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Thread #126485   Message #2810273
Posted By: BobKnight
12-Jan-10 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
Subject: RE: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
"Ben," means through, as in "ben the hoose." An adjoining room as in "But and Ben."

Braw = good, as in she's a braw lookin lass.

Buy a man = dowry.

"Siller," would originally have been just silver, but became a generic term for money.