, frighten; scare away, also fright

frichtit, frightened; scared away,

fu’, full; very; much,

fule, fool,

fulish, foolish,

full, fully, also full

f’un’, found,

f’undation, foundation,

furnisht, furnished,

furreign, foreign,

furth, forth,

fut, foot,

futur, future,

gae, gave,

gaed, went,

gaedna, did not go,

gaein’, going,

gaein’s, goings,

gairden, garden,

gait, way; fashion, also route; street

gaither, gather,

gaitherin’, gathering,

gane, gone,

gang, go; goes; depart; walk,

gangin’, going; walking,

gangin’s, goings,

gangs, goes; walks,

gar, cause; make; compel,

gars, makes; causes; compels,

gat, got,

gauin’, going,

German Ocean, old reference to the English Channel & North Sea

gether, gather,

gethert, gathered,

gettin’, getting,

gey, fairly; considerable,

ghaist, ghost; soul; spirit,

gie, give,

gied, gave,

giedst, gave; gaveth (King James style),

giein’, giving,

gien, if; as if; then; whether, also given

gi’en, given,

gies, gives,

girn, grimace; snarl; twist the features,

girned, grimaced; snarled; twisted features, also found fault

girnin’, grimacing; snarling,

git, get; acquire,

glaid, glad,

glaidness, gladness,

glaiss, glass,

gleg, quick; lively; smart; quick-witted,

glimp, glimpse; glance, also the least degree

gloamin’, twilight; dusk,

glower, stare; gaze; scowl,

glowert, stared; gazed; scowled,

gluves, gloves,

God-fearin’, God-fearing,

gowk, cuckoo; fool; blockhead,

gran’, grand; capital; first-rate,

gran’child, grandchild,

gran’er, grander,

gran’father, grandfather,

grantin’, granting,

grâtis, free; gratuitous,

greit, cry; weep,

greitin’, crying; weeping,

grip, grasp; understand,

grippin’, gripping,

grit, great,

grit-gran’mother-tongue, great grandmother-tongue,

groanin’, groaning,

growin’, growing,

grue, feeling of horror; tremor, also tremble

gruntin’, grunting,

grup, grip; grasp,

grutch, grudge,

guid, good, also God

guidman, master; husband; head of household, also farmer

guidwife, mistress of the house; wife, also farmer’s wife

gurly, threatening to be stormy, also growling; boisterous

ha’, hall; house

hadna, had not,

hae, have; has,

haein’, having,

haena, have not,

haibitable, habitable,

haill, whole,

hailstanes, hailstones,

Haith!, Faith!, exclamation of surprise

halesome, wholesome; pure,

half-ways, half; partly,

hame, home,

hame-like, like home,

han’, hand,

handiwark, handiwork,

handy, near by; close at hand,

han’fu’, handful,

hangin’, hanging,

hangt, hanged,

han’led, handled; treated,

han’let, handled,

han’lin’, handling,

han’s, hands,

han’some, handsome,

hantle, much; large quantity; far,

happed, happened,

happent, happened,

h’ard, heard,

hardenin’, hardening,

hasna, does not have,

hathenish, heathenish,

haud, hold; keep,

hauden, held; kept,

haudin’, holding; keeping,

h’aven, heaven,

h’avenly, heavenly,

hawt, hawked; cleared the throat, also hesitated

healin’, healing,

heap, very much, also heap

hearin’, hearing,

hearken, hearken; hear; listen,

hearkenin’, hearkening; listening,

hearkent, hearkened; heard; listened,

heels ower heid, topsy-turvy,

heicher, higher,

heid, head; heading,

heild, held,

helpit, helped,

herd, herd-boy; cow-boy, also herd

herd-laddie, herd-boy; cow-boy,

hermonious, harmonious,

hermony, harmony,

hersel’, herself,

hert, heart,

hert-brak, heartbreak,

hertily, heartily,

het, hot; burning,

hidin’, hiding,

hielan’s, highlands,

himsel’, himself,

hin’er, hinder,

hing, hang,

hingin’, hanging,

hit, it, emphatic

hiz, us, emphatic

honourt, honoured,

hoo, how,

hooever, however,

hoor, hour,

hoose, house,

hoosekeep, keep house,

hoosekeeper, housekeeper,

hoot, pshaw, exclamation of doubt or contempt

hoots, pshaw, exclamation of doubt or contempt

