December

From Latin december (“of the tenth month”).


September

From Latin September (“of the seventh month”).


October

From Latin Octōber (“of the eighth month”).


November

From Latin November (“of the ninth month”).


day

A'm sorry, A've no seen Angus the day.


abbacy

From Middle English abbathie, from Late Latin abbātia, from abbās, abbātis (“abbot”). Doublet of aibey.


winter

From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.


spring

head

tae spring (third-person singular simple present springs, present participle springin, simple past sprang, past participle sprung)

tae spring (canonical)
springs (present singular third-person)
springin (participle present)
sprang (past)
sprung (participle past)


three

From Middle English thre, from Old English þriē, þrī, þreō, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.


five

From Middle English five, from Old English fīf.


year

From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēr, ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- (“year, spring”).


second

From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“I follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).


first

Inherited from Middle English first, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz.


fuck

head

fuck (third-person singular simple present fucks, present participle fuckin, simple past fucked, past participle fucked)

fucks (present singular third-person)
fuckin (participle present)
fucked (past)
fucked (participle past)

From Middle Scots fuk, from Early Scots *fuken (“to copulate”), from Middle English *fukken, *fuken, probably of North Germanic origin: possibly from Old Norse *fukka, from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną.

He clappit fast, he kist and chukkit, / As with the glaikis he wer ouirgane, / Ȝit be his feirris he wald have fukkit; / ‘Ȝe brek my hart, my bony ane!’

c. 1510, William Dunbar, A Brash of Wowing:


mither

Inherited from Middle English moder, from Old English mōdor.

'There you gang,' she cries, 'broking wi' thae wearifu' Pharisees o' Caulds, whae daurna darken your mither's door! A bonnie dutiful child, quotha! Wumman, hae ye nae pride, or even the excuse o' a tinkler-lass?'

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:


third

From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.


person

(law) An individual with rights and responsibilities under the law.

(law) An individual or formal organisation with standing before the courts.


thirteen

Inherited from Middle Scots thretten, from Middle English thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, þrēotēne, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun.


thousand

Inherited from Middle English thousand, from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi.


sister

From Middle English sister, syster, forms of suster influenced by Old Norse systir, from Old English sweostor, swustor, sweoster, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.


son

From Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from *sewH- (“to bear, give birth”).


uncle

From Middle English uncle, borrowed from Anglo-Norman uncle and Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *aunclum, from Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂-n-tlo- (“little grandfather”), a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Latin avus (“grandfather”)).


acre

→? Scottish Gaelic: acaire, acair

From Middle English aker, from Old English æcer (“field; acre”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr.


acre

To let grain crops be harvested at a stated sum per acre.


graip

→ Irish: graeipe, graeip, grápa, grápán

→ Scottish Gaelic: gràpa

From Old English grāp (“grip, grasp”) and/or *grǣpe (“grasping”); in either case akin to English grope and gripe.

He marches thro' amang the stacks, / Tho' he was something sturtin; / The graip he for a harrow taks, / An' haurls at his curpin;


tak

From Middle Scots tak, tacke, from Early Scots tak, from Middle English taken (“to take”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), a borrowing from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”). Tak gradually displaced the native Middle English nimen (“to take”). Cognates include English take and Norn taka. The noun is partly from the verb and partly from Old Norse tak (“grip”) and/or taka (“taking, seizure”), via Middle English tak, take.


earthquake

Borrowed from English earthquake; compare yirdquauk.


body

From Middle English body, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”).


university

From Middle English universite, from Medieval Latin universitas.


echt

Inherited from Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.


echt

Inherited from Middle English eiȝtthe, from Old English eahtoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô.


affect

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affect (third-person singular simple present affects, present participle affectin, simple past affectit, past participle affectit)

affects (present singular third-person)
affectin (participle present)
affectit (past)
affectit (participle past)

(law) to burden property with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction


Alexander

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander


witch

From Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“witch (female),sorceress”) and wiċċa (“witch (male), sorcerer”) m., deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell, warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse, divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit विनक्ति (vinákti, “to set apart, separate out”).

cog

witch; A person, chiefly a woman, skilled in sorcery.


tuil

From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).


admonish

head

admonish (third-person singular simple present admonishes, present participle admonishin, simple past admonisht, past participle admonisht)

admonishes (present singular third-person)
admonishin (participle present)
admonisht (past)
admonisht (participle past)


affectionate

affectionate (comparative mair affectionate, superlative maist affectionate)

mair affectionate (comparative)
maist affectionate (superlative)


shackle

From Old English sċacul, sċeacel, sċeacul (“fetter, shackle”), from Proto-Germanic *skakulaz (“shackle”), possibly from *skakaną (“to shake; to swing; to escape”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeg-, *skek- (“to shake; to stir”). However, compare the Oxford English Dictionary which doubts that English shackle is derived from *skeg-, *skek- as these roots lack the meaning of attaching or fastening.


agent

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).


ague

From Middle English agu, ague, from Middle French (fievre) aguë (“acute (fever)”). Cognate with English ague.


ane

Southern Scots, Central dialects except North East Central

From Northern Middle English an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”).


