An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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O. Fr. _vilainie_, injure, insulte, affront.
WELCOME-HAME, _s._ Repast presented to a bride, when she enters the door of the bridegroom, S.
_To_ WELD, _v. n._ To possess.
V. ~Weild~.
WELE, _s._ A whirlpool, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wael_. Teut. _weel_, _wiel_, id.
~Weilhead~, _s._ The vortex of a whirlpool, S.
_To_ WELL, WALL, WALD, _v. a._
1. To weld, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _well-en_, to be very hot.
2. _v. n._ To be incorporated.
_More._
WELL, _s._ Good, weal.
_Z. Boyd._
WELLE, _s._ Green sward.
V. ~Fail~.
_Sir Gawan._
WELL-EY, _s._ That part of a quagmire, in which there is a spring, S.
_wall-ee_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Q. the _eye_ of the _wele_.
V. ~Wele~.
WELLIT, _part. pa._ Drowned.
_Houlate._
WELL-KERSES, _s. pl._ Water-cresses, S.
A. S. _wille-cerse_, id.
WELL-WILLAND, _s._ A well-wisher.
V. ~Weill-willie~.
_Wyntown._
~Well-willing~, _adj._ Complacent.
_Mellvill's MS._
WELSCHE, _adj._ Insipid.
V. ~Walsh~.
_To_ WELT, _v. a._
1. To throw.
_Douglas._
2. _v. n._ To roll.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _walt-ian_, to roll.
_To_ WELTER, _v. a._
1. To roll.
_Doug._
