[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
O brighter O shall, IV, 170, G (Child #214 G) 10: heard for rose. For rose (which the last letter of brighter, the o, and the first letter of shall make) cf. 167, 17; 169, 14; 175, M 11.
o = of. diel o there, III, 488, (Child #188 A) 26: devil (i.e. not a bit) of anything in that way (?) (devil be there, 489, 43).
o = on: I, 232, A (Child #21 A) 2; II, 375, (Child #98 C) 15, 16; III, 488 f., (Child #188 A) 23, 39, 45; IV, 84, (Child #203 A) 19.
ochanie, och how IV, 103, (Child #204 L) (Child #204 M) (Child #204 N) 14; III, 392, (Child #173 H) (Child #173 I) 11: interjections of sorrow.
ocht IV, 230, (Child #221 K) (Child #221 L) 1: aught.
ochree See ohon.
of = on: I, 284, (Child #30 A) 14, 16: II, 59, (Child #61 A) 23; 452, 5; III, 105, (Child #120 A) 19; 309, 46 (on, 45, vppone, 42); 355, 8; 359, 89; 464, 2; IV, 503, 20. beate of mee, II, 54, (Child #60 A) 53 (?). In, put of the pot, put of the pan, II, 118, (Child #65 C) (Child #65 D) 8, of is perhaps simply an error of the scribe; we have, put on, 119, 5, 6. In, seruyd (q.v.) him of bred, I, 241, (Child #22 A) 1, for is required, and of, which would signify with, cannot stand.
officier V, 155, D (Child #290 D) 2: officer.
oȝaines I, 192 a: against, towards.
oger I, 202, (Child #17 A) (Child #17 B) 1: auger.
ohon ochree III, 390, (Child #173 F) (Child #173 G) 13: exclamation of sorrow.
okerer III, 58, (Child #117 A) 46: usurer.
old, auld old (auld) son, of babe just born, II, 95, (Child #63 G) (Child #63 H) 11, 12; 105, 7; 107, 4, 5, 6, 17: called young son, II, 104, (Child #64 A) 12, 15; 106, 8, 10, 18, and, at II, 95, immediately after, (Child #63 G) (Child #63 H) 13, 14. See auld son. old daughter, II, 382, 1; 387, 1; 388, 15: oldest, old sister, I, 175, D (Child #14 D) 8: one older than a second sister.
old, auld in your fifteen year old, I, 115, (Child #9 B) (Child #9 C) 13; in fifteen years old, I, 116, (Child #9 C) (Child #9 D) (Child #9 E) 13: of age. See aull, auld.
on = of: III, 93, (Child #118 A) 38; 132, 3; 231, 84; 296, 20; 308, 13.
on = one: V, 78 f., (Child #273 app) 7, 26, 28; 80, 52. on for on, III, 308, (Child #162 A) 21.
on wedded on, I, 146, (Child #11 B) 24; married on, I, 497, 22: on the strength of (to have as a dowry).
on ane I, 334, 6: anon.
on fere III, 98, (Child #119 A) 38: in company.
on o = on (on upon?): III, 349, 38 (calld on o); 488, 25, 27; IV, 470, 18; 517, 9. (cald of, IV, 503, 20.)
onbred I, 415 b: incompletely grown.
one I, 104, (Child #7 F) 6; II, 45, (Child #59 A) 28: a. of one, I, 104, (Child #7 F) 62 should have been retained (= on a).
one on.
onë, ony, onie II, 58, (Child #61 A) 3: any.
ones, onys III, 98, (Child #119 A) 23: once.
onfowghten III, 297, (Child #161 A) 41: unfought, without fighting.
onlouping III, 449 b: mounting (of a horse).
onthought lang I, 478 f., (Child #53 M) 13, 47: without wearying, entertained. See unthought lang, thinke lang.
ony, onie, onë any.
oor I, 133, M (Child #10 M) 6: hour.
or I, 285, (Child #30 A) 33; 294, 10; 328, 35; 411, 17; II, 22, (Child #58 C) 13; 105, 8: before, or eir, II, 21, A (Child #58 A) 9: or or (doubling of before).
or II, 166, (Child #69 G) 27: than.
order, ordre III, 66, (Child #117 A) 197, 198: rule of an order.
ordered II, 257, (Child #81 L) 9: taken order for, made arrangements for.
orders III, 286, (Child #159 A) 44: prepares.
ordeyn III, 72, (Child #117 A) 326: give order for, levy.
orghie IV, 513, H 24 (to be supplied): orgeis, a fish, large kind of ling. See V, 299 b, note on No 178.
orlange II, 61, (Child #61 app) 8, 9, 12: perversion of eldrige.
