Scots dialect help

Subject: Scots dialect help
From: Jon W.
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 12:15 PM

David Kilpatrick has posted the lyrics to his fine song "Laidlaw's Last Lament" on his mp3.com pages. I understand virtually all of the lyrics except for the line "An those who near were we'ed away." What does "we'ed away" mean?

Jon W.

Subject: RE: Scots dialect help
From: GUEST,the flying scotsman
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 12:50 PM

It means withered away ie. died The best known line is from Flowers of the Forest

"The Flowers of the Forest have all wie'd away"

Subject: RE: Scots dialect help
From: MMario
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 01:00 PM

wheeled?

Subject: RE: Scots dialect help
From: Jon W.
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 04:37 PM

Thanks, that helps

Subject: RE: Scots dialect help
From: John Nolan
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 06:37 PM

wede awa; carry off, remove, esp. by death - The Scots Concise Dictionary. The date of this phrase is given as the 18th century, much later than the Battle of Flodden (1513), and much closer to the time when The Flowers of the Forest was written.

Subject: RE: Scots dialect help
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 06:59 PM

Scots Glossary at Mudcat

Subject: RE: Scots dialect help
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 06:05 PM

Couldn't find wede= withered or its variant spellings in the Glossary. Now might be the time for Scots to post additions.

Subject: RE: Scots dialect help
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 06:55 PM

The Glossary is useful, but limited.

wede, wede-away v 1 to die out. 2 to cause to vanish. 3 to destroy. -adj faded, vanished, removed by death.
- The Scots Dialect Dictionary,Alexander Warwick, 2000.