sheep

Inherited from Middle English schep, from Old English scēap.

sheep (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis)


pig

From Middle English pigge, pygge, from Old English *picga (“pig; pigling”), see English pig.
Sense of "vessel; jar" is from Middle English pygg, perhaps an extension of the above.


hoe

Probably from Norn høg or Middle Norwegian haa. Ultimately from Old Norse hár

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual


cauf

From Middle English calf (“young cow”), from Old English cealf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo (“womb, animal young”).


cauf

From Middle English calf (“area behind the shin”), from Old Norse kalfi.


cauf

From Middle English caf, caff, kaf, kaff, alternative forms of chaf.


bandy

Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.


coo

From Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).


gimmer

From Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”).

der

gimmer shell

the scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis


meir

From Middle English mare, mere, from Old English mere, miere (“female horse, mare”).


maalin

(Shetland) a hawk, especially the merlin, sparrow hawk or kestrel


futret

Probably from Old French fuiret (modern French furet).

Ye wid like a futret?

Oh we’ll fairly manage ye a futret.

Oh, we'll certainly be able to provide you with a ferret

Noo fit size o’ a futret wid ye like?

Now, what size of a ferret would you like?


corbie

From Middle French corbeau, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, from Latin corvus.

The priests and the Irish officers, and thae papist cattle that hae been sodgering abroad, because they durstna bide at hame, are a' fleeing thick in Northumberland e'enow; and thae corbies dinna gather without they smell carrion.

raven; (sometimes also) carrion crow, rook


gou

From Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *wēlannā (“seagull”).


laverock

From Middle English laveroc, laverke, from Old English lāferce, variant of older lāwerce, lǣwerce.


gled

From Early Scots gled, gledd, from Old Norse gleða. Cognate with Old English glida, English glede.

Milvus milvus
Milvus milvus#Translingual


gled

head

gled (comparative mair gled, superlative maist gled)

mair gled (comparative)
maist gled (superlative)

From Early Scots glaid, glad, from Old English glæd (“bright; clear”) and Old Norse glaðr (“smooth; happy”).

smooth, easy in motion, without much friction


swalla

From Middle English swalwe, from Old English swealwe, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ. Cognate with English swallow.


grice

‘Sae, an it come to the warst, I'se een lay the head o' the sow to the tail o' the grice.’


selch

From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).

Halichoerus grypus
Halichoerus grypus#Translingual

Phoca vitulina
Phoca vitulina#Translingual


wedder

From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“wether, ram”), from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).


whaup

From Old English hwilpe, or perhaps a variant *hwalp(e). Cognate with West Frisian wylp, Low German Welp, Dutch wulp.


yowe

From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).

And there I had three score o' yowes, / Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! / Skipping on yon bonie knowes, / And casting woo' to me.

1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:

And there I had three score of ewes (sixty), / Alas, alas, alack! / Skipping on the beautiful knolls yonder, / And providing wool for me.


kinnen

From Middle English coni, Old French conis, accusative plural of conil, connil, from Latin cunīculus. Cognate with English cony, Galician coello, Portuguese coelho, Italian coniglio, and Spanish conejo.


muir cheeper

Anthus pratensis
Anthus pratensis#Translingual


maukin

English: mawkin, maukin

Arrabella: Thou wilt get there before it be dark, if thou make good speed.
Bawldry. No, though I had the speed o' a mawkin.

1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, act 1, page 13:


pyat

→ Scottish Gaelic: pitheid

[T]here's many a man would think this more of a warning than two pyats.

1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Death of the Red Fox”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 161:


chalder

From Norn chaldro, from Old Norse tjaldr. Cognate to Icelandic tjaldur m and Faroese tjaldur n.

Haematopus ostralegus
Haematopus ostralegus#Translingual

(Northern Isles) oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)


yuggle

Borrowed from Old Norse ugla (“owl”). Doublet of yogle (“short-eared owl”).


tuip

From Middle English tupe, origin unknown.


keb

A ewe that has miscarried her lamb or failed to rear it.

A miscarriage in one's affairs, a plan which fails to work.


hauf-oot-afore

(Shetland) A earmark for sheep in which a part of the front side of the ear is cut out.


hauf-oot-ahint

(Shetland) A earmark for sheep in which a part of the back side of the ear is cut out.


silkie man

selkie (“grey seal, common seal”) + man (“man”)


selkie-wife

selkie (“grey seal, common seal”) + wife (“woman; wife”)


brongie

Possibly partially derived from Old Norse bringa (“breast”) as an allusion to the cormorant's colouration. Compare to Norwegian bringe (“chest”).

Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalacrocorax carbo#Translingual

The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).


gowdspink

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

goldspink; Eurasian goldfinch, European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


papingo

→ English: papingo

Ultimately from Old French papegai. Cognate to English popinjay, German Papagei, Dutch papegaai.


scorrie

Scorries cownin for a pucklie rain.

Young gulls crying aloud for a little rain.

The young of any gull while still in its brown-speckled plumage.