lintie

British  

/ ˈlɪntɪ /

noun

1. a Scot word for linnet

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Example Sentences

“The gladsome lark o’er moor and fell, The lintie in the bosky dell, No blither than your bonnie sel’,     My ain, my artless Mary.”

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon

"Eh, Maister Shaw," he said, "if ye'll jist do it, I hae a fine lintie the noo, and if ye'll do it, I'll gie ye the lintie."

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Come where Spring's bridal chimes blue bells are ringing; Come where the yellow broom blooms on the brae; Come where the lintie his love-sang is singing, And wee birdies courtin' on ilka green spray.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick

An’ noo, to that melodious play, A’ deidly awn the quiet sway— A’ ken their solemn holiday, Bestial an’ human, The singin’ lintie on the brae, The restin’ plou’man.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Or the sang o' the lintie, Whan wooin' his bride?

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles