LL-L: "Pronunciation" LOWLANDS-L, 05.MAR.2001 (03) [E/S]

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From: Andy Eagle [Andy.Eagle at t-online.de]
Subject: Pronunciation [S/E]

[English version follows]

A whilie syne a bodie speirt at me anent some wirds uised in some o Rabbie
Burns' poetry.

Fae: TO THE WEAVER'S GIN YOU GO

"A bonie westlin weaver lad ------- He caught my heart, as in a net, wi
every KNOW and thrum"

The wird KNOW didna mean ocht tae me sae awa tae the dictionars. A coudna
finnd ocht in the CSD or SND. Chambers gied the defineetion 'press down
with
the fists or knees' Maks sense tae me.
Jamiesons gied the selsame meanin alang wi:
SW (Swedish?) knog-a, A-S hnígan (hnáh) Moes-G (Moeso-Gothic) an voce knae.

A jalouse 'voce' is the Laitin for 'vyce' i.e pronunciation. Jamiesons is a

bittie auld an micht be wrang wi some o thir etymologies.

A wis wunnerin hou 'KNOW' wad be pronounced. 'knae' [(k)ne]? wad certies
ser
whan compeart wi meidae (meadow). Dis onie bodie ken mair anent this wird?

ENGLISH

I recently received an inquiry about some words used in Robert Burns'
poetry.

From: TO THE WEAVER'S GIN YOU GO

"A bonie westlin weaver lad ------- He caught my heart, as in a net, wi
every KNOW and thrum"

The word 'KNOW' didn't mean a thing to me so off I went to the
dictionaries.
I couldn't find anything in the CSD or SND. Chambers gave 'press down with
the fists or knees', which to me, made sense.
Jamiesons provided the same definition along with:
SW (Swedish?) knog-a, A-S hnígan (hnáh) Moes-G (Moeso-Gothic) and voce
knae.
I suspect 'voce' is Latin for 'voice' i.e pronunciation. Jamiesons is
somewhat old an may err with some of the etymologies.

I was wondering how 'KNOW' would be pronounced. 'knae' [(k)ne]? would
certainly fit by alalogy with Scots 'meidae' (meadow). Can anyone shed some

light on this?

Andy Eagle

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