George

a male given name, equivalent to English George

Geordag

(diminutive) Geordie, Dod, Dodie, Doddie, Dodge, Dodger


hail

hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailin, simple past hailt, past participle hailt)

hails (present singular third-person)
hailin (participle present)
hailt (past)
hailt (participle past)

(sports) to drive the ball through the goal, etc.


hail

(sports) goal, the shout when a goal is scored, the goal area


hail

From Old English hæġl, hæġel, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”), or from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”).


warlock

From Middle English warloghe, warlowe, warloȝe, from Old English wǣrloga (“traitor, deceiver”, literally “truce-breaker”), from wǣr (“covenant, truce, pact, promise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wēr- (“true”); compare veritable) + loga (“liar”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô, related to Old English lēogan (whence English lie).

warlock-breef

a written commission to be a warlock, a magic charm, supernatural power

warlock; a man who is thought to be in league with the powers of darkness and to have supernatural knowledge and means of bewitching and harming others

He wis hissel a warlock or a wicht, whit thay kent by thit he teuk 'e witch's pairt.

He was himself a warlock, or wizard, which they knew by his taking the witch's part.

(in a weaker sense) sorcerer, wizard, magician

(attributive, in combination) bewitched, magical, supernatural; malevolent, mischievous


bane

From Northern Middle English bane, from Old English bān, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

rickle o banes

an emaciated, broken-down person or animal


Peter

From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Peter


yill

From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu; cognate with English ale.


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.


haaf

From Old Norse haf (“the sea”). Cognate with Danish hav, Old English hæf (Etymology 2).

(archaic, Northern Isles) the deep sea beyond coastal waters

(fishing, Shetland) the deep-sea fishing carried out 30-40 miles offshore in open boats

(fishing, Northern Isles) deep-sea fishing, especially for cod, ling, tusk, etc.


pow

From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"). Cognate with English poll ("scalp").

Three times the carline grain'd and rifted, / Then frae the cod her pow she lifted. Three times the old woman groaned and belched, then from the pillow her head she lifted. (Allan Ramsay, ‘Lucky Spence's Last Advice’)


feu

(Scots law, property law) feud, tenure, piece of land held by that tenure


aitch

Orthographically from English aitch, but phonetically a regular reflex of Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca, probably an extension of earlier ha, from an unindentified source.

The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.


wast

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wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)

mair wast (comparative)
maist wast (superlative)

Inherited from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros. Cognate to English west.


Abe

a male given name, equivalent to English Albert


cole

Uncertain; possibly from Old French coillir (Modern French cueillir) or Old Norse kollr.

(archaic, agriculture) A haycock, hayrick, bundle of straw.


cole

cole (third-person singular simple present coles, present participle colein, simple past colet, past participle colet)

coles (present singular third-person)
colein (participle present)
colet (past)
colet (participle past)

(archaic, agriculture) To put hay in a cole.


mouser

Apparently an extended usage of English mouser (“a cat”), hence a cat’s whiskers, jocularly transferred to human beings, possibly with influence from moustache.


twa

From Middle English twa, northern form of two.

"A twa-horse wark, maybe? or dee ye make it oot wi' ae beast an' an owse?"

1875, William Alexander, Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk, page 51:


champ

Late Middle English, probably imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(geography) a stretch of ground trodden into a miry state, a quagmire


tent

Inherited from Middle English tenth, tenthe.


poem

From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”).

1985, John J. Graham, "E Wir ain aald language. Writin ida Shetland dialect", in Manfred Görlach, Focus on Scotland, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 193.
Hit wisna till weel trowe da nineteent century at Shetlanders tried der haand at writin ida dialect — maistly poems, wi a antrin story noo an dan.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

And Hugh MacDiarmid was and is A Brawli Makar, for as siccan folk hand tae 't as thrugaun as a poem itsel, he daes, an daes he no.

The pseudonym TSL first thocht on uisin stertin oot ti publish his wark wis Thrawn, an he uised this for whit we think micht be his first published poem in a Sooth African paper at haes (for nou) hidden itsel ower again amang the files.


adduce

head

adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducin, simple past adduced, past participle adduced)

adduces (present singular third-person)
adducin (participle present)
adduced (past)
adduced (participle past)

Borrowed from Latin adducere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”).