hose, stocking,

houp, hope,

houpless, hopeless,

howk, dig; excavate,

howkit, dug; excavated,

howlin’, howling,

hoydenish, inelegant,

hue, look; appearance,

hummt, stammered; spoke hesitatingly, also murmured

hungert, starved,

i’, in; into,

I doobt, I know; I suspect,

ilk, every; each, also common; ordinary

ilka, every; each, also common; ordinary

ill, bad; evil; hard; harsh; badly, also misfortune; harm

’ill, will,

ill-mainnert, ill-mannered,

ill-pleast, not pleased; unhappy,

ill-used, used wrongly,

ill-usin’, using wrongly,

’im, him,

implorin’, imploring,

impruvt, improved,

in the sulks, sullen,

ineequities, iniquities,

ingle-neuk, chimney-corner or recess; fireside,

inquirin’, inquiring,

intendit, intended,

intil, into; in; within,

inveesible, invisible,

ir, are,

isna, is not,

i’stead, instead,

ither, other; another; further,

ithers, others,

itherwise, otherwise,

itsel’, itself,

jaud, lass; girl; worthless woman, old worn-out horse

jeally, jelly,

jeedge, judge,

jeedgment, judgement,

j’in, join,

jist, just,

justifee, justify,

justifeein’, justifying,

keek, look; peep; spy,

keepin’, keeping,

keepit, kept,

ken, know; be acquainted with; recognise,

kenna, do not know,

kenned, known; knew,

kennin’, knowing,

kens, knows,

kent, known; knew,

killin’, killing,

kin’, kind; nature; sort; agreeable, also somewhat; in some degree

kin’ness, kindness,

kirk, church,

kirk-session, lowest Presbyterian Church court, oversees congregation

kirk-time, time to go to church,

kirkyard, churchyard,

kissin’, kissing,

kist, chest; coffer; box; chest of drawers,

knockin’, knocking,

knockit, knocked,

lad, boy, term of commendation or reverence

laddie, boy, term of affection

laich, low; inferior,

laichest, lowest,

lairger, larger,

laistit, lasted,

Laitin, Latin,

lan’, land; country; ground,

lane, lone; alone; lonely; solitary,

lanely, lonely,

lanesome, lonesome,

lang, long; big; large; many, also slow; tedious

langer, longer,

lan’lord, landlord,

lass, girl; young woman, term of address

lassie, girl, term of endearment

lat, let; allow,

latna, let not; do not let,

latten, let; allowed,

lattin’, letting; allowing,

lauch, laugh,

lauchin’, laughing,

lave, rest; remainder; others, also leave

laverock, lark (type of bird),

lea’, leave,

learnin’, learning, also teaching

learnit, learned,

learnt, learned, also taught

leavin’, leaving,

leddy, lady, also boy; lad; laddy

leddyship, ladyship,

leeberty, liberty,

lees, lies,

leevin’, living; living being,

leevit, lived,

len’th, length,

leuch, laughed,

ley, leave,

licht, light,

lichten, lighten,

lichter, lighter,

lichtest, lightest,

lichtit, lighted,

lickin’, thrashing; punishment,

lift, load; boost; lift; helping hand, also sky; heavens

liftin’, lifting,

liftit, lifted,

like, like; likely to; looking as if to, also as it were; as if

likin’, liking,

likit, liked,

lines, any written or printed authorities,

lippen, trust; depend on, also look after

lippent, trusted; depended on, also looked after

listenin’, listening,

livin’, living,

’ll, will,

loaf-breid, wheaten loaf (of bread),

lockit, locked,

lodgin’, lodging,

lo’e, love,

lo’ed, loved,

lo’ein’, loving,

lo’es, loves,

lood, loud,

lookin’, looking,

lookit, looked,

loot, let; allowed; permitted,

losin’, losing,

lovesna, does not love,

lowlan’s, lowlands,

lowse, loose; free, also dishonest; immoral

ludgin’, lodging,

lugs, ears,

luik, look,

luikin’, looking,

luikit, looked,

lyin’, lying,

mainner, manner,

mair, more; greater,

mairch, march,

maist, most; almost,

’maist, almost,

maister, master; mister,

maistly, mostly; most of all,

maitter, matter,

mak, make; do,

makin’, making; doing,

