-fauld

From Middle English -fald, from Old English -feald, from Proto-West Germanic *-falþ.

Forms adjectives meaning "times" or "parts"; -fold.


aerrow

From Middle English arow, from Old English ārwe, earh, from Proto-West Germanic *arhu.


aizan

Derived from Old Norse ei (“to rush on violently (occas. of fire)”). The -an suffix is from the present participle of middle Scot -and.


aesome

head

aesome (comparative mair aesome, superlative maist aesome)

mair aesome (comparative)
maist aesome (superlative)


evalos

evalos (comparative mair evalos, superlative maist evalos)

mair evalos (comparative)
maist evalos (superlative)


aivalous

aivalous (comparative mair aivalous, superlative maist aivalous)

mair aivalous (comparative)
maist aivalous (superlative)


aevaliss

aevaliss (comparative mair aevaliss, superlative maist aevaliss)

mair aevaliss (comparative)
maist aevaliss (superlative)

Derived from Old Norse efalauss. The termination -lauss (= -less) has lost its negative force, and given way to -ous, and the meaning of the word has been exactly reversed.


afeart

afeart (comparative mair afeart, superlative maist afeart)

mair afeart (comparative)
maist afeart (superlative)


affcast

Possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”); equivalent to aff- + cast.

inh

One who is cast off or repudiated; an offcast.


urluch

head

urluch (comparative mair urluch, superlative maist urluch)

mair urluch (comparative)
maist urluch (superlative)

Ayont the pool I spy'd the lad that fell, / Drouked, and looking unco urluch like: […]

1866, Alexander Ross, Helenore: Or, The Fortunate Shepherdess, page 174

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


affcastins

Possibly derived from Middle English ofcastyng; equivalent to aff- + castins.


affeckit

simple past tense and past participle of affeck (“affect”)


affeir

affeir (third-person singular simple present affeirs, present participle affeirin', simple past affeirt, past participle affeirt)

affeirs (present singular third-person)
affeirin' (participle present)
affeirt (past)
affeirt (participle past)

To be becoming, appropriate; to pertain, relate, correspond, concern


affgate

mode of disposing of, outlet (applied to merchandise)


aff-gan

aff-gan (comparative mair aff-gan, superlative maist aff-gan)

mair aff-gan (comparative)
maist aff-gan (superlative)


affgain'

affgain' (comparative mair affgain', superlative maist affgain')

mair affgain' (comparative)
maist affgain' (superlative)


affhan

affhan (comparative mair affhan, superlative maist affhan)

mair affhan (comparative)
maist affhan (superlative)


affgaun

affgaun (comparative mair affgaun, superlative maist affgaun)

mair affgaun (comparative)
maist affgaun (superlative)


affgyain'

affgyain' (comparative mair affgyain', superlative maist affgyain')

mair affgyain' (comparative)
maist affgyain' (superlative)


aff-han'

aff-han' (comparative mair aff-han', superlative maist aff-han')

mair aff-han' (comparative)
maist aff-han' (superlative)


affhand

From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz; equivalent to aff- + hand.

Without delay, at once; extempore, on the spur of the moment, without deliberation; in a free and easy manner.


affhand

affhand (comparative mair affhand, superlative maist affhand)

mair affhand (comparative)
maist affhand (superlative)

Done off-hand; careless, free and easy, unpremeditated; unceremonious, brusque


affhan'

affhan' (comparative mair affhan', superlative maist affhan')

mair affhan' (comparative)
maist affhan' (superlative)


ae-some

ae-some (comparative mair ae-some, superlative maist ae-some)

mair ae-some (comparative)
maist ae-some (superlative)


affhandit

affhandit (comparative mair affhandit, superlative maist affhandit)

mair affhandit (comparative)
maist affhandit (superlative)


affeurd

affeurd (third-person singular simple present affeurds, present participle affeurdin, simple past affeurdit, past participle affeurdit)

affeurds (present singular third-person)
affeurdin (participle present)
affeurdit (past)
affeurdit (participle past)


aff-loof

Without delay, at once; extempore, on the spur of the moment; by heart.


aff-loof

aff-loof (comparative mair aff-loof, superlative maist aff-loof)

mair aff-loof (comparative)
maist aff-loof (superlative)


yamph

To bark (make the noise of a dog or similar).


affputting

affputting (comparative mair affputting, superlative maist affputting)

mair affputting (comparative)
maist affputting (superlative)


aff-pettin'

aff-pettin' (comparative mair aff-pettin', superlative maist aff-pettin')

mair aff-pettin' (comparative)
maist aff-pettin' (superlative)


aff-pitten

aff-pitten (comparative mair aff-pitten, superlative maist aff-pitten)

mair aff-pitten (comparative)
maist aff-pitten (superlative)


aff-settin'

aff-settin' (comparative mair aff-settin', superlative maist aff-settin')

mair aff-settin' (comparative)
maist aff-settin' (superlative)


afftaking

afftaking (comparative mair afftaking, superlative maist afftaking)

mair afftaking (comparative)
maist afftaking (superlative)


affrontless

affrontless (comparative mair affrontless, superlative maist affrontless)

mair affrontless (comparative)
maist affrontless (superlative)


afftackin'

afftackin' (comparative mair afftackin', superlative maist afftackin')

mair afftackin' (comparative)
maist afftackin' (superlative)


afftakin'

afftakin' (comparative mair afftakin', superlative maist afftakin')

mair afftakin' (comparative)
maist afftakin' (superlative)


affwinnin

(Shetland) A festivity in Shetland, on finishing the field-work in spring or the harvest-work.


