10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAIRNLY»
Discover the use of
bairnly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bairnly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
You have good abilities — very good abilities — and plenty of spirit when you like
; and mind, to give all that over to play, and nonsense games, is bairnly, not
manly — I would have you recollect that." " Do you mean cricket, grandpapa ?
2
The English dialect dictionary
mYksF BAIRNLY, any. Sc. Childish. Sc. (Jam); I think it is a bairnly thing, not
worthy in you to ask or me to render, S'ntvitusou Catn'ona (1892) 1111; Woman,
thou'rt but a bairnlie playke, Wi' nought but beauty's blossom, CUNNINGHAM
Sngs.
3
The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Sc. (_]Ax.); I think it is a bairnly thing, not worthy in you to ask or me to render,
STEVENSON Catriona (1892) xx; Woman, tl1ou'rt but a bairnlie playke, Wi'
nought but beauty's blossom, CU.YNINGflAfl Sngs. (1813) 50. Per. There wes
nae thocht ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Cum. Yks. Also written barn- like Cum. Childish ; weak-minded. Cum. An' I preech
't that lal sarman Sac barn like and green, GILPIN Ballads (1874) 76. n.Yks.2
BAIRNLY, adj. Sc. Childish. Sc. (JAM.) ; I think it is a bairnly thing, not worthy in
you ...
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The Ballads of Scotland: Ed. by William Edmondstoune Aytoun
Ye'll shape it baim and bairnly like, And in twa glazen e'en ye'll'pit ; And do you to
your mother then, And bid her come to the Christ'ning ; For dear's the boy he's
been to you : Then watch ye weel what she shall do ; And do you stand a little ...
William Edmondstoune Aytoun, 1858
Suddenly the paroxysm subsided ; he fell into step with me, and, looking straight
before him, cried : " I tauld ye, Laird, I was bairnly, bairnly ! But whan ye ken a', ye'
re no the man to blame me sair. An' ken a' ye maun, an' this verra nicht, afore ...
To set up a game in the highest place is bairnly, Val-mind what I say to you-and
not manly. If you mean to put your life into cricket, you had better make up your
mind to earn your bread by it, and give up the other trade I'm speaking of-which is
...
Bairnly is still used in Banffshire = showing want of pluck and energy, as — "He is
a bairnly filsch o' a chiel;" and bairnliness= want of pluck and energy. Reny = rein
. O.Fr. resne, Fr. rhte. " 1497. Item [the xii day of Junij], for ane quartar of wellus ...
You have good abilities — very good abilities — and plenty of spirit when you like
; and mind, to give all that over to play, and nonsense games, is bairnly, not
manly — I would have you recollect that." " Do you mean cricket, grandpapa ?
10
The Best English and Scottish Ballads
30. ' Ye shape it bairn and bairnly like, And in twa glasses e'en ye'll pit. 31. 'And
do ye to your mither then, And bid her come to your boy's christ'nen, 32. 'For
dear's the boy he's been to you: Then notice weel what she shall do: 33. 'And do
you ...
