52 Transactions. 



In like manner a person who is well or ill favoured, as 

 the English express it, in the sense of favour or countenance, 

 the Scotch call weil or 'iZZ faured, suppressing the v. 



" But kenn'd my minny I were wi' you, 

 III fauredly wad she crook her mou, 

 Nor see a puir man wad she, I trow, 



After the gaberlunzie man." 



The word severe becomes, by the suppression of the v, 

 the Scottish sair — - 



" And Russel sair misca'd her." 



This is the word severe, though not grammatically correct. 



Then we have the word sair as a synonyme of sore — in a 

 physical sense. 



And to these we add the verb to serve, which is commonly 

 written sair, but erroneously, as here it is only the suppres- 

 sion of V. 



" Gie me a spark of Nature's fire, 

 That's the learning I desire. 



What sers their grammar 1" 



The Scotch also say shool for §hovel ; and the name of 

 the evil spirit follows a similar analogy (deil)- — suppressing 

 the V in both cases. 



So also for the verb to give, the Scots say to gie ; and for 

 livelong they say lee lang. 



" The lee lang night, wi' crabbit leuks, 

 They'll deal the devil's picture beuks." 



In the Scotch word ahoen we may also recognise the 

 above of the English, as it appears in Chaucer's time aboven. 

 The English dropt the final n, and the Scotch, following a 

 prevailing tendency, dropt the v. The one made the word 

 above, and the other ahoen. 



