An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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L. B. _delat-are_, id.
~Delator~, _s._ An accuser, S.
_Rollocke._
DELF, _s._
1. A pit.
_Douglas._
2. A grave.
_Wyntown._
Belg. _delve_, a pit; _delv-en_, to dig.
3. Crockery, S. Hence _delf-house_, a pottery, S.
DELIERET, DELIRIE, _adj._ Delirious.
_Burns._
_To_ DELYVER, _v. n._
1. To deliberate.
_Wyntown._
2. To determine.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Lat. _deliber-are_.
DELIUER, _adj._ Light, agile.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _delivre_, libre, degage.
~Deliuerly~, _adv._ Nimbly.
_Barbour._
DELt.i.t, _part. adj._ Treated with great care, for preventing injury, Banffs.
Isl. _daella_, indulgentius, _dalaeti_, admiratio; _vera i dalaeti_, haberi in delitiis.
_To_ DELUGE, _v. n._ To dislodge.
Fr. _delog-er_, to remove.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ DEMANE, DEMAINE, _v. a._ To treat; generally to maltreat, S. B.
O. Fr. _demain-er_, traiter.
_Dunbar._
_To_ DEMAINE, DEMEAN, _v. a._ To punish by cutting off the hand.
_Crookshank._
Lat. _de_ and _ma.n.u.s_, Fr. _main_, hand.
DEMANYT, _part. pa._ Demeaned.
_Barbour._
DEMELLE, _s._ Rencounter.
_Ruddiman._
Fr. _demel-er_, to contest.
DEMELLIT, _part. pa._ Hurt, injured, Ang.
~Demellitie~, _s._ A hurt, Ang. q. the effects of a broil.
_To_ DEMENT, _v. a._ To deprive of reason.
_Baillie._
~Demented~, _adj._