affley'd

affley'd (comparative mair affley'd, superlative maist affley'd)

mair affley'd (comparative)
maist affley'd (superlative)


affpittin

affpittin (comparative mair affpittin, superlative maist affpittin)

mair affpittin (comparative)
maist affpittin (superlative)

From Middle English ofputtinge; equivalent to aff- + pittin.

delaying, trifling, dilatory, putting off


aftak

(Shetland) The dia-continuance of a spell of bad weather.

(Orkney) An easing or lull in a storm, a cessation of wind or rain.


aff-putting

aff-putting (comparative mair aff-putting, superlative maist aff-putting)

mair aff-putting (comparative)
maist aff-putting (superlative)


afiel'

From Middle English afeld, from Old English on felde (“afield”, literally “in (the) field”), equivalent to a- + fiel'.


afley'd

head

afley'd (comparative mair afley'd, superlative maist afley'd)

mair afley'd (comparative)
maist afley'd (superlative)


af'en

af'en (comparative af'ener, superlative af'enest)

af'ener (comparative)
af'enest (superlative)


afftakin

afftakin (comparative mair afftakin, superlative maist afftakin)

mair afftakin (comparative)
maist afftakin (superlative)


affen

affen (comparative affener, superlative affenest)

affener (comparative)
affenest (superlative)


aff-takkin

aff-takkin (comparative mair aff-takkin, superlative maist aff-takkin)

mair aff-takkin (comparative)
maist aff-takkin (superlative)


oaffen

oaffen (comparative oaffener, superlative oaffenest)

oaffener (comparative)
oaffenest (superlative)


afftakkin

afftakkin (comparative mair afftakkin, superlative maist afftakkin)

mair afftakkin (comparative)
maist afftakkin (superlative)


oaften

oaften (comparative oaftener, superlative oaftenest)

oaftener (comparative)
oaftenest (superlative)


afflude

afflude (third-person singular simple present affludes, present participle affludin, simple past affluded, past participle affluded)

affludes (present singular third-person)
affludin (participle present)
affluded (past)
affluded (participle past)

aff- + lude, derived from Old Norse ljútr.

(Shetland) To injure the looks or appearance of anything.


afflick

afflick (third-person singular simple present afflicks, present participle afflickin, simple past afflickit, past participle afflickit)

afflicks (present singular third-person)
afflickin (participle present)
afflickit (past)
afflickit (participle past)

From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte).


agairy

(Orkney) leave one's service before the term day.


forfouchten

forfouchten (comparative mair forfouchten, superlative maist forfouchten)

mair forfouchten (comparative)
maist forfouchten (superlative)


agisom

agisom (comparative mair agisom, superlative maist agisom)

mair agisom (comparative)
maist agisom (superlative)


aggl

aggl (third-person singular simple present aggls, present participle agglin, simple past aggled, past participle aggled)

aggls (present singular third-person)
agglin (participle present)
aggled (past)
aggled (participle past)


aggisom

aggisom (comparative mair aggisom, superlative maist aggisom)

mair aggisom (comparative)
maist aggisom (superlative)

Perhaps derived from Old Norse agasamr. See also awsome.


aggerous

aggerous (comparative mair aggerous, superlative maist aggerous)

mair aggerous (comparative)
maist aggerous (superlative)


ahechie

An exclamation uttered in ludicrous contempt.


ahinthand

ahinthand (comparative mair ahinthand, superlative maist ahinthand)

mair ahinthand (comparative)
maist ahinthand (superlative)


aibbey

From Middle English abbey, from Old French abaie, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia.


ahin'-han'

ahin'-han' (comparative mair ahin'-han', superlative maist ahin'-han')

mair ahin'-han' (comparative)
maist ahin'-han' (superlative)


ahin-han

ahin-han (comparative mair ahin-han, superlative maist ahin-han)

mair ahin-han (comparative)
maist ahin-han (superlative)


aibles

aible (“able”) + -s (“adverbial suffix”), from Middle English able.


weel-faured

head

weel-faured (comparative mair weel-faured, superlative maist weel-faured)

mair weel-faured (comparative)
maist weel-faured (superlative)


Aberdeen-awa

Of or pertaining to Aberdeen (and its neighbourhood).


Aberdeen-awa

Aberdeen; neighbourhood of Aberdeen; the Aberdeen dialect


aigh

aigh (third-person singular simple present aighs, present participle aighand, simple past aighed, past participle aighed)

aighs (present singular third-person)
aighand (participle present)
aighed (past)
aighed (participle past)

Alternative form of aich (“to owe, own”)


aichan

Related to English awn and Old Norse ögn. See icker.

(Orkney) An ear of bere: a stalk of corn.


aichan

Small bivalve found in sandy bays of the Firth of Clyde.


aicherd

aicherd (comparative mair aicherd, superlative maist aicherd)

mair aicherd (comparative)
maist aicherd (superlative)


aifer

(obsolete) exhalations which arise from the ground in a warm sunny day.


aigar

grain well dried in a pot, to be ground in a quern or hand-mill.


aikyspired

aikyspired (comparative mair aikyspired, superlative maist aikyspired)

mair aikyspired (comparative)
maist aikyspired (superlative)


aikaspire

aikaspire (comparative mair aikaspire, superlative maist aikaspire)

mair aikaspire (comparative)
maist aikaspire (superlative)

(Orkney) mouldy, spotted with mouldiness


aikraw

(obsolete) Pitted warty lichen, with broad glaucous leaves.


ainlie

ainlie (comparative mair ainlie, superlative maist ainlie)

mair ainlie (comparative)
maist ainlie (superlative)


ainty

ainty (comparative mair ainty, superlative maist ainty)

mair ainty (comparative)
maist ainty (superlative)


aiqual

From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis.


airch

airch (third-person singular simple present airchs, present participle airchin, simple past aircht, past participle aircht)

airchs (present singular third-person)
airchin (participle present)
aircht (past)
aircht (participle past)

From Old French archer (“to arch, curve”).

to take aim, to throw or let fly any missile weapon.


airel

(obsolete) flute, pipe (made from a reed)


airie

(obsolescent) shealing; hill pasture, or summer residence for herdsmen and cattle


airsley

(Caithness) Two crofters ploughed their lands together, each supplying a horse.


airn

From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn.


airn

airn (third-person singular simple present airns, present participle airnin, simple past airned, past participle airned)

airns (present singular third-person)
airnin (participle present)
airned (past)
airned (participle past)


airty

airty (comparative mair airty, superlative maist airty)

mair airty (comparative)
maist airty (superlative)


aish

From Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc, from Proto-West Germanic *ask.


aisp

From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis.


aisywaas

(Caithness) top of house wall (under rafters)


aither

From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer.


aithken

(Orkney, literary, figurative) mark on sheep to denote ownership


aitrie

aitrie (comparative mair aitrie, superlative maist aitrie)

mair aitrie (comparative)
maist aitrie (superlative)


aitliff crap

In the old husbandry, the crop after bear or barley.


aitran

Probably derived from Old Norse eitr (“poison, bitterness”), commonly applied to weather.

(Orkney) piercing, cold, persistent fine rain


aiten

From Middle English oten; equivalent to ait + -en.


aiten

Of obscure etymology, Jam. suggests it may be ait-hen, or the fowl that feeds among oats.


aith

From Middle English ath, from Old English āþ, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ.


aith

(obsolete) land made to carry oats a second time after barley, and has received no dung.


aith

aith (comparative mair aith, superlative maist aith)

mair aith (comparative)
maist aith (superlative)


aittrie

aittrie (comparative mair aittrie, superlative maist aittrie)

mair aittrie (comparative)
maist aittrie (superlative)

Derived from Old Norse eitr (“poison”). Compare attery and ettery.

(Shetland) cold, bleak, bitter, grim (of weather)


uily

uily (comparative mair uily, superlative maist uily)

mair uily (comparative)
maist uily (superlative)


unweel

unweel (comparative mair unweel, superlative maist unweel)

mair unweel (comparative)
maist unweel (superlative)


kirklike

kirklike (comparative mair kirklike, superlative maist kirklike)

mair kirklike (comparative)
maist kirklike (superlative)

An' at oor village end there stood / The kirk, in sombre, kirklike mood, […]

1875, William Allan, Heather-bells: Or Poems and Songs, page 45


pikkill

Either from Middle English pikel (“brine”) or from its source, Middle Dutch pikel.


fagald

(obsolete) faggot (bundle of wood for fuel)


reekie

reekie (comparative mair reekie, superlative maist reekie)

mair reekie (comparative)
maist reekie (superlative)


freity

freity (comparative mair freity, superlative maist freity)

mair freity (comparative)
maist freity (superlative)


hirstie

hirstie (comparative mair hirstie, superlative maist hirstie)

mair hirstie (comparative)
maist hirstie (superlative)

Alternative form of histie (“dry; barren”)


nyaff

(derogatory) A petty, contemptible person.


awbel

awbel (comparative awbler, superlative awblest)

awbler (comparative)
awblest (superlative)


tavert

tavert (comparative mair tavert, superlative maist tavert)

mair tavert (comparative)
maist tavert (superlative)


twalt

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


ramfeezled

ramfeezled (comparative mair ramfeezled, superlative maist ramfeezled)

mair ramfeezled (comparative)
maist ramfeezled (superlative)