(transitive, Scots law) to adduce (produce in proof)


waw

From Old English wagian (“wave, undulate”).


aw

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.


simmer

From Middle English sumer, from Old English sumor, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.


fower

Inherited from Middle English fower, from Old English feōwer, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


cootie

Diminutive of cood possibly influenced by kittie (“a large washing-chamber”).

(obsolete) A wooden dish or tub for kitchen use.


cootie

a cootie hen

Ye cootie moorcocks


scone

Possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or from Greek σκόνη (skóni, “dust”) or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).

scaudit scone

a scone of barley or wheat mixed with hot milk or water

a semisweet cake made of wheat or barley flour, usually large and round


fermer

From Middle English fermour; compare English farmer.


heft

The noun is probably derived from Old Norse hefð (“occupation; possession; prescriptive right”), from hafa (“to have; to keep, retain”), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have; to hold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).
The verb is probably derived from Old Norse hefða (“to acquire prescriptive rights”), from hefð (noun): see above.
Both the noun and verb may have been influenced by Scots heft (“(noun) handle of an implement, haft; (verb) to fit (an implement) with a handle”).

noncog

[S]he came to fetch her [bairn] out of ill haft and waur guiding.

1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume II (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 147:

A piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to.

A flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland.


heft

head

heft (third-person singular simple present hefts, present participle heftin, simple past heftit, past participle heftit)

hefts (present singular third-person)
heftin (participle present)
heftit (past)
heftit (participle past)

(agriculture) To accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland.


Hugh

a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh


quean

From Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

(Shetland) A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep.


Abraham

From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām.


Aggie

a diminutive of the female given name Agnes, equivalent to English Aggie


Andra

a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew


Annie

a diminutive of the female given name Agnes


August

Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.


Februar

From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Fēbrua (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Fēbrua from fēbruum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with English thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with English fever and Latin febris. A relatinization abandoning feoverel, from feverier.


Januar

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”, a root).


John

From Middle English John, Johan, from Anglo-Norman Johan, Jehan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Latin Iōhannēs, Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān).

Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān)

a male given name, equivalent to English John


bonny

head

bonny (comparative mair bonny, superlative maist bonny)

mair bonny (comparative)
maist bonny (superlative)

Till bonny Susan sped a-cross the plain.

Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr.

1786, Robert Burns, Farewell to the Banks of Ayr:

handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful


tae

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā. Cognates include English toe and Faroese tá.


tae

tae (third-person singular simple present taes, present participle taein, simple past taet, past participle taet)

taes (present singular third-person)
taein (participle present)
taet (past)
taet (participle past)


heid

From Middle Scots heid, from Northern Middle English hede, hevid (southern heed, heved), from Old English hēafod (compare English head), from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (compare Dutch hoofd, German Haupt, Swedish huvud), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput- (“head”) (compare Latin caput), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *kapōlo (“head, bowl”).


nieve

head

nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)

nieves (present singular third-person)
nievin (participle present)
nievit (past)
nievit (participle past)

Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.


brose

Unclear, but possibly deriving from Early Scots bruis, cognate with Middle English browes, possibly from Old French broez, nominative of broet (“stew, soup made from meat broth”) (modern French brouet) diminutive of breu, from Medieval Latin brodium, from Frankish *broþ. See English broth.

A dish of meal (usually oatmeal, sometimes peasemeal, beremeal, or a combination of meals) made with boiling water or hot milk, which sometimes includes additions such as salt, skimmed fat from broth, or kail.

birse-brose

brose with whisky added as an ingredient


drow

(weather) A cold mist or a severe squall.

(medicine) A fit of illness or a qualm (compare dree)


Leslie

a unisex given name transferred from the surname


bawbag

(vulgar, slang, derogatory) ballbag; scrotum.


rump

From Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “crooked beak”).


Monanday

From Middle English Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from mōna (“moon”) + dæg (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a translation (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin dies Lunae.


Tysday

From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, a translation (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin dīes Martis.


mora

(Scots law) mora (a delay in bringing a claim)


acker

From Middle English actour, from Latin āctōr; equivalent to ack + -er.


sark

From Old English serc, syrc, sierce, from Germanic.


sark

head

sark (third-person singular simple present sarks, present participle sarkin, simple past sarkit, past participle sarkit)

sarks (present singular third-person)
sarkin (participle present)
sarkit (past)
sarkit (participle past)


dochter

Inherited from Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr.


fermtoun

(agriculture) a collection of cottages for the workers on a farm


Agnes

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Agnes


chapman

Inherited from Middle English chapman, from Old English cēapmann (“dealer”) (cognate with synonymous German Kaufmann), from cēap (“barter, business, dealing”).

When chapman billies leave the street, / And drouthy neibors, neibors, meet


chloroform

Afore I kent where I was I got a smeek o' chloroform.

