-
Maitland M****cripts of 15th- and 16th-century
Scots poetry: At Beltane,
quhen ilk
bodie bownis To
Peblis to the Play, To heir the
singin and the soundis;...
-
unripe stalks of barley.
Quhen he was yung and cled in grene,
Haifand his air
about his ene,
Baith men and
wemen did him mene,
Quhen he grew on yon hillis...
- poem
recorded by
Andrew of
Wyntoun in his
Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland:
Quhen Alexander our
kynge was dede, That
Scotlande lede in
lauche and le, Away...
- ane
scutarde behind, To see him
scart his awin skyn grit
scunner I think,
Quhen kissis me that carybald, than
kyndillis all my sorow. She adds that while...
- [xʍ] or [kʍ] type are
reflected in the
former Scots spelling quh- (as in
quhen for when,
quhite for white, etc.). In some
dialects of Scots, the sequence...
-
vndirstanding of
euerie thing that vas done thairin, sua in the
catholik kirk,
quhen the
people ****istis to the
sacrifice of the Mess, thay
acknaulege that thairbie...
-
Within this ile
there is sic
faire whyte beir meal made like flour, and
quhen they slay
their sheipe, they slay them
belly flaught, and
stuffes ther skins...
- and say In
gestis and
storeis auld, The man that will
nocht quhen he may Sall haif
nocht quhen he wald. I pray to Jesu
every day Mot eik
thair cairis cauld...
-
salbe randerit and
deliverit to oure
Soverane Lord and his
Regent foirsaid quhen it
salbe requirite on XV
dayis warning,
without prejudice of ony partiis...
- was ay
Quhen faes his
courage seyd : Of
Pictish race by mother's syde,
Quhen Picts ruled Caledon, Lord
Chattan claim'd the
princely maid,
Quhen he saift...