-rent

Metathetic alteration of Northern Middle English -redene, -redyn, -raden, from Old English -rǣden (“-red”). Doublet of -red.

hatrent, kinrent, manrent

(Middle Scots, no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.


trantlum

piece of miscellaneous equipment; odds and ends


sanshach

sanshach (comparative mair sanshach, superlative maist sanshach)

mair sanshach (comparative)
maist sanshach (superlative)


notourly

notourly (comparative mair notourly, superlative maist notourly)

mair notourly (comparative)
maist notourly (superlative)

(archaic) As is well known; notoriously.


substantious

substantious (comparative mair substantious, superlative maist substantious)

mair substantious (comparative)
maist substantious (superlative)


smittock

A weak or puny creature; a small or insignificant person


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.


landimere

(obsolete) The march of a property; the ceremony of beating the bounds.


langsettle

(obsolete) A long wooden seat, a precursor of the sofa.


trickie

head

trickie (comparative mair trickie, superlative maist trickie)

mair trickie (comparative)
maist trickie (superlative)


wauchle

To move backwards and forwards; to waggle.

To waddle or stagger; to walk as if fatigued.


scrimpit

simple past tense and past participle of scrimp


guesten

(obsolete, transitive) To lodge as a guest.


afawld

afawld (comparative mair afawld, superlative maist afawld)

mair afawld (comparative)
maist afawld (superlative)


afald

afald (comparative mair afald, superlative maist afald)

mair afald (comparative)
maist afald (superlative)


donnart

donnart (comparative mair donnart, superlative maist donnart)

mair donnart (comparative)
maist donnart (superlative)


donnerd

donnerd (comparative mair donnerd, superlative maist donnerd)

mair donnerd (comparative)
maist donnerd (superlative)


humlie

humlie (comparative mair humlie, superlative maist humlie)

mair humlie (comparative)
maist humlie (superlative)


tautit

tautit (comparative mair tautit, superlative maist tautit)

mair tautit (comparative)
maist tautit (superlative)


tentie

tentie (comparative mair tentie, superlative maist tentie)

mair tentie (comparative)
maist tentie (superlative)


thrawart

thrawart (comparative mair thrawart, superlative maist thrawart)

mair thrawart (comparative)
maist thrawart (superlative)


oughlie

oughlie (comparative mair oughlie, superlative maist oughlie)

mair oughlie (comparative)
maist oughlie (superlative)


backspeer

backspeer (third-person singular simple present backspeers, present participle backspeerin, simple past backspeert, past participle backspeert)

backspeers (present singular third-person)
backspeerin (participle present)
backspeert (past)
backspeert (participle past)


blist

blist (comparative mair blist, superlative maist blist)

mair blist (comparative)
maist blist (superlative)


brawlie

brawlie (comparative mair brawlie, superlative maist brawlie)

mair brawlie (comparative)
maist brawlie (superlative)


Ack

a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander


rancelling

(historical) The act of searching a house for stolen goods.


cannach

Any of various plants of the genus Eriophorum.


Acme wringer

Proprietary brand of clothes wringer, popular before the introduction of washing machines.


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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jaudie

A pudding of oatmeal, onions, etc. stuffed into a sow's stomach.


palmie

(obsolete) A blow on the palm of the hand with a tawse, as a school punishment.


brockit

brocked, variegated, having a mixture of black and white


sweert

sweert (comparative mair sweert, superlative maist sweert)

mair sweert (comparative)
maist sweert (superlative)

Alternative form of sweirt (“loath, reluctant”)


forhooies

third-person singular simple present indicative form of forhooie


forhooied

simple past tense and past participle of forhooie


plouk

Alternative form of plook (“spot, pimple, pustule”)


ploukie

ploukie (comparative mair ploukie, superlative maist ploukie)

mair ploukie (comparative)
maist ploukie (superlative)


plookie

plookie (comparative mair plookie, superlative maist plookie)

mair plookie (comparative)
maist plookie (superlative)


skudler

master of ceremonies
master of ceremonies

(Shetland, historical) The manager of a feast; the master of ceremonies.

(Shetland, historical) The leader of a band of mummers.


bountree

Alternative form of bourtree (“elder tree”)


beinness

snugness in temporal circumstances; moderate wealth


stieve

stieve (comparative stiever, superlative stievest)

stiever (comparative)
stievest (superlative)


stievely

stievely (comparative mair stievely, superlative maist stievely)

mair stievely (comparative)
maist stievely (superlative)


airtist

Bein an airtist, like maist o 'his sort', he didnae mak eneugh money bi the standarts set doun bi oor Government, an she, bein likewise 'a creative', didnae mak up the differ fer the baith o them, an sae he cuidna bide.