1935, Joe Corrie, chapter 7, in The Income:

Before I knew where I was I got a puff of chloroform.


wappenschawing

/ˈwæpənʃɑːɪŋ/

From the roots of English weapon + showing. Cognate with Dutch wapenschouwing.

(history) A periodical muster of armed men within a particular district.


eme

From Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus (“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch Dutch oom, German German Ohm, German Oheim.


bou

From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).

der

(agriculture) stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village

bou-stane

earthfast stone in the foundation of a building


Agatha

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Agatha


sooth

From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ.


crock

From Middle English crokke, from Old English crocca.

crock (large earthenware vessel for holding milk, cream, salt, butter, etc.)

crockums

refuse of fish livers after the oil has been extracted


ferm

From Middle English ferme, from Anglo-Norman and Old French ferme, from Medieval Latin firma, from Old English fearm (“sustenance, food, supplies”).


Julie

From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove", from Latin Iuppiter, from Proto-Indo-European *dyeu-pəter-, from Proto-Indo-European *deyw-os, 'god', + *pəter, 'father'.


broon

From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.


broon

head

broon (comparative mair broon, superlative maist broon)

mair broon (comparative)
maist broon (superlative)


voar

From Norn vår, from Old Norse vár, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.


Australie

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Sorcha

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).

bor

a female given name from Scottish Gaelic sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah


Dorcha

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Dorcha (literally “dark”).

a female given name from Scottish Gaelic


multure

From Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.


lawlands

(geography) lowlands, in particular the Scottish lowlands


theevil

A tapered stick used to stir food in a cooking pot.


faither

Inherited from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


brither

head

brither (plural brithers or brether or breder or breether or breither)

brithers (plural)
brether (plural)
breder (plural)
breether (plural)
breither (plural)

Inherited from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor.


shae

shae (third-person singular simple present shaes, present participle shaein, simple past shod, past participle shod)

shaes (present singular third-person)
shaein (participle present)
shod (past)
shod (participle past)

Inherited from Middle English scho, from Old English scōh (“shoe”). More at shoe.


swire

From Old English swēora (Northumbrian swīra), or the cognate Old Norse svíra, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.


knowe

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:


fowk

From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.


rumple

(anatomy) rump, tail, haunches, buttocks, seat


breid

From Middle English bred, from Old English bread, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.


braw

braw (comparative mair braw, superlative maist braw)

mair braw (comparative)
maist braw (superlative)

Alteration of brave. Compare Swedish bra (“good; fine”).

This man, so gallant and braw, would never be for her; doubtless the fine suit and the capering horse were for Joan o' the Croft's pleasure.


cailleach

→ English: cailleach, Cailleach

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cailleach, from Old Irish caillech, from caille (“veil”) + -ach.


buik

Inherited from Northern Middle English buk, buke (southern bok, book), from Old English bōc. See book for more.

inh+

Heir endis this buik, writtin in tyme of pest / Quhen we fra labor was compeld to rest

1568, “The Wryttar to the Redare”, in George Bannatyne, editor, Bannatyne Manuscript:

Here ends this book, written in time of plague, / When we from labour were compelled to rest

His Lordship was lollin' in his easy chair afore the fire, tho' it was a fine June mornin'; and a puir, shrivelled, pock-pitted, black-coated chiel was reading to him frae some buik or ither.

1830, “The Aucht Years' Plea”, in The Glasgow University Album: A Selection of Original Pieces, page 168:

His Lordship was lolling in his easy chair in front of the fire, though it was a fine June morning; and a poor, shrivelled, pock-pitted, black-coated fellow was reading to him from some book or other.

But introduce Scots, even jist a wee bit o it, intae a wean’s learnin and mair aften than no, a licht goes on. Bairns that hadnae opened a buik afore want tae ken whaur the library is.

2016 April 20, Matthew Fitt, “Attainment o oor weans: Let me spell it oot in Scots”, in The National:

But introduce Scots, even just a little bit of it, into a child's learning and more often than not, a light goes on. Children that hadn't opened a book before want to know where the library is.


snoot

From Middle English snowte. Cognate with English snout.


blae

head

blae (comparative mair blae, superlative maist blae)

mair blae (comparative)
maist blae (superlative)

Middle English bla, blo, from Old Norse blár (“livid, blue”). More at blue.

bluish, bluish-gray (blue-gray), intermediate between blue and gray


felid

From New Latin Felidae, from felis (“cat, feline”).


Nannie

a diminutive of the female given name Agnes


sieven

(Southern Scots) Alternative form of seiven


eit

(Southern Scots) eight (note pronunciation)


twal

Inherited from Middle Scots twelf, from Early Scots twelf, from Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif.


twol

(Southern Scots) Alternative form of twal


psychologie

psychologie (countable and uncountable, plural psychologies)


eiteen

(Southern Scots) eighteen (note pronunciation)


eity

(Southern Scots) eighty (note pronunciation)


thoosind

(Southern Scots) thousand (used with "a" in the same way as English to denote 1000)


yelli

yelli (comparative mair yelli, superlative maist yelli)

mair yelli (comparative)
maist yelli (superlative)

yelli:


reid

reid (comparative mair reid, superlative maist reid)

mair reid (comparative)
maist reid (superlative)

reid:


bleck

bleck (comparative blecker, superlative bleckest)

blecker (comparative)
bleckest (superlative)

bleck:


bleck

A challenge to a feat of exceptional skill; a baffle in reaction to such a feat.


watter

watter (countable and uncountable, plural watters)

From Middle English water, from Old English wæter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥..
Cognates
Cognate with English water, North Frisian weeter (“water”), Saterland Frisian Woater (“water”), West Frisian wetter (“water”), Dutch water (“water”), Low German Water (“water”), German Wasser, Norwegian Bokmål vann (“water”), Swedish vatten (“water”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic vatn (“water”), Old Irish coin fodorne (“otters”, literally “water-dogs”), Latin unda (“wave”), Lithuanian vanduõ (“water”), Russian вода́ (vodá, “water”), Albanian ujë (“water”), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), Armenian գետ (get, “river”), Sanskrit उदन् (udán, “wave, water”), Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar).

cog

Can A hae a gless o watter, please?


watter

head

watter (third-person singular simple present watters, present participle watterin, simple past wattert, past participle wattert)

watters (present singular third-person)
watterin (participle present)
wattert (past)
wattert (participle past)

From Old English wæterian, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną, from *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).
Cognates
Cognate with English water, Saterland Frisian woaterje (“to water”), West Frisian wetterje (“to water”), Dutch wateren (“to water”), German Low German watern (“to water”), German wässern (“to water”), Danish vande (“to water”), Swedish vattna (“to water”), Icelandic vatna (“to water”).

A'm gaunae watter thae flouers.


bodie

A member of Genus Homo. Not to be confused with person, although all "bodies" are people.


crowdie

Evolution of Early Scots crud, cognate with Early Modern English and Middle English crud or crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), without undergoing the metathesis of Modern English curd. Derives from Old English crūdan (“to press”), itself from the earlier Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”).

der

(especially North Northern Scots) A soft fresh cheese, similar to the English cottage cheese, which is traditionally produced from naturally soured milk. In some modern preparations it is rolled in oats, or mixed with herbs or spices such as peppercorns.


semmit

From medieval cloth samite (see velvet).

Once on returning from a visit to the hospital he told us that an old man had spoken of his semmet, the Scots for what an Englishman calls his vest.

1948, Hector Charles Cameron, Joseph Lister, the Friend of Man, W. Heinemann, page 7:

He made a grotesque figure — all inhibitions gone — in sadly shrunken white flannel trousers and cotton vest (his 'wee semmit').

1962, Jessica Brett Young, Francis Brett Young: A Biography, Heinemann, page 160:

'Put yer semmit on', it's a mair a winter

BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar document 1431.


tattie scone

From tattie (“potato”) + scone (“large circular cake baked on a griddle; a slice of such a cake”).


fift

From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô.


cognosce

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cognosce (third-person singular simple present cognosces, present participle cognoscin, simple past cognoscit, past participle cognoscit)

cognosces (present singular third-person)
cognoscin (participle present)
cognoscit (past)
cognoscit (participle past)

(law, transitive) to make a determination

(law, transitive) to determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent


back-end

back-end ingineer

back-end programmin

(computing) Relating to the back end part of a hardware or software system.


saft

saft (comparative safter, superlative saftest)

safter (comparative)
saftest (superlative)


umwhile

(archaic) erstwhile, former, late, deceased


bool

(Doric Scots) A single marble used in the game bools rolled into a kypie (a hollow made by the heel of the foot).


hurkle

Unknown. May come from Old Norse, possibly related to Dutch hurken (“to squat”).

(anatomy) the upper part of the thigh, the hip


lith

From Middle English lyth, from Old English liþ, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz.


hause

(geography) defile, narrow passage between hills, the head of a pass


Weelum

a male given name, equivalent to English William


hairst

From Early Scots harvist, herwist, hervist, hervest, from Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn; harvest”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist. Cognate with English harvest, German Herbst (“autumn”).


saunt

From Middle English seint, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and partly from and confluence with Anglo-Norman seint, from Old French saint, seinte; both ultimately from Latin sanctus (“holy, consecrated, saint”). Close cognate with English saint and French saint.

der

Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, An' fill them fou.

