^  Tin,  in  the  original  always  <2u7tiU,  while  (First  English  "hwile"),
meaning  unfit.  The  Scottish  qnh  represented  the  sound  of  Fii'st
English  hn\  now  ir7i.  Thus  Firot  English  "  hwteg"  (Modem  English
*'  whey  ")  was  Scottish  *'  quhij,"  whig,  and  in  that  form  gave  its  name
to  a  politic  il  pai'ty.  The  First  English  "  hwil,"  a  space  of  time,  made
the  adverbial  forms  '*  hwile"  and  "hwilum."  While,  whiles,  and
vhilom  were  in  Old  Scottish  spelling,  "  quhile,"  "  quhiles,"  and
"quhilura,"  which,  with  the  suffix  inverted,  become  "  umquhile."
In  all  such  words  quh  is  only  a  way  of  representing  wh  well  sounded,
as  of  old,  and  as  now  according  to  the  Northern  fashion.
^^  Ball:,  an  unijloughed  strip  between  two  fiurows.  First  English
"bale."  If  the  plough  had  been  through,  it  would  have  destroyed
the  nest  of  the  "  wee,  sleekit,  cow'rin,  tim'rous  beestie."

n  jlu-in,  owTi.  '2  Anh,  once.
^*  Kind,  nature,  kindred,  born  comi-ades,  from  *'cennan,"  to  beget.
So  *'  kindness  "  means  origiually  the  form  of  goodwill  iiatural  between
kinsmen,  and  "  kind  "  was  our  old  home  word  for  natin-f ,  which  is,  in
f  ict,  simply  the  corresponding  Latin  word,  derived  in  like  manner,
that  is  to  say,  f  lom  *'  natus  "  (participle  of  "  nascor"),  bom.
"  Kithit,  shown.  First  English  "cythan,"  to  show,  from  "cunnan,"
to  know,  "cutli"  (couth),  known.  The  i>lirase  "kith  and  kin"
means  our  home— the  ground  known  to  us  (see  line  190)  and  our  kin-
dred.    Uncouth  ways  are  ways  not  generally  known.
>^  Gret,  wept.  First  English  "grse'tan,"  to  weep,  past  "  gri5t ;"
**gr€tan,"  to  greet,  past  "gv<5tte."

16  Plct,  folded.
17  Fure,  went  ou.  fared ;  from  First  English  "  farau,"  to  go.