2017, Stuart McHardy, The Wey Forrit: A Polemic in Scots, Edinburgh: Luath Press

Being an 'artist', like most of 'his sort', he didn't make enough money by the standards set down by our Government, and she, being likewise 'a creative', didn't make up the difference for the both of them, and so he couldn't stay.


jumpit

If they had jumpit on ma back as Ah left the waitter Ah wadna hae minded.

If they had jumped on my back as I left the water I wouldn't have minded.

Then Sandy jumpit oot the boat, an he ran an ran greetin an sobbin an sobbin an greetin. An when he ran up tae the fairm, this ceilidh's still gaun on, see? an the pot o sowens is still on the fire! An he cam in howlin an greetin an sobbin, an the laird says tae him, ‘Whit's adae wi ye, Sandy?'

2008, Gordon Jarvie, Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan, Penguin UK

Then Sandy jumped out of the boat, and he ran and ran weeping and sobbing and sobbing and weeping. And when he ran up to the farm, this ceilidh's still going on, see? And the pot of flummery is still on the fire! And he came in howling and weeping and sobbing, and the lord of the manor says to him, 'What's the matter with you, Sandy?'

simple past tense and past participle of jump


nebbed

(in combination) nosed; having a nose of a specified kind


heezie

lift (act of raising a person into the air)


hainch

To throw, by springing the arm on the haunch, as in the game of road bowling.


cauld kale het again

Something redundantly repeated; a rehash.


coorie

coorie (third-person singular simple present coories, present participle cooriein, simple past cooried, past participle cooried)

coories (present singular third-person)
cooriein (participle present)
cooried (past)
cooried (participle past)

Diminutive of coor, from Middle English cowre (“to crouch, cower”).

inh

My father, as I’ve said, was a very tall man. He had to coorie doon gaun through the lobby, and when he was in the schuleroom, staunin’ afore Miss Macdonald, the croon o’ his heid, I noticed, was amaist scrievin’ the ceilin’.

1980 [1912], Joseph Laing Waugh, “Robbie Doo at School”, in JK Annand, editor, A Scots Handsel, page 23

My father, as I’ve said, was a very tall man. He had to stoop down going through the entryway, and when he was in the classroom, standing before Miss Macdonald, the top of his head, I noticed, was nearly scraping the ceiling.

to stoop, cringe; (Ulster) to kneel down

Efter the first nicht in her wee tent pod, tryin tae git some waarmth fae the yaks, she abandont aa modesty an slep in the communal tent wi the men, kennin fu weill whit they were daein, cooriein up agin her whan they thocht she wis sleepin.

2011, Wulf Kurtoglu [Caroline Macafee], Braken Fences, page 177

After the first night in her small tent, trying to get some warmth from the yaks, she abandoned all modesty and slept in the communal tent with the men, knowing full well what they were doing, cuddling against her when they thought that she was sleeping.


forfault

Let none dare to think as vve hear ſome one or tvvo begins to muſſitate, that the Magiſtrates miſcarriages about the matters of Religion, does forfault him of his right to govern, and ſo cadens titulo, is no more to be ovvned as King.]

[1681, “an Healing Hand” [pseudonym; John Bairdy], Balm from Gilead: Or, The Differences about the Indulgence, Stated and Impleaded: […] (in English), London: […] Tho[mas] Cockerill […], →OCLC, page 162


gaitt

Obsolete form of gate (“way, path, street”).


pioye

Alternative form of peeoy (“kind of firework”)


duddie

head

duddie (comparative mair duddie, superlative maist duddie)

mair duddie (comparative)
maist duddie (superlative)


scawd

scawd (comparative mair scawd, superlative maist scawd)

mair scawd (comparative)
maist scawd (superlative)


sleuthful

sleuthful (comparative mair sleuthful, superlative maist sleuthful)

mair sleuthful (comparative)
maist sleuthful (superlative)


tawnle

A large fire kindled at night in a traditional ceremony of Ayrshire.


widdifow

widdifow (comparative mair widdifow, superlative maist widdifow)

mair widdifow (comparative)
maist widdifow (superlative)


cleester

From Dutch klijster, klister and/or German Low German Kliester, from Middle Low German klîster or Middle Dutch clister, from Old Saxon *klīstar or Old Dutch *clīstar, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *klīstr, from Proto-Germanic *klīstrą, from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“glue; to stick”).

der

A thick viscid mass; a large quantity of sputum or spittle, loogie.


cleester

head

cleester (third-person singular simple present cleesters, present participle cleesterin, simple past cleestert, past participle cleestert)

cleesters (present singular third-person)
cleesterin (participle present)
cleestert (past)
cleestert (participle past)

(transitive) To smear with any sticky substance; bedaub; plaster with mud, tar, etc.


kirn

From Middle English kyrne; compare Old Norse kirna (“churn”).


kirn

kirn (third-person singular simple present kirns, present participle kirnin, simple past kirnt, past participle kirnt)

kirns (present singular third-person)
kirnin (participle present)
kirnt (past)
kirnt (participle past)

Be it warm / Be it cauld / Be it cream’d / Be it kirn’d […] / It’s welcome aye to Jock