1784, Robert Burns, Epistle to J. Rankine ii.:

First an' foremost, Saunt Jeems, the poetical vreeter. Saunt Tusker, Saunt Conrick, an' a' sirs ; An' ower at the Palace lives jolly Saunt Peter, An' yer welcome, ye ken, to Saunt La, sirs. We've lately been blest wi' anither same loon — Did ye ...


roch

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roch (comparative mair roch, superlative maist roch)

mair roch (comparative)
maist roch (superlative)

From Old English rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz.

(agriculture, etc., of the growth of grass or crops) strong, luxuriant, dense, luxuriant but of poor quality, rank

(agriculture, of sheep) unshorn, unclipped


Mairch

From Middle English March, Marche, borrowed from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”), from earlier Mavors.


Apryle

From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).


Mey

From Middle English May, Mai, from Old French mai, from Latin māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).


Juin

From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised from Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yuwn̥kós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).

June (the sixth month of the year on the Gregorian calendar.)


Nanse

a diminutive of the female given name Agnes, equivalent to English Nancy


fren

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fren (third-person singular simple present frens, present participle frennin, simple past frennit, past participle frennit)

frens (present singular third-person)
frennin (participle present)
frennit (past)
frennit (participle past)

(poetic) To rage; to be in a state of rage.


bammy

bammy (comparative bammier, superlative bammiest)

bammier (comparative)
bammiest (superlative)

He ran tae the windae, threw it open and clambered oot ontae the sill. Ah thought he'd gone bammy...ye know, right aff his heid!

1999, David Armstrong, The First Teenagers, page 22:

He ran to the window, threw it open and clambered out onto the sill. I thought he'd gone barmy...you know, right off his head!

‘We goat kicked oot ae there,’ another member ae this group, the world's bammiest boayband says, noddin taeward the live lounge.

2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 10:

‘We got kicked out of there,’ another member of this group, the world's craziest boy band says, nodding toward the live lounge.


luif

Inherited from Northern Middle English lufe, luf, from Old Norse lófi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô.


Ander

a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew


wame

From Middle English wambe, wame, wamb, forms of womb (“belly, womb”), from Old English wamb (“belly”).


Adie

a diminutive of the male given name Aidam


chirk

From Middle English cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, ċiercian, variant forms of Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”).
Cognate with English chirk. Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg. The noun is derived from the verb.

der

(geology, North Northern Scots, Northern Isles) wet gravelly subsoil


warkand

head

warkand (comparative mair warkand, superlative maist warkand)

mair warkand (comparative)
maist warkand (superlative)

From Middle English warkande, werkande, warchond, present participle of warken, werken, warchen (“to pain”), from Old English wærcan (“to be in pain”), from wærc, wræc (“pain, suffering, anguish”) (English wark).


Hendry

a male given name, equivalent to English Henry


bouin

From bou (“stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village”).


ablach

Akin to Old Irish ablach (“carcass, corpse, carrion”).


Wadensday

From Middle English Wednesday, Wednesdai, Wodnesdei, from Old English wōdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).


raip

Compare Icelandic reip (“rope”), and English rope.


spaeman

spae (“to prophesy, foretell, predict, tell fortunes”) + man


threty

From Middle English thretty, thritti, from Old English þritiġ (“thirty”). More at thirty.


buckie

Uncertain; perhaps compare Latin buccinum (“whelk”).


minnie

One boy, on coming late, explained that the cause had been a regular pitched battle between his parents, with the details of which he amused his school-fellows; and he described the battle in vivid and Scottish Homeric terms: "And eh, as they faucht, and they faucht," adding, however, with much complacency, "but my minnie dang, she did tho'."

1874, Edward Bannerman Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:

"There's naething left in the fair Dodhead, But a greeting wife and bairnies three, And sax poor ca's[134] stand in the sta', A' routing loud for their minnie."

1806, Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3):

When first I gaed to woo my Jenny, Ye then was trotting wi' your minnie: Tho' ye was trickie, slee, an' funnie, Ye ne'er was donsie; But hamely, tawie, quiet, an' cannie, An' unco sonsie.

1780, Robert Burns, Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns:


brakfast

brak (“break”) + fast; compare English breakfast


brakfast

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brakfast (third-person singular simple present brakfasts, present participle brakfastin, simple past brakfastit, past participle brakfastit)

brakfasts (present singular third-person)
brakfastin (participle present)
brakfastit (past)
brakfastit (participle past)


caur

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ceàrr (“wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray; left”), from Old Irish cerr (“crooked, wry, maimed”).


caur

From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”).


