^  Segge.  First  English  "  secge,"  pronounced  segge,  then  written
so,  and  the  g  between  two  weak  vowels  softened  to  the  y  in  "  say."
— Boxde.  Fii-st  English  "  biitan,"  without,  as  in  the  motto  of  the
Macintoshes :  "  Touch  not  the  cat  but  a  glove." — TTere.  Fii"st
English  "  wsere,"  caution;  adj.  "  waer,"  wary,  cautious.
*  Imsse.      First  English,   "  gewis  ;  "  modem  German,  "  gewiss  ;  "


First  English,  "  mycel ;  "  Scottish,  "  mickle  ;  "  Greek,


certainly.
3  ifocJiil,

*  Baret.  Icelandic,  "  burdtta,"  a  fight.  It  has  been  suggested  that
the  barbarian  was,  to  the  civilised  ancient,  one  whose  language  was  an
unintelligible  sequence  of  sounds,  imitated  by  repetition  of  the
syllables,  "  bar  bar;  "  and  that  the  same  sense  of  bar  applied  to  the
confused  noise  of  strife  in  wax,  or  in  the  old  haggling  of  trade,  gave
the  Italian  "  baratta,"  strife ;  "  barattare,"  to  cheat — whence,  perhaps,
our  word  "barter;"  the  Spanish,  "  barajar,"  to  confuse,  dispute —
"barahimda,"  confusion,  disorder;  the  old  French,  "  b.irguigner,"  to
wrangle,  haggle,  chaffer,  bargain  ;  and  other  such  words.  Baragmdn
now  means,  in  French,  the  jargon  or  confused  sound  of  talk  not
properly  understood.  See  Mr.  Hensleigh  Wedgwood's  "  Dictionary
of  Enghsh  Etymology,"  a  suggestive  work,  ingeniously  enforcing  the
mimetic  origin  of  words.
^  Capil.  Gaelic,  "  capull ;  "  Latin,  "cabaUus;"  French,  "  che-
val."

^  BTonrgh.  First  Euy:lish,  "  hdru,"  "  h<irh,"  and  "  hdrg,"  dirt.,
filth,  any  pollution. — La  I  and  ea\a  !  were  escl.'mations,  not  of  sorrow
only.  "  Eala  "  was  used  generally,  and  sometimes  as  a  mere  vocative
sign.  The  "las"  in  "  helas "  and  "alas"  signifies  lament.— Wot.