1855, Hew Ainslie, “Croon to a Kyle cow”, in Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems, page 149

Whether it’s warm or cold, creamed or churned, [milk] is indeed welcome to Jock

kirn with the pistle and mortar


kirn

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English cyrnel (“kernel, grain”), with meaning shifted or broadened from the seed to the whole crop plant. Compare curn (“a grain, a particle”).

clyack

the last sheaf harvested; the end of the harvest

maiden

the last sheaf harvested, plaited and decorated with ribbons

a celebration to mark the end of the harvest season; (by extension) an ending or farewell celebration


lanesome

lanesome (comparative mair lanesome, superlative maist lanesome)

mair lanesome (comparative)
maist lanesome (superlative)


mixtie-maxtie

mixtie-maxtie (comparative mair mixtie-maxtie, superlative maist mixtie-maxtie)

mair mixtie-maxtie (comparative)
maist mixtie-maxtie (superlative)


bairntime

From Middle English barntem, from Old English bearntēam. Influenced by time.

The part of a woman's life during which she bears children.


lichtsome

lichtsome (comparative mair lichtsome, superlative maist lichtsome)

mair lichtsome (comparative)
maist lichtsome (superlative)


Pairth

The driver was certainly outspoken: "Och, ye'll be mighty glad when we get to Pairth"!

1948 May and June, O. S. Nock, “Scottish Night Mails of the L.M.S.R.—3”, in Railway Magazine (overall work in English), page 159

Och, you'll be mighty glad when we get to Perth"!


fulyie

On 16 July 1608 the council decreed, in conformity with an Act of the Convention of Burghs, that all fulyie was to be cleared within fifteen days and was no longer to be stockpiled, […]

2011, Edward J. Cowan, History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland, page 269


kokkaloorie

Alternative spelling of cockaloorie (“daisy”)


hingmy

(informal, Central Scots) Alternative form of thingmy


dingie

dingie (third-person singular simple present dingies, present participle dingiein, simple past dingied, past participle dingied)

dingies (present singular third-person)
dingiein (participle present)
dingied (past)
dingied (participle past)

Mate, jist dingie that.

A wis tryin tae graft oan her but A goat dingied.

I was trying to chat her up but I was ignored.

(slang) to ignore, rebuff, knock back, or fail to notice someone.


Eh

Eh (first person singular, objective me, possessive meh, possessive pronoun mines, reflexive mehsel)

me (objective)
meh (possessive)
mines (possessive pronoun without-noun)
mehsel (reflexive)

Eh hud meh eh on a peh.


teckle

teckle (comparative mair teckle, superlative maist teckle)

mair teckle (comparative)
maist teckle (superlative)


cockaloorie

→ English: (Shetland) kokkaloorie

Lang, bonnie, black hair, sheenin’ just laek a corbie’s wing. Twa bonnie red cheeks, as pure as da under side ’o a cockieloorie.

1892, George Stewart, “Mansie Mudjick’s Courtships”, in Shetland Fireside Tales, 2nd edition, page 245

Long, beautiful, black hair that shines like a raven’s wings. Also lovely red cheeks, as pure as the underside of a daisy.

An da mey-flooer cleds da burn-broo
An growes ita da clift.
Da kokkilurie covers aa

1975, T. A. Robertson, “Hjalta”, in The Collected Poems of Vagaland

And the May-flower is clothed in dew / And grows in the crevices. / The daisy covers the whole / Like the white clouds of the heavens.

Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis#Translingual

(Shetland) common daisy (Bellis perennis)


smairt

smairt (comparative mair smairt, superlative maist smairt)

mair smairt (comparative)
maist smairt (superlative)


alsae

From Middle Scots alswa, alsua, from Early Scots allswa, from Old English ealswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to a' + sae. Cognate with Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.


baittle

head

baittle (comparative mair baittle, superlative maist baittle)

mair baittle (comparative)
maist baittle (superlative)


nowther

From Middle Scots nowther, nouther, nowder, nolder, from Middle English nowwþerr.


dweeble

dweeble (comparative mair dweeble, superlative maist dweeble)

mair dweeble (comparative)
maist dweeble (superlative)


dwaible

dwaible (comparative mair dwaible, superlative maist dwaible)

mair dwaible (comparative)
maist dwaible (superlative)


frichtsome

frichtsome (comparative mair frichtsome, superlative maist frichtsome)

mair frichtsome (comparative)
maist frichtsome (superlative)


fushionless

fushionless (comparative mair fushionless, superlative maist fushionless)

mair fushionless (comparative)
maist fushionless (superlative)


starny

starny (comparative mair starny, superlative maist starny)

mair starny (comparative)
maist starny (superlative)


taiglesome

taiglesome (comparative mair taiglesome, superlative maist taiglesome)

mair taiglesome (comparative)
maist taiglesome (superlative)


clyack

From Scottish Gaelic caileag (“girl”); compare maiden (“the last sheaf harvested, plaited and decorated with ribbons”).

tak clyack

take in the last sheaf; finish the harvest

the last sheaf of grain harvested at the end of the season

It fell ahint the Clyack time, / In Cushnie whar he lay, / That Duncan Gorme has turn’d him aboot / An’ to his men did say,―[…]

1886, C. Elphinstone-Dalrymple, “Duncan Gorme”, in David Herschell Edwards, editor, One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets, page 34

It happened after harvest time / In Cushnie where he lay / That Duncan Gorme turned around / And to his men said:

I got the button masel’ the hin’most clyack afore I wis mairret, an’ it didna cost ma a hoast, for aw kent or that time ’at aw wid be in ma nain hoose afore anidder clyack cam’ roon’.