Tam

a diminutive of the male given name Thomas


steelbou

steel + bou (“stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village”)

compound

(law) steelbow, a land-tenancy whereby a the stock, equipment and grain etc. provided by a landlord should be returned in equivalent quantity at the end of the lease


trottle-caur

(Ulster, agriculture) a low vehicle for moving hay


bonnie fechter

fearless fighter, zealot, disputatious person


fechter

From Middle English feghter, from Old English feohtere, equivalent to fecht + -er.

bonnie fechter

fearless fighter, zealot, disputatious person


elbuck

From Early Scots elbok, from Middle English elbohe, from Old English elboga, elnboga, from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô.


hausebane

hause (“neck, throat, gullet”) + bane (“bone”)


dirlie-bane

dirl (“cause to tingle with emotion or pain”) + bane (“bone”)


breest

From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”).


rumple-bane

rumple (“rump, tail, haunches, buttocks, seat”) + bane (“bone”)


spaul-bane

spaul (“limb, shoulder”) + bane (“bone”)


spaul

From Middle English spawde, spaude, spalde, from Old French espalde (French épaule), from Latin spatula.

(geography) rounded projecting piece of ground, bank


haiverel

haiver (“to haver, talk in a foolish or trivial manner, speak nonsense”) + -el


guid-faither

[ˈɡødˌfeːðər]

[ˈɡødˌfɛðər]

[ˈɡydˌfɛðər]

[ˈɡjødˌfeːðər]

[ˈɡjødˌfɛðər]

[ˈɡɪdˌfeːðər]

[ˈɡɪdˌfɛðər]

[ˈɡedˌfɛðər]

[ˈɡidˌfɛðər]


guid-mither

[ˈɡødˌmɪðər]

[ˈɡydˌmɪðər]

[ˈɡjødˌmɪðər]

[ˈɡødˌmɪdər]

[ˈɡɪdˌmɪðər]

[ˈɡedˌmɪðər]

[ˈɡidˌmɪðər]


mither tongue

[ˈmɪðərˌtʌŋ]

[ˈmɪdərˌtʌŋ]


Guid Man

Who gave them food, and calmed their souls with prayer; 'Twas the good man, the lisping infant cries.

Nae doot it was the Good Man wha made the flowerets wee.

Pale, delicate, bob-haired Peggy Robertson, . . . when she had died, had, his mother explained, “gone to the Gude Man.”


hempie

A Gilpy that had ſeen the Faught, / I wat he was nae lang, / Till he had gather'd ſeven or aught / Wild Hempies ſtout and ſtrang;

1720, Allan Ramsay, “Christ's Kirk on the Green”, in Poems, canto 3, page 117:

(often humorous) Someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.


Elfame

Elfhame and Elphame with the -hame stem ("home" in Scots) are modern conjectural readings by Robert Pitcairn, which he gave in footnotes and in index. They are his standardization for the various forms such as elfame and elfane (without -hame stem).

Thai war the gude wychtis that wynnit in the Court of Elfame

1576, Robert Pitcairn ed. (1833), Criminal Trials, Vol. 1, Part. 2, page 53:


birsie

head

birsie (comparative birsier, superlative birsiest)

birsier (comparative)
birsiest (superlative)

birse (“bristle, hair; anger, temper”) + -ie


Saurah

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (Sarah, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

Sarah, wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah


breard

(archaic, agriculture) The first sprouting of crops (e.g. turnips, grain).


breard

head

breard (third-person singular simple present breards, present participle breardin, simple past breardt, past participle breardt)

breards (present singular third-person)
breardin (participle present)
breardt (past)
breardt (participle past)

(archaic, agriculture) To sprout; to suddenly appear; to germinate.


elbi

(Hawick, anatomy) Elbow. Cf. General Scots elbae.


forenuin

Forenoon; the late morning; the time between mornin (“morning”) and nuin (“noon”).


frenfi

frenfi (comparative mair frenfi, superlative maist frenfi)

mair frenfi (comparative)
maist frenfi (superlative)


fauch

Old Scots faulch, from Old English fealh "fallow land".


yirdquauk

Either inherited from Middle English erthequake or a calque of English earthquake.

inh+

The centurion an the sodgers at wis keepin watch owre Jesus wi him wis ill fleyed whan they saw the yirdquauk an aa, an said, "Atweill wis he a son o God, that ane!"

1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 27:54:

The centurion and the soldiers guarding Jesus were horribly terrified when they saw the earthquake alongsides everything else, saying "That man really was the son of God!"


Wull

a diminutive of the male given name William


Dauvit

a male given name, equivalent to English David


Dod

From a childish pronunciation of the name George.

a diminutive of the male given name George.

(rare) a diminutive of the female given name Georgia or Georgina


abuise

Southern Scots, South Northern Scots, Northern Isles

From Middle English abusen, noun has s for z.


