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MR HENRY BELLYSE BAILDON ON 



There is here no sign of the dropping of the d, as is so common in NSc. in certain 

 words, especially hand and stand, as in the phrase to "start yer han , " = stgn ydr hgn 

 = to pay your share of the reckoning. In other words, such as strand, band, bland, 

 and even land, the d is often pronounced. Nor am I so clear as Dr Gerken appears 

 to be as to the length of the vowel. The syllable is doubtless to be reckoned long, 

 but that is due rather to the consonants than the vowel. 



§ 6. (/?) a + nt. rimes with 

 a) Fr. ant. stant : novaunt, 88, 9. 



§ 7. (y) a + ng rimes with 



a) itself. 



gang : wrang : lang : rang, 71, 29. 



,, : amang : hang : Strang, 170, 274. 

 lang : amang, 305, 32. 

 ,, : Strang : stang (s) (NE. sting) : fang (s) 

 (OE. fang), ^380, 10. 



| b) wantoun : dantoun : pantoun, 124, 24. 



amang : dang : (praet. of ding, ON. dengja) : owt- 



sprang, 225, 111. wrang, 256, 3. 

 wrang : lang : gang : rang, 71, 27. 



,, : amang : fang (v) (OE. fon) : sang : belang : 

 wrang, 257, 3. 



Dunbar,* like Douglas [Gerken, § 1. 3)], writes these rimes consistently with an a 

 (and not, like Clariodus, with o), just as Burns and modern writers of Scotch dialect do. 



§ 8. (8) a + n or nn rimes 



x) with itself, 

 man : wan : 132, 106. 

 „ : dirry dan (?) : 40, 60. 

 „ : than 78, 27. 



„ : gan : 197, 164. began, 235, 11. 

 „ : kan (s) : 197, 173. 

 „ : can, 230, 29. 235, 3. 



man 



than 



swan, 235, 19. 

 ran, 236, 23. 347, 27. 

 St. An, 236, 31. 

 clan, 261, 32. 

 wan, 235, 15. 

 began, 235, 11. 

 can, 235, 3. 



§ 9. («) a + nk 

 a) with self or OE., etc., o : ronk : bonk : donk : thonk, 106, 99. 



This spelling with o appears also in ronk, donk, and slonk in Douglas [Gerken, 



§1-3)]. 



§ 10. (i))a + mor mb rimes 



a) with itself. 



lam (lamb) : rame, 126, 17. 35, 3. am, 201, 3. 

 sam, 202, 11. 



lam : dam (?) 202, 15. dram f (?) 202, 23. 

 came (OE. camb) : schame : name, 86, 39. 



As remarked by Dr Gerken in regard to Douglas, the vowel in lam ( = lamb) 

 remains short in spite of the combination mb, which has a lengthening influeuce. But 

 this is not surprising, considering how readily, especially in Scotland, the b was 

 dropped. 



* When I say Dunbar I mean, of course, his scribe or printer, and so in the case of the others. 



t This word dram (cf. Curtis, § 16) seems also connected with drumlie (NSc. = turbid, dark) and very possibly 

 with doldrums through Icel. draums, Gen. from draumr = melancholy, a dream (OE. dream) with which dram may be 

 directly connected. The connection is not difficult to trace, as a person in a dreamy mood or deeply sunk in thought 

 has usually a serious, even melancholy, expression. 