makker, maker; God,

manse, Scottish minister’s official residence,

mattin’, matting,

maun, must; have to,

maunna, must not; may not,

mayna, may not,

meanin’, meaning,

meenute, minute,

meeserable, miserable,

meetin’, meeting,

mem, Ma’am; Miss; Madam,

men’, mend,

men of Gotham, wise men who play the fools, refers to an English

fable

men’in’, mending; healing,

men’it, mended; healed,

mentiont, mentioned,

merriet, married,

merry, marry, also merry

merryin’, marrying,

micht, might,

michtna, might not,

michty, mighty; God,

mickle, great; big; much; abundant; very, also important; proud

mids, midst; middle,

min’, mind; recollection, also recollect; remember

minnie, mother; mommy, pet name

minnisters, ministers,

min’s, minds; reminds; recollects,

mirk, darkness; gloom; night,

mirracle, miracle,

mischance, misfortune; bad luck,

mischeef, mischief; injury; harm,

misdoobt, doubt; disbelieve; suspect,

misguidit, wasted; mismanaged; ill-used,

mistak, mistake,

mither, mother,

mither-tongue, mother-tongue,

Mononday, Monday,

mony, many,

moo’, mouth,

moo’s, mouths,

moose, mouse,

mornin’, morning,

mouldy, dirty; soiled,

muckle, huge; enormous; big; great; much,

muir, moor; heath,

munelicht, moonlight,

m’untain, mountain,

murdert, murdered,

muvs, moves; affects,

my lane, on my own,

mysel’, myself,

na, not; by no means,

nae, no; none; not,

naebody, nobody; no one,

naething, nothing,

naither, neither,

nait’ral, natural,

nane, none,

natur, nature,

nearhan’, nearly; almost; near by,

neb, tip; point; nib; beak,

necessar’, necessary,

neebour, neighbour,

needsna, does not need to,

neeper, neighbour,

negleckit, neglected,

neist, next; nearest,

news, talk; gossip,

nicht, night; evening,

nigh, near; nearly,

nip, smart; squeeze; bite; pinch, also cheat; steal

no, not,

noo, now,

nor, than; although; if, also nor

nowt, cattle; oxen,

o’, of; on,

obeddience, obedience,

obeyin’, obeying,

objec’, object,

observt, observed,

occurrt, occurred,

offerin’, offering,

ohn, without; un-, uses past participle not present progressive

on a suddent, suddenly; all of a sudden,

ony, any,

onybody, anybody; anyone,

onygait, anyway,

onything, anything,

onyw’y, anyway,

oonbelief, unbelief,

oondefent, undefended,

oongratefu’, ungrateful,

oonholy, unholy,

oonlikly, unlikely,

oonseen, unseen,

oor, our,

oors, ours,

oorsel’s, ourselves,

oot, out,

ootside, outside,

ootward, outward,

open-hertit, open-hearted,

openin’, opening,

oppresst, oppressed,

or, before; ere; until; by, also or

ord’nar, ordinary; usual; natural, also custom; habit

oucht, anything; all, also ought

ouchtna, ought not,

ow, oh, exclamation of surprise

ower, over; upon; too,

owerbeirin’, overbearing,

owercome, overcome; recover,

pack, property; belongings,

pailace, palace,

pairt, part,

pairties, parties,

parin’, paring; cutting off the surface,

parritch, oatmeal porridge,

partic’lar, particular,

pat, put; made,

pattren, pattern,

peacefu’, peaceful,

pecooliar, peculiar,

peety, pity,

perris, parish,

perswaud, persuade,

pey, pay,

peyin’, paying,

peyment, payment,

peyt, paid,

p’int, point,

plack, the smallest coin, worth 1/3 of a penny

plaguin’, plaguing,

plaister, plaster,

playin’, playing,

pleasin’, pleasing,

pleast, pleased,

pleesur, pleasure,

pluckit, plucked,

pooches, pockets,

pooer, power,

potterin’, pottering,

praist, praised,

prayin’, praying,

preejudice, prejudice,

preejudized, prejudiced,

preevilege, privilege,

prefar, prefer,

preparin’, preparing,

preshume, presume,

press, wall-cupboard with shelves,

preten’, pretend,

prevailt, prevailed,

prood, proud,

protec’, protect,

providin’, providing,

prowlin’, prowling,

pu’, pull,

pu’d, pulled,

