An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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VEES, _s._ Some kind of disease.
_Montgomerie._
Teut. _vaese_, delirium; Isl. _vas_, tumultuarius impetus et gestus.
VEYLE, _adv._ Well.
_Barbour._
VEIR, VER, WERE, WAIR, VOR, _s._ The spring; _wair_, S. A.
_Barbour._
Isl. _vor_, Su. G. _waar_, Lat. _ver_, Gr. ea?, Gael. _earrach_, id.
VELE, VEYL, _s._ A violent current or whirlpool.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
The same with S. _wele_, _wallee_; Isl. _vell_, ebullitio.
V. ~Wele~.
VELVOUS, _s._ Velvet; Fr. _velous_.
_Maitland P._
VENDACE, _s._ The gwiniad, salmo lavaretus, Linn. S.
_Stat. Acc._
VENENOWS, WENENOUS, _adj._ Venomous.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _veneneus_, Lat. _venenos-us_.
VENESUM, _adj._ Venomous.
_Complaynt S._
VENALL, VINELL, _s._ An alley, a lane, S.
Fr. _venalle_, id.
_Skene._
VENT, _s._ A chimney, S. as being a place of egress for the smoke.
VENTAILL, _s._ The breathing part of a helmet; Fr. _ventaille_.
_Gawan and Gol._
VENUST, _adj._ Beautiful, pleasant; Lat. _venust-us_.
_Douglas._
VER, VERE, _s._ The spring.
V. ~Veir~.
VER, _adj._ Worse.
_S. P. Repr._
VERES, _s. pl._ Gla.s.ses.
Fr. _verre_.
_Sir Gawan._
VERGELT, WERGELT, _s._ Ransom, or rest.i.tution legally made for the commission of a crime.
_Reg. Maj._
A. S. _wergeld_, the payment of the _were_, or price at which the life of every individual was estimated.
VERGER, _s._ An orchard.
_Pal. Hon._
Fr. _vergier_, Lat. _viridar-ium_, a green place inclosed.
