gawin douglas
Scottish poet and literary antiquary who maintained national poetic traditions by writing Scots poetry and by preserving the work of earlier Scottish poets at a time when most Scottish writers had been Anglicized. He was admired by Robert Burns as a pioneer in the use of Scots in contemporary poetry.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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