The book of British ballads . Twa rawis of quhyt teeth then did say,(Cauld the boysteous windis sal blaw,) Oh, lang and weary is our way, (And donkir yet the dew maun fa.) Far owir mure, and far owir fell, (Hark the sounding huntsmen thrang;) Thorow dingle, and thorow dell,(Luve, come, list the merlis sang.) * * Glossary Muntit, mounted. Gude, good. Lemis, gleams, scintillates. Graithit, dressed. Dern, hidden, secret,dark. Swa, so. Quha, who. Quhyli, while. Grai goukissang, song of the cuckoo-grey. Ilk ane, each, every has the same signification. Quhyt, white. Schoirt,lang, short, lon
The book of British ballads . Twa rawis of quhyt teeth then did say,(Cauld the boysteous windis sal blaw,) Oh, lang and weary is our way, (And donkir yet the dew maun fa.) Far owir mure, and far owir fell, (Hark the sounding huntsmen thrang;) Thorow dingle, and thorow dell,(Luve, come, list the merlis sang.) * * Glossary Muntit, mounted. Gude, good. Lemis, gleams, scintillates. Graithit, dressed. Dern, hidden, secret,dark. Swa, so. Quha, who. Quhyli, while. Grai goukissang, song of the cuckoo-grey. Ilk ane, each, every has the same signification. Quhyt, white. Schoirt,lang, short, long. Braid aik tree, broad oak tree. Kythit, dis-covered. Quhilk, nocht, which, not. Kell, a womans head-dress. The rois, the rose. Stude, stood. Fure, fared. Botdern is the lave, but dark, or hidden, is the remainder. Als,as. Mair nor ane, more than one. Schinis, halse bane, shines,collar bone. Hert, schawls, heart, shows. Standand alane,standing alone. Till, to. Burdalane, a term used to denoteone who is the only child left i
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