A Poet’s Welcome to his Love-begotten Daughter
Sources: John Cuthbertson, Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns (1886);
Robert Burns; a Glossary of Scottish Terms
wean> child
mischanter fa’>misfortune befall
daunton> daunt
Tit-ta>?
tease>pull apart
kintra clatter > country tattle
clash > chatter
feckless> silly
gie ane fash > be disturbed by
queir> choir
daut> fondle
dint>occasion
no a’ tint > not all a waste, lost
asklent> askew, aslant
in my last plack…> in my last farthing you’ll have a share be the waur bestead> become worse off
braw> handsome
bienly> comfortably
stockit > well-stocked
mailins>mailens, farms