Jeams

From Middle English Gemes, a form of James.

a male given name, equivalent to English James or Jacob


Rabert

a male given name, equivalent to English Robert


Tammas

a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas


Chairles

a male given name, equivalent to English Charles


Airchibauld

a male given name, equivalent to English Archibald


aw-bay-say

From Middle English abece, from the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.


aff in it

head

aff in it (comparative mair aff in it, superlative maist aff in it)

mair aff in it (comparative)
maist aff in it (superlative)


stravaiger

THE first ivver Internet stravaiger (browser) in fower Celtic leids haes juist been brocht oot allouin speakers o thae leids tae stravaig the wab in thair ain mither tung.

2001 January, Robert Fairnie, “Celtic Leid's First Stravaiger For Warld Wide Wab.”, in Scots Tung Wittins, number 86:

THE first ever Internet 'stravaiger' (browser) in four Celtic languages has just been brought out allowing speakers of those languages to browse the web in their own mother tongue.

A number of new Scots translations have been added to the layout of the site, with browser translated as “stravaiger” – Scots for wanderer.

2021 August 11, Alison Campsie, “New internet browser written in Scots language”, in The Scotsman:


sutchkin

From Old Norse systkin (“siblings”). Compare Danish søskende, Faroese, Icelandic systkin, Norwegian Bokmål søsken and Swedish syskon.

He wis just laek his sutchkins.

1952, John J. Hunter, Taen wi da Trow, page 211:


silkie man

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


selkie-wife

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


seeven

Inherited from Middle Scots sevin, from Middle English seven.


eleeven

Inherited from Middle English elleven, from Old English endleofan, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif.


fourt

Inherited from Middle English ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô.


Nansie

a diminutive of the female given name Agnes, equivalent to English Nancy


aiccession

(law) accession (act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force)


croochie-proochles

A feeling of discomfort, anxiety, or uneasiness from being seated in a confined or otherwise uncomfortable position


traith

Identical to Early Scots traith. Possibly evolved as a specific variant of Early Scots trad in the sense of a shipping way or navigational course; compare to Middle Low German trade.

A fishing station or fishing ground; especially for herring.


saxt

Inherited from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô.


A B brod

thin board with the alphabet on it, used for teaching children


abertet

(Orkney) Small quantity of feed given to horses at night.


abuilyiements

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


abbacee

Alternative form of aw-bay-say (“alphabet”)


aber heart cake

In traditional belief, a cure for a voracious appetite.


ackie-peevie

Evidently a hybrid formed on the model of aqua vitæ, peeve = whisky, among Gypsies of Gall., Per., Arg.


acquantance

From Middle English aqueyntaunce, from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”); equivalent to acquant + -ance.


twalt

Inherited from Middle Scots twelft, from Early Scots twelft, from Middle English twelfth, from Old English twelfta, from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô.


abriachanite

Named after Scottish physician and amateur mineralogist Matthew Forster Heddle (1828–1897) from Abriachan.

named-after

(geology) An earthy form of iron-rich glaucophane.


Ack

a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander


wabsteid

wab (“web”) + steid (“place, location”); editors of the Dictionaries of the Scots Language put the first recorded usage in 2001, but examples exist as early as 1996.

SCOT IN THE WEB: A chap at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and technology[…]has set up the Scots language's first web site or 'wabsteid' dedicated "ti the furtherin o the Scots leid".

1996 August 19, The Nit Nurse, “Scots language web site makes the papers”, in scot.scots (Usenet):

The'r a haill new wabsteid haes been writ frae an American as gies aa the wittins ye wid be wantin anent Scotch taak in Ulster (an aiblins a bittie ye widna!)

2001 May 5, “Ulster-Scots on the web”, in Belfast News Letter, page 22:

There's a whole new website that has been written by an American, containing all the information you would want [about Ulster Scots] (and some you maybe wouldn't!)

A SCOTS language website for schoolchildren is being launched in the city. Scuil Wab, described as "a wabsteid for bairns o aa ages", is aimed at encouraging primary and secondary pupils to use the Scots language.

2003 November 26, Fiona MacGregor, “Website for schools last word in Scots”, in Edinburgh Evening News, page 18:

Not so, said Dumfries poet Rab Wilson, who pens odes in Scots. "Whit's this haivers oan the BBC wabsteid this mornin!?" he asked, after the Bhutan book ran on the Beeb.

2008 March 7, “A Muckle Buik is the biggest - The Diary By Alba”, in The Scotsman, page 11:

The Scots Language Centre's repone tae the @scotgov, @ScotGovScots consultation aheid o the Scottish Languages Bill is available on oor wabsteid noo - we encourage ye tae hae a read, an gie yir ain repone afore 8t Dizmmer:

2022 November 20, Scots Language Centre (@scotslanguage), Twitter:

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Aidam

a male given name, equivalent to English Adam


nint

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine.