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yestreen
yestreen, adv. and n. Chiefly Sc. and poet. (jɛˈstriːn) Forms: α. 4 ȝhistrewyn, ȝystrewine, 5 yistrevyn, ȝistreuen. β. 6 ȝestrene, ȝistrene, yestrene, yeistrein, 8– yestreen. γ. corruptly. 6 the strene, 8 the straine, 9 the streen, thestreen. [MSc. ȝystrewin = ȝystir (see yesterday) + ewin even n., ...
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Sir Patrick Spens
Nearly all versions, whether they have the wreck on the outward voyage or the return, relate the bad omen of seeing "the new mune late yestreen, with the "Yestreen I saw the new moone,
Wi the auld moone in her arme,
And I feir, I feir, my master deir,
That we will cum to harme."
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Edward S. Renwick
His grandmother Jean Jeffrey/Jeannie Jaffray of Lochmaben was the Blue-Eyed Lassie mentioned in Robert Burns' poem I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen.
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yestere'en
yester-even, yestere'en, adv. and n. arch. and dial. (jɛstəˈriːv(ə)n) Forms: 5 ȝistir-, ȝister-, ȝistur-, yster-, 5– yester-: see even n. [f. yester- + even n. Cf. yestreen.] A. adv. = yester-evening adv.c 1420 Avow. Arth. xlii, Ȝistur euyn I the king hiȝte, To cumme to my mete. c 1440 Partonope 100...
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Ann Park
Anna may also have been the inspiration of "Yestreen, I had a pint of wine," the lovesong that Burns considered his best.
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melder
melder Sc. (ˈmɛldə(r)) Also 5 meltyre, 6 meldir, 8 meldar. [a. ON. meldr:—prehistoric *malidro-z, f. root of mala to grind.] A quantity of meal ground at one time. By Douglas used to render L. mola (salsa), the mixture of meal and salt with which Roman sacrifices were sprinkled.14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülc...
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Dicky Moore
Bearcraft
Moore leads the Bristol-based music collective Bearcraft, who mix folk stories with electronic music and whose debut album, Yestreen, featuring
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wraithe
▪ I. wraith, n. Orig. (and chiefly) Sc. (reɪθ) Also 6 wrath, wrayth, wraithe, 7 wreath. [Of obscure origin.] 1. a. An apparition or spectre of a dead person; a phantom or ghost.1513 Douglas æneid x. x. 112 Nor ȝit na vane wrathis nor gaistis quent Thi char constrenyt for to went. Ibid. xi. 93 In diu...
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Mary Beaton
a lady-in-waiting of Queen Mary who after giving birth to and drowning an illegitimate child from an affair with Lord Darnley is condemned to hang:
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bridegroom
▪ I. bridegroom (ˈbraɪdgruːm) Forms: α. 1 br{yacu}dguma, 2–3 brid-, brudgume, 3 bridgom(e, 3–4 bridegome, 4 brydgome, (Kentish) bredgome; β. 6 brydegrome, 6–7 bridegrome, -groome, bridgroome, 6– bridegroom. [α. OE. br{yacu}dguma, f. br{yacu}d, bride + guma ‘man’ (poetic):—*OTeut. gumon-, cognate wit...
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Earthlight (astronomy)
It is referenced in "The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens" (Child Ballad No. 58), in the phrase "‘A saw the new muin late yestreen/ Wi the auld muin in her
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stanners
stanners, n. pl. Sc. (ˈstænəz) Also 6 stannirs, 8 staners. [App. a derivative of OE. stán stone n.; cf. ONorthumb. stǽner (inflected stǽnere, stǽnero), rendering petrosa stony places, Matt. xiii. 5, 20 and Mark iv. 5, 16.] ‘The small stones and gravel on the margin of a river or lake, or forming a s...
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Henry Atkinson manuscript
similar version with more variations, in the George Skene manuscript, written in Aberdeenshire some 20 years later, there called Wat ye what I got late yestreen
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gleede
▪ I. gleed, n. (gliːd) Forms: 1 glœ́d, gléd, 2–6 glede, 4–6 gleede, 5–6 Sc. gleid, 6–7 glead(e, 7– gleed. [Common Teut.: OE. glœ́d, gléd str. f. = OFris. glêd, OS. glôd- (MDu. gloet, gloed-, Du. gloed), OHG. gluot (mod.G. glut), ON. glóð (Sw., Da. glöd):—OTeut. *glôđi-z, related to glow v.] 1. A liv...
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