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sundry expressions he remembered in his native Icelandic, 
perhaps more correctly termed Gothic. 
The French words which are to be met with in common 
talk are probably due to the early friendship between Scots 
and French, and the many French and Scottish royal inter- 
marriages which brought over French who settled in Scotland. 
The well-known names of Sinclair, Fraser, Campbell, Betoun 
and others are said to be of French or Norman extraction, 
while Thorburns, Andersons, and Johnsons, not to mention 
many similar, betray a Scandinavian origin. The following 
are a few French words, which, however, are not so commonly 
used as they used to be, since Board Schools have helped 
the spread of “ high English ” amongst the children. Thus 
some of these words only survive in Law papers and old 
ballads and in Plant-names, more or less transmogrified. 
SCOTCH ENGLISH FOREIGN EQUIVALENTS 
Aschet 
Dish 
Assiette, plate. 
Awmrie 
Cupboard 
Aumrie. 
Backet 
Trough for ashes 
Baquet, a tub. 
Bailie 
Borough official 
Baillie. 
Braverie, 
Fine attire 
Braverie. 
braws 
Caddie 
Messenger 
Cadet, junior. 
Douce 
Gentle 
Douce. 
Dule 
Grief. 
Deuil. 
Dules 
Weeds. 
Deuil. 
Gardrop 
Cupboard 
Garderobe. 
Herison 
Hedgehog 
H6risson. 
Houris 
Matins, singing of birds Heures, livre d’heures. 
Gigot 
Leg of mutton 
Gigot. 
Merle 
Blackbird 
Merle. 
Mutton 
Sheep 
Mouton. 
Nourice 
Nurse 
Nourrice, or Anglo-Saxon Norice. 
Obeyssance 
Subjection (old forensic Ob&ssance. 
Persil 
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Parsley 
Persil, 
Pernicketty 
Particular 
Parniquet. 
Perrakit 
Chattering child 
Per roquet, parrot. 
Policy 
Grounds 
Police. 
Recepissy 
Recipe 
Recipiss£. 
Rosignell 
Nightingale 
Rossignol. 
Roseir 
Rosebush, arbour 
Rosier. 
Servite 
Napkin 
Serviette. 
Soc 
Ploughshare 
Soc. 
Summer 
Summary 
Sommaire. 
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