puir, poor,

pullin’, pulling,

pu’pit, pulpit,

pushin’, pushing,

putten, put,

puttin’, putting,

quaiet, quiet,

quaietly, quietly,

queston, question,

quo’, swore; said; quoth,

ragin’, raging,

raither, rather,

rampaugin’, rampaging,

rattlin’, rattling,

readin’, reading,

rebukit, rebuked,

recollec’, recollect,

reid, red,

reivin’, plundering; robbing, also roaming; straying

remaint, remained,

repentit, repented,

resolvt, resolved,

respec’, respect,

richt, right; correct, also mend

richteous, righteous,

richteousness, righteousness,

rin, run,

ringin’, ringing,

rinnin’, running,

rist, rest,

rive, rent; tear; tug; wrench,

rizzon, reason,

rizzonable, reasonable,

roarin’, roaring,

ro’d, road; course; way,

ro’d-side, roadside,

romage, disturbance,

romour, rumour,

roomie, little room, diminutive

roon’, around; round,

rouch, rough,

rouchly, roughly,

routit, bellowed; made a loud noise, also poked about; cleared out

row, roll; wrap up; wind,

rudimen’s, rudiments,

rum’lin’s, rumblings,

rute, root,

’s, us; his; as; is, also has

s’, shall,

sacrets, secrets,

sae, so; as,

saft, muddy; soft; silly; foolish,

safter, muddier; softer; sillier,

saidna, did not say,

sair, sore; sorely; sad; hard; very; greatly, also serve

sair-hertit, sad of heart,

saitisfee, satisfy,

sall, shall,

sanct, saint,

sarks, shirts,

sattle, settle,

sattlet, settled,

sattlin, settling; deciding,

savin’, saving, also except

Sawbath, Sabbath; Sunday,

Sawbath-day, Sabbath day; Sunday,

saxpence, sixpence,

say, speech; saying; proverb,

sayin’, saying,

scaret, scared,

school-maister, schoolmaster,

scriptur, Scripture,

scunnert, disgusted; loathed,

scushlin, slide; shuffle in walking,

seein’, seeing,

seekin’, seeking,

seemile, simile,

seemna, do not seem,

seemt, seemed,

seesna, does not see,

sel’, self,

sellin’, selling,

semple, simple; of low birth,

sen’, send,

sen’in’, sending,

servan’, servant,

servan’s, servants,

setna, do not set,

Setterday, Saturday,

settin’, setting,

shakin’, shaking,

shamefu’, modest; shy; bashful,

sharper, sharper; rougher; coarser, also more clever

shaw, show; reveal, also grove

shelterin’, sheltering,

shillin’, shilling,

shiverin’, shivering,

shochle, shake about; joggle; stagger,

shoothers, shoulders,

shoots, shouts,

shouldna, should not,

shue, shoe,

shuit, suit,

shune, shoes,

shutten, shut,

sic, such; so; similar,

sicht, sight,

siclike, suchlike; likewise, like such a person or thing

sidewise, sideways,

siller, silver; money; wealth,

simmer, summer,

sin, since; ago; since then, also sin; sun

sin’, since; ago; since then,

sittin’, sitting,

skean dhu, knife; dirk; short-sword,

slaverin’, slobbering; talking fast; flattering,

sleepit, slept,

sma’, small; little; slight; narrow; young,

sma’est, smallest; littlest; slightest; narrowest,

smugglet, concealed; hid,

sodger, soldier,

some, somewhat; rather; quite; very, also some

somewhaur, somewhere,

soon’, sound,

soon’s, sounds,

soop, sweep; brush,

sornin’, taking food or lodging; sponging, taking by force of threat

soucht, sought,

sowl, soul,

spak, spoke,

spang, leap; bound; spring; span,

spark, speck; spot; blemish; atom,

speakin’, speaking,

speakna, speak not; do not speak,

speerit, spirit,

speir, ask about; enquire; question,

speiredna, did not ask about or enquire,

speirin’, asking about; enquiring; questioning,

speirt, asked about; enquired; questioned,

spellin’, spelling,

speyk, speak,

sp’ilt, spoiled,

stair, stairs; staircase,

stamack, stomach,

stammert, staggered; stumbled; faltered,

stan’, stand; stop,

stan’in’, standing,

stan’s, stands,

startit, started,

stealin’, stealing,

steek, shut; close; clench, also stitch (as in clothing)

