SKEIGH Definition & Meaning

skeigh

or skeech, skiech

[ skeekh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of horses) spirited; inclined to shy.
(of women) proud; disdainful.

adverb

proudly.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

��𾱲��i�� adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of skeigh¹

First recorded in 1500–10; earlier skeich, late Middle English skey, perhaps continuing Old English ��ŧ�ǳ� shy ², with sk- from Middle Dutch schu “s��”

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Duncan Gray cam here to woo, Ha, ha, the wooing o't; On blythe Yule night when we were fou, Ha, ha, the wooing o't: Maggie coost her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't!

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Maggie coost her head fu' heigh, Looked asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't!

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Maggie coost her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't.

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Duncan Gray cam here to woo, Ha, ha, the wooing o't, On blythe Yule night when we were fou, Ha, ha, the wooing o't, Maggie coost her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't.

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Poem 153. fou: merry with drink; coost: carried; unco skeigh: very proud; gart: forced; abeigh: aside; Ailsa craig: a rock in the Firth of Clyde; grat his een bleert: cried till his eyes were bleared; lowpin: leaping; linn: waterfall; sair: sore; smoor'd: smothered; crouse and canty: blythe and gay.

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