Order in Chaos

GLOSSARY

aey (aye)

always; ever

bailey

the defensive ditches surrounding a motte

bothy

a stone outbuilding, usually for cattle or herders

braw

fine; beautiful; admirable

cateran

a homeless vagabond; a Highland bandit

enow

enough; sufficient

fell

fierce; merciless; formidable

fleering

flagrant

forbye

as well; in addition; besides; notwithstanding

fower

four

garron

a small, sturdy workhorse

gey

very

’gin

given; assuming; on the understanding that

girning

whining, complaining, scowling, grimacing

gowping

gaping

guddling

a method of catching brook fish with bare hands

hinna

have not; have no

jalouse

to guess; to suspect; to deduce

kine

cattle; livestock

leal

loyal

mair

more

mind

remember; recall

motte

the mound, sometimes a rock, on which a castle’s keep is built

moudiewort

hedgehog

ploutering

muddling, thrashing, wallowing

recks

matters, is important

schiltrom

a solid defensive formation of massed infantry with long spears

scone

(pronounced “skoon”) the traditional coronation site for Scotland’s kings

siccan

such

slaistering

floundering; making hard, muddy going of things

stirk

a bullock

syne

since

thole

to bear; to tolerate; to undergo; to put up with

toun

town

unkent

unknown

weel-kent

well-known

wheen

a number; a few