DRAWKIT, adj. drenched. Dunbar 142, 102;
Douglas, I, 56, 12; III,
303, 8. See draik.
The vowel is difficult to explain.
Absence of n before
the k proves that it is either a
Scand. loanword direct, or
a Sco. formation from one. There is
no Scand. word from which
drawkit could come. It may be a
Sco. formation from draik.
For change of ai to aw cp.
agent and awgent;
various and vawrious, in Aberdeen
dial. The M. Dan. drockne,
N. Norse drokna, would hardly
account for aw in drawkit.
DROOK, to drench, to drown. Isaiah, XVI, 9; LV,
10; Psalms, VI, 6.
Cannot come from O.N. drekkja.
Probably from O.N. drukna,
to drown, Norse drukna,
O. Dan. dronkne, by lengthening of
the vowel. Cp. Cu.
drookt, severely wet. The following
infinitive forms also occur,
draik, drowk, drawk.
DROUKIT, adj. drenched. Fergusson, 40. See drook.
DRUCKEN, DRUKEN, adj. drunken, addicted to
drink. O.N., Norse
drukken, pp. of drikka,
to drink. Early E. Scand. has the
unassimilated form. Cp.
O. Dan. dronkne, drone. Later Dan.
drougne, drocken.
Early Sw. drokken.
DUDDY, adj. ragged. Fergusson, 146; Burns,
68, 48. See duds.
Cp. Cu. duddy fuddiel,
a ragged fellow.
DUDS, sb. pl. rags, clothes, O.N. dudi,
“vestes plumatae”
(Haldorson), duda (duetha),
to wrap up heavily, to swaddle.
Gael. dud, rag, is
a loan-word from O.N. It is possible that
the word may have come into
Lowland Sco. by way of Gael.
EGG, vb. to urge on, to incite. O.N. eggja,
goad, incite, Norse
egga, Dan. egge,
id. The word is general Gmc., but this
specific sense is Scand.
Cp. O. Fr. eggia, to quarrel, to
fight. M.L.G. eggen,
to cut, to sharpen a sword.
EGGING, sb. excitement, urging. Bruce, IV, 539. See egg.
EIDENT, YDAN, YTHAND, adj. diligent. Dalr.,
I, 233, 35; Fergusson,
94; Douglas, I, 86, 17.
O.N. iethinn, assiduous, diligent,
iethja, to be active.
Norse idn, activity, industry. Cp.
Dan. id, idelig.
ELDING, sb. fuel. Dalr., I, 10, 8.
O.N. elding, firing, fuel.
Norse elding, id.
Cu. eldin. From O.N. eldr, fire.
Cp. Shetland eld,
fire. See N.E.D.
ELDNYNG, sb. passion, also jealousy. Dunbar,
36, 204; 119, 126,
literally “firing up.”
O.N. eldr, fire. Cp. Sw. elding.