steer, stir; disturbance; commotion; fuss,

stick, stick; gore; butt with horns,

stickin’, sticking; goring,

stiles, gates; passages over a wall,

stime, glimpse; glance; least particle, faintest form of an object

stoot, stout; healthy; strong; plucky,

stoppit, stopped,

story-buik, storybook,

strae, straw,

strak, struck,

stramash, uproar; tumult; fuss; brawl,

straucht, straighten; straight,

stren’th, strength,

stude, stood,

sud, should,

suddent, sudden; suddenly,

sudna, should not,

sune, soon; early,

suner, sooner,

sun’ert, sundered,

supposin’, supposing,

sutors, shoemakers; cobblers,

swarmin’, swarming,

sweir, swear,

sweirin’, swearing,

swingin’, swinging,

syne, ago; since; then; at that time, also in (good) time

’t, it,

ta, to,

tae, toe; also tea, also the one; to

ta’en, taken; seized,

taibernacles, tabernacles,

taich, teach,

tak, take; seize,

takin’, taking,

takna, do not take,

taksna, does not take,

talkin’, talking,

tane, the one,

tanneree, tannery,

tap, top; tip; head,

taucht, taught,

tauld, told,

teep, type,

teetin’, peeping; stealing a glance,

teetle, title,

telled, told,

tellin’, telling,

tellt, told,

ten’ency, tendency,

ten’er, tender,

ten’erest-hertit, most tender-hearted,

thae, those; these,

than, then, also than

thankfu’, thankful,

thankfu’ness, thankfulness,

thankit, thanked,

the day, today,

the morn, tomorrow,

the nicht, tonight,

the noo, just now; now,

thegither, together,

themsel’s, themselves,

thereawa’, thereabouts; in that quarter,

thinkin’, thinking,

thinkna, do not think,

thinksna, does not think,

this day week, in a week’s time; a week from now, also a week ago

this mony a day, for some time,

thoo, thou; you (God),

thoucht, thought,

thrashen, threshed,

thraw, throw; turn; twist,

threid, thread,

threip, argue obstinately, also maintain by dint of assertion

thro’t, throat,

throttlin’, throttling,

throuw, through,

til, to; till; until; about; at; before,

timorsome, timorous; fearful; nervous,

tither, the other,

tod, fox,

toddlin’, toddling; walking unsteadily,

toon, town; village,

toon-fowk, town folk; city folk,

toor, tower,

toot-moot, low muttering conversation,

touchin’, touching,

traivel, travel,

traivellin’, travelling,

traivelt, travelled,

tramp, trudge, also tramp

transplantit, transplanted,

treatin’, treating,

trem’lin’, trembling,

tre’t, treat,

trible, trouble,

tribled, troubled,

triblet, troubled,

trimlin’, trembling,

trowth, truth; indeed, also used as an exclamation

trustit, trusted,

tryin’, trying,

’tsel’, itself,

tu, too; also,

tuik, took,

turnin’, turning,

turnpike-stair, narrow spiral staircase,

turnt, turned,

twa, two; a few,

twalmonth, twelvemonth; year,

twasome, couple; pair,

twise, twice,

unco, unknown; odd; strange; uncouth, also very great

un’erstan’, understand,

un’erstan’in’, understanding,

un’erstan’s, understands,

un’erstan’t, understood,

