this

This plants is deid.


my

Inherited from Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).


our

Inherited from Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, from Proto-West Germanic *unsar, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

oor (alternative)
wir (alternative)
wur (alternative)


what

From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat. Cognates include English what and Yola faade.

whate (alternative)
whit (alternative)
whut (alternative)
wha' (alternative)
quhat (alternative)
quat (alternative)
fat (alternative)
faht (alternative)
phat (alternative)
fit (alternative)
fut (alternative)
fout (alternative)
at (alternative)


that

thae (plural)
at (alternative)
'at (alternative)
dat (alternative)


that

at (alternative)
'at (alternative)
dat (alternative)


mine

Inherited from Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.


ilk

From Middle English ilk, from Old English ġehwylc (“each, every”), equivalent to y- + which. Merged with Northern Old English ylc (“each”). More at each. (compare the Dutch elk - each).

Ilk happing bird, - wee, helpless thing!


thy

From þi, apocopated variant of Middle English þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”).

(archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thy, your (possessive form of thou)


wir

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


neen

(Northern Scots and Shetland) alternative form of nane


meh

Eh hud meh eh on a peh.


a

The first letter of the Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.


muckle

head

muckle (comparative mair, superlative maist)


tae

From Middle Scots ta, from Middle English to, shortening of tone.

t'ay (alternative)
t'aye (alternative)
tey (alternative)


ain

From Middle English aȝen, from Old English āgen, ǣġen (“one's own”), or possibly from Old Norse eiginn (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”). More at own.

ayn (alternative)
awn (alternative obsolete)
awin (alternative obsolete)

Ma ain dear sister

Clap, clap handies
 Mammie's wee, wee ain.

c. 1915, Blanche Fisher Wright, The Real Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Illustration:

Belonging to, or on behalf of, a specified person (especially oneself); own.


nane

nane (comparative mair nane, superlative maist nane)

mair nane (comparative)
maist nane (superlative)
neen (alternative)
nain (alternative)
naen (alternative)
naine (alternative)
nen (alternative)
nene (alternative)

From Middle English noon, from Old English nān, from ne (“not”) + ān (“one”). Compare English none.


ther

Could ee clean ther wundihs for is?


mony

'And who may ye be?' said Heriotside, growing eerie.
'Just an auld packman,' says he, 'nae name ye wad ken, but kin to mony gentle houses.'

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:


thae

Did ee pit thae away?


nae

That's nae richt!


a'

From Middle English all, from Old English eall (“all, every, entire, whole, universal”), from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all, whole, every”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”).

inh

a (alternative)
aw (alternative)
aa (alternative Shetland)
aal (alternative Shetland)

There’s mirth in the barn and the ha’, the ha’, / There’s mirth in the barn and the ha’: / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride’s daftest of a’, of a’, / And our young bride’s daftest of a’.

1825, “Who’s at My Window”, in Allan Cunningham, compiler, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; […] In Four Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for John Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 334:


ither

From Middle English ōþer, from Old English ōþer.

And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye? Never mind, my bonnie. You and me are a' that's left, and we maunna be ill to ither.'
[…]
The noise of the Heriot had not long fallen behind him ere another began, the same eerie sound of burns crying to ither in the darkness. It seemed that the whole earth was overrun with waters.


thysel

From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes selfes, equivalent to thy + sel.

(archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thyself, yourself (reflexive form of thou)


onie

From Middle English ony, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainag.