AoW Poem Analysis Help

Wee: Tiny, little

Sleekit: (1) Sleek, smooth, shiny; (2) sly, sneaky

Cow'rin: Cowering (crouching from fear; trembling)

Tim'rous: Timorous (fearful)

Beastie: Tiny animal

Breastie: Breast

Na: Not

Awa: Away

Sae: So

Wi': With

Bickering: Moving while making little noises

Brattle: Succession of noises

Pattle: Long-handled spade to remove earth from the blade of a plow

Wad: Would

Laith: Loath (reluctant, unwilling)

Rin: Run

An': And

Murd'ring: Murdering

Whiles: Sometimes, at times

Maun: Must

Daimen: Occasional, infrequent

Icker: Ear

Thrave: Twenty-four sheaves of grain. A sheaf is a bundle of cut grain stalks.

'S: Is

Sma': Small

Blessin: Blessing

Lave: What is left; what remains

Miss't: Miss it

Housie: House

Silly: Weak, fragile, feeble

Wa's: Walls

Win's: Winds

Strewin': Strewing

Naething: Nothing

Big: Build

Ane: One

O': Of

Foggage: Densely growing grass; wildly growing grass;

Ensuin': Ensuing (following)

Baith: Both

Snell: Harsh, bitter, severe

Cozie: Cozy

Coulter: Plowshare (blade of a plow)

Past: Passed

Thro': Through

Cell: Nest, dwelling

Stibble: Stubble

Mony: Many

Thou's: You are

A': All

Hald: Home

Thole: Endure, sustain

Cranreuch: Hoarfrost (dew on grass and plants that freezes)

Cauld: Cold

No thy lane: Not alone

Gang: Go

Aft: Often

Agley: Astray

Lea'e: Leave

Nought: Nothing

Promis'd: Promised

Compar'd: Compared

Och: Interjection expressing regret, exasperation, disapproval, or disgust

E'e: Eye

Canna: Cannot