unlockit, unlocked,

up the stair, upstairs, also to heaven

upbringin’, upbringing,

uphaud, uphold; maintain; support,

upo’, upon; on to; at,

upsettin’, forward; ambitious; stuck-up; proud,

uttert, uttered,

varily, verily; truly,

varra, very,

veesitation, visitation,

veesitin’, visiting,

veesitit, visited,

veesits, visits,

verra, very; true; real,

v’ice, voice,

vooed, vowed,

wa’, wall, also way; away

wad, would,

wadna, would not,

waitin’, waiting,

waitit, waited,

wan’erin’, wandering,

wantin’, wanting; lacking; without; in want of,

wantit, wanted,

war, were,

wark, work; labour,

warkin’, working,

warklessness, inability to work,

warl’, world; worldly goods, also a large number

warl’s, worlds,

warna, were not,

warnin’, warning,

warran’, warrant; guarantee,

warst, worst,

warstle, wrestle,

wa’s, walls, also ways

wasna, was not,

wastena, do not waste,

watter, water,

wauges, wages,

wauk, wake,

waukin’, waking,

waukit, woke,

waur, worse, also spend money

wawves, waves,

wayfarin’, wayfaring,

weather-cock, place where criminals were kept, refers to

churchsteeple

weddin’, wedding,

wee, small; little; bit, also short time; while

weel, well; fine,

weel-behavet, well-behaved,

weel-kent, well-known; familiar,

weicht, weight,

weir, wear, also hedge; fence; enclosure

weirer, wearer,

wha, who,

whaever, whoever,

whan, when,

wha’s, who is, also whose

whase, whose,

What for no?, Why not?,

What for?, Why?,

whate’er, whatever,

whauls, whales,

whaur, where,

whaurat, wherefore,

whaurever, wherever,

whauron, whereon,

whause, whose,

wheen, little; few; number; quantity,

whiles, sometimes; at times; now and then,

whilk, which,

whustlin’, whistling,

wi’, with,

willin’, willing,

win, reach; gain; get; go; come,

win’, wind,

winna, will not,

winnin’, reaching; gaining; getting,

win’s, winds,

winsome, large; comely; merry,

withoot, without,

won, reached; gained; got,

won’er, wonder; marvel,

won’erfu’, wonderful; great; large,

won’erin’, wondering,

woo’, wool,

worryin’, worrying,

wouldna, would not,

wow, woe, exclamation of wonder or grief or satisfaction

wrang, wrong; injured,

wranged, wronged,

wrangs, wrongs,

wrangt, wronged,

wringin’, wringing,

writin’, writing,

wud, wood; forest, adj.-enraged; angry; also would

wudna, would not; will not,

wull, will; wish; desire, also astray; stray; wild

wullin’, willing; wanting,

wullin’ly, willingly,

wuman, woman,

wur, lay out, also were

wuss, wish,

w’y, way,

wynds, narrow lanes or streets; alleys,

w’ys, ways,

wyte, blame; reproach; fault,

ye, you; yourself,

year, years, also year

ye’ll, you will,

yer, your,

yerd, yard; garden,

ye’re, you are,

yerl, earl,

yersel’, yourself,

yon, that; those; that there; these,

yon’er, yonder; over there; in that place,

yon’s, that is; that (thing) there is,

yoong, young,

yoonger, younger,

yoongest, youngest,

Zacchay, Zaccheus, see Luke 19