A

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


our

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


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”).


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.


us

Inherited from Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n̥smé (“us”).


we

Inherited from Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with English we.


me

Inherited from Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”).


ye

Inherited from Middle English ye, ȝe, from Old English ġē (“ye”), the nominative case of the second-person plural personal pronoun, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, a North-West variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz (“ye”), from Proto-Indo-European *yūs, *yū́ (“ye”), plural of *túh₂.

you (2nd person singular and plural, nominative and accusative)


what

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


meh

Eh hud meh eh on a peh.


I

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


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.

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.


ae

southern East Central Scots, South-West Scots

From Northern Middle English a, apocopic form of oon, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain. See also Scots ane.


messages

A'm jist awa for ma messages. = I'm just off to get some shopping.


nane

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


nane

head

nane (comparative mair nane, superlative maist nane)

mair nane (comparative)
maist nane (superlative)


exies

Perhaps from English access (“an attack, a fit”).

(obsolete) A fit of ecstasy or hysterics.


Ik

From Middle English ik, from Old English ic (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik (“I”, pronoun).

Wha did that? Ik!

For Ik am he, I say the soithly, [...]


taivers

Alternative form of tavers (“tatters; fragments”)


knowperts

Empetrum nigrum
Empetrum nigrum#Translingual

(obsolete) crowberries (Empetrum nigrum)


boulyiements

outer garments, generally of a ragged or ridiculous type


abuilyiements

Derived from French habiller, of which the origin is doubtful.


mysel

Inherited from Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases.