gie it laldy

Huns an Roses are playin again the night an they're up geein it laldy.

2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 5:

to give one's all, to be very vigorous or energetic


moop

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moop (third-person singular simple present moops, present participle moopin, simple past moopt, past participle moopt)

moops (present singular third-person)
moopin (participle present)
moopt (past)
moopt (participle past)


moup