Sentence:  Three of her bairns were drowned at sea, fishing off the Bervie braes they had been, but the fourth, the boy Cospatric, him that died the same day as the Old Queen, he was douce and <WSD>saving</WSD> and sensible, and set putting the estate to rights. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Thrifty; frugal. (from 15th c.)