orless I, 141 b, S: emended to unless.
orphare I, 326, (Child #37 C) 9: orfevrie, goldsmith's work.
osterne III, 412, (Child #176 A) 27: austere. See austerne.
ostler V, 155, C (Child #290 C) 4, D 2: innkeeper.
ostler-ha III, 270, (Child #157 D) (Child #157 E) 6: ostler-house, hostelry, inn.
ostler-house III, 268, (Child #157 B) (Child #157 C) 4, 6, 8; 269, 4-6: hostelry.
other pl., III, 298, (Child #161 A) 66; 335 b.
ottraunce at, III, 90 b: to the utterance, extremity, death.
ought I, 294, (Child #31 A) 12: am under obligation, pret. and p.p. III, 228, (Child #154 A) 9; 431, 30: owed.
ould IV, 456, 9; V, 199 b, 35: would.
our, owr, ower over, too.
oure prep., over. See ower.
ousen, owsen, owsn II, 192, (Child #73 G) 6: oxen.
out he slew out, II, 383, (Child #99 C) 25; beat out, III, 161, A (Child #134 A) 4, B 4: out and out. fight ye all out, IV, 173, (Child #214 K) (Child #214 L) 6: through, to the last.
out into I, 115, B (Child #9 B) 2: from within.
out of hand II, 321, (Child #93 A) 3; III, 440, (Child #179 A) 25: forthwith.
out the gate, out the way IV, 470, 21; 477, 12: along the way.
outehorne III, 26, (Child #116 A) 87 (the original and popular reading): here, a horn blown to call out citizens to the support of the civil authority. See Spelman's Glossary, 1687, p. 441. Cf. V, 297 a.
outlyer I, 175 f., D (Child #14 D) 3, 9, 15, 21: one who lives away from men, in the woods, banished man, outlaw.
out make I, 61, C c 5: make out.
outmet p.p., III, 29, (Child #116 A) 158: measured out.
out-oer, out-our, out-oure, out-ower, out-owre, out-over I, 246, (Child #24 A) (Child #24 B) 13, 14; II, 256, K (Child #81 K) 1; III, 6, (Child #114 D) (Child #114 E) 19; 7, 17; 270, 13, 17: over, above, heirs out ower a' my land, II, 176, C (Child #72 C) 8. leand himsel outowre a tree, III, 270, D (Child #157 D) 8. the flower out ower (owr) them a', II, 256, L (Child #81 L) 1; III, 246, D (Child #155 D) (Child #155 E) 7. out oer her, IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 19, should perhaps be, out o' her.
outrake III, 413, (Child #176 A) 32: excursion, outing.
outside, outsyde II, 444, (Child #109 A) 43; 449, 48: place apart, retired.
outspeckle IV, 7, (Child #190 A) 30; V, 250, 27: laughing-stock.
outthro IV, 445, 20: through to the opposite side.
outwood III, 179, (Child #140 A) 8: wood outside (of a town?).
ouer all III, 28, (Child #116 A) 141: everywhere.
ouer goddes forbode, ouer goddes forbott See forbode.
ouer-by-gone I, 326, (Child #37 C) 8: covered, set.
overthrew us V, 134, (Child #285 A) 8: threw us over.
o-vour II, 25, P 13: half owre, half way over.
ower, owre, oure I, 16, C (Child #2 C) 17; 80, 1: over, ower (a window): over against.
ower, owr, our over, too.
owerturn, owreturn I, 332, B, F (Child #38 F) 7; III, 10, (Child #114 H) (Child #114 I) 21: refrain. See owerword.
owes who, IV, 205, (Child #217 M) 27: owns, whose is (who owns = wha's aucht).
owerword, owre-word, oerword II, 254, (Child #81 I) (Child #81 J) 8, 9; 363, 14; IV, 7, (Child #190 A) 28; 482 f., 8, 11: refrain (word frequently repeated), call, cry. See owerturn.
owre II, 20, (Child #58 A) 8: or, before.
owsn, owsen, ousen I, 465, (Child #53 B) 2; II, 175, (Child #72 A) (Child #72 B) 7, 8; 176, 8, 9; 192, 6; 194, 10: IV, 12, C (Child #191 C) 8; 27, 20: oxen.
owthe III, 112, (Child #121 A) 51: out.
owtlay III, 99, (Child #119 A) 43: outlaw.
oxe-lig ox-leg.
oxtere IV, 506, 6: (A.S. óhsta) arm-pit.
oyes II, 315, (Child #91 D) (Child #91 E) 11; V, 229, 37: grandsons.
oysyd thare trawale III, 41 a: used, carried on their operations.
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