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07 Aug 01 - 12:15 PM (#522623) Subject: Scots dialect help From: Jon W. 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. |
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07 Aug 01 - 12:50 PM (#522653) Subject: RE: Scots dialect help From: GUEST,the flying scotsman 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" |
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07 Aug 01 - 01:00 PM (#522662) Subject: RE: Scots dialect help From: MMario wheeled? |
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07 Aug 01 - 04:37 PM (#522868) Subject: RE: Scots dialect help From: Jon W. Thanks, that helps |
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07 Aug 01 - 06:37 PM (#522979) Subject: RE: Scots dialect help From: John Nolan 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. |
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07 Aug 01 - 06:59 PM (#522989) Subject: RE: Scots dialect help From: Sorcha Scots Glossary at Mudcat |
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08 Aug 01 - 06:05 PM (#523859) Subject: RE: Scots dialect help From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Couldn't find wede= withered or its variant spellings in the Glossary. Now might be the time for Scots to post additions. |
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08 Aug 01 - 06:55 PM (#523911) Subject: RE: Scots dialect help From: Malcolm Douglas 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. |