"can" meaning in Scots

See can in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: can [present, singular, third-person], cud [past]
Etymology: From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence know). Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{inh|sco|enm|can}} Middle English can, {{inh|sco|ang|cann|can(n)}} Old English can(n), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*kunnan}} Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*kunnaną}} Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|can|simple past|cud}} can (third-person singular simple present can, simple past cud)
  1. can
    Sense id: en-can-sco-verb-n1hBluf-
  2. be able to
    Sense id: en-can-sco-verb-km3o7cWs Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cannae (english: cannot)
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          "english": "He should be able to do that.",
          "text": "He shuid can dae that.",
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    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
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    },
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      },
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      "form": "can",
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        "third-person"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "He should be able to do that.",
          "text": "He shuid can dae that.",
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