1929, James Alexander, Mains and Hilly: A Series of Dialogues in the Aberdeenshire Dialect, page 176

I got the prize myself at the last harvest-end before I was married, and it didn’t cost me much, for I knew at that time that I would be in a house of my own before another harvest season came around.


havena

D'ye no agree, sir? By the way, I havena got your name?

1919, John Buchan, “chapter 8”, in Mr Standfast


cown

cown (third-person singular simple present cowns, present participle cownin, simple past cownt, past participle cownt)

cowns (present singular third-person)
cownin (participle present)
cownt (past)
cownt (participle past)

Scorries cownin for a pucklie rain.

Young gulls crying aloud for a little rain.

to weep, to cry aloud, to lament (of children)


scorrie

Scorries cownin for a pucklie rain.

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


awbody

Alternative form of a'body (“everybody”)


a'body

From a' (“all, every”) + body. Attested at least from c. 1800; compare a' from Middle English all.

The light glimmer’d in thro’ a crack i’ the wa’,

c. 1800, Carolina Nairne, “Kitty Reid’s House”, in Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne, published 1869, page 61

An’ a’ body thocht the lift it would fa’,
An’ lads and lasses they soon ran awa
Frae Kitty Reid’s house on the green, Jo.
The light shone in through a crack in the wall, And everybody thought the sky would fall, And the boys and girls soon ran away from Kitty Reid’s house on the green, Love.

There was an auld wife, and they ca’d her Kilfuddie;
An a’ body said she wad gang to the wuddie;

1823, Robert Chambers, editor, The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, Miscellaneous, page 302

For she danced her to deid at her ain house end.
There was an old woman, and they called her Kilfuddie; And everybody said she was bound for the gallows; But I think she died in a better situation, For she danced herself to death under her own roof.

But I think she de’ed in a better commaund,

He wis throu wi Clart Central, Port, the Ceilidh, an awbody. An no lang nou, awbody wid be thro wi him.

2020, Matthew Fit, But n Ben A-Go-Go, page 82

He was through with Central Division, the port, the dance hall, and everyone. And not long from now, everybody would be through with him.


Aidam

a male given name, equivalent to English Adam


tattie bogle

A scarecrow used to protect potato crops.


buiry

buiry (third-person singular simple present buiries, present participle buiryin, simple past buirit, past participle buirit)

buiries (present singular third-person)
buiryin (participle present)
buirit (past)
buirit (participle past)


unnerstaund

unnerstaund (third-person singular simple present unnerstaunds, present participle unnerstaundin, simple past unnerstuid, past participle unnerstuiden)

unnerstaunds (present singular third-person)
unnerstaundin (participle present)
unnerstuid (past)
unnerstuiden (participle past)


theek

theek (third-person singular simple present theeks, present participle theekin, simple past theekit, past participle theekit)

theeks (present singular third-person)
theekin (participle present)
theekit (past)
theekit (participle past)


smaw

smaw (comparative smawer, superlative smawest)

smawer (comparative)
smawest (superlative)


thunner

thunner (third-person singular simple present thunners, present participle thunnerin, simple past thunnert, past participle thunnert)

thunners (present singular third-person)
thunnerin (participle present)
thunnert (past)
thunnert (participle past)


chefftane

From Middle English cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.


grozer

Alternative form of groser (“gooseberry”)


aild

aild (comparative mair aild, superlative maist aild)

mair aild (comparative)
maist aild (superlative)


courie

courie (third-person singular simple present couries, present participle couriein, simple past couriet, past participle couriet)

couries (present singular third-person)
couriein (participle present)
couriet (past)
couriet (participle past)

alternative spelling of coorie (“to cuddle; to stoop down”)


molligrant

(obsolete) act of whining or complaining


shenachie

Inherited from Middle Scots schenachy, from Irish seanchaí or Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, from Old Irish senchaid.


fleid

fleid (comparative mair fleid, superlative maist fleid)

mair fleid (comparative)
maist fleid (superlative)


hirdie-girdie

higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, head over heels


wanhappy

wanhappy (comparative mair wanhappy, superlative maist wanhappy)

mair wanhappy (comparative)
maist wanhappy (superlative)


mysel

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


downby

Down there; over there; down the road, etc.


spang-new

From Middle English span-neue. Compare English span-new.

His weaknesses […] were a too fond love of jewelry and fine dress[…], and eke the petticoated portion of mankind, to whom last he was always as an Endymion spang new from Elysium

1885, James Lumsden, “Rural Reminiscences”, in Rural Rhymes and Sketches in East Lothian, page 119

His weaknesses were too much fondness for jewelry and fine dress, and also anyone in petticoats, who always followed him like a brand new Endymion returned from Elysium


driech

driech (comparative mair driech, superlative maist driech)

mair driech (comparative)
maist driech (superlative)


strappan

strappan (comparative mair strappan, superlative maist strappan)

mair strappan (comparative)
maist strappan (superlative)


yowt

Yowting and yowling we heard, with mony yell

1860, Peter Lorimer, The Scottish Reformation, a sketch, page 22

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scauld

scauld (third-person singular simple present scaulds, present participle scaulding, simple past scaulded, past participle scaulded)

scaulds (present singular third-person)
scaulding (participle present)
scaulded (past)
scaulded (participle past)


forfoughen

forfoughen (comparative mair forfoughen, superlative maist forfoughen)

mair forfoughen (comparative)
maist forfoughen (superlative)


codracht

The slander […] of young women […] dwelling together as codrois […]

1588, The Chronicle of Perth, a Register of Remarkable Occurrences, Chiefly Connected with That City, from the Year 1210 to 1668, section 58

[…] [those] who liwe idlie as codroches out of service in privat houses, haweing na laufull calling, traid, nor vocatioun […]

1636, The Annals of Banff, volume I, section 75


codracht

An coddroch hussy keeped an house by herself […]

1618, The Chronicle of Perth, section 79

The idle, vagabond, and codroche people are to be warded till they find caution that they shall not return […]

1627, The Annals of Banff, volume I, section 57


bookit

bookit (comparative mair bookit, superlative maist bookit)

mair bookit (comparative)
maist bookit (superlative)


boukit

boukit (comparative mair boukit, superlative maist boukit)

mair boukit (comparative)
maist boukit (superlative)


book-lare

(Scots) Education; knowledge gained from books.


book-lear

But a' his teachers are agree't they'll never maun to knock Book-lear intae the timmer heid o' my big Jock!.

1881, edited by A.G. Murdoch, Recent and Living Scottish Poets, page 200


owse

"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


lodomy

The English dogs were cunning rogues, / About him they did creep, / And ga'e him drap o' lodomy / That laid him fast asleep.

1828, Peter Buchan, Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, page 250


loesome

loesome (comparative mair loesome, superlative maist loesome)

mair loesome (comparative)
maist loesome (superlative)

a loesome lass


magerful

magerful (comparative mair magerful, superlative maist magerful)

mair magerful (comparative)
maist magerful (superlative)


apparand

He is her apparand husband.


cramasie

cramasie (comparative mair cramasie, superlative maist cramasie)

mair cramasie (comparative)
maist cramasie (superlative)


saughen

Alternative form of sauchen (“of or relating to the willow”)


shirpit

shirpit (comparative mair shirpit, superlative maist shirpit)

mair shirpit (comparative)
maist shirpit (superlative)


shawy

shawy (comparative mair shawy, superlative maist shawy)

mair shawy (comparative)
maist shawy (superlative)


caaed

simple past tense and past participle of caa


droichy

droichy (comparative mair droichy, superlative maist droichy)

mair droichy (comparative)
maist droichy (superlative)


corbie messenger

corbie messenger (plural corbie messengers)

a messenger who returns too late or not at all (with reference to the raven sent out by Noah, Genesis 8:7)


bauther

bauther (third-person singular simple present bauthers, present participle bautherin, simple past bauthert, past participle bauthert)

bauthers (present singular third-person)
bautherin (participle present)
bauthert (past)
bauthert (participle past)

nae bauther!


nint

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


bawcon

From Middle English bacoun, from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun.


Hannie

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(Cromarty) Pronunciation spelling of Annie.


malagrugrous

malagrugrous (comparative mair malagrugrous, superlative maist malagrugrous)

mair malagrugrous (comparative)
maist malagrugrous (superlative)


forsunken

forsunken (comparative mair forsunken, superlative maist forsunken)

mair forsunken (comparative)
maist forsunken (superlative)


aiberlemnie

From Aberlemno a village in which such boots might be worn.

(mostly plural) large tackety boots, generally worn by a countryman.


yogle

Borrowed from Old Norse ugla. Doublet of yuggle (“owl”).


kettle biler

(Dundee, somewhat derogatory) a househusband


coont

coont (third-person singular simple present coonts, present participle coontin, simple past coontt, past participle coontt)

coonts (present singular third-person)
coontin (participle present)
coontt (past)
coontt (participle past)

From Middle English counten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conter, from Old French conter (“add up; tell a story”), from Latin computō (“I compute”).

der

+obj

:to/:with<to have a yearly settlement with the landlord>

to settle (accounts) [with to or with ‘to have a yearly settlement with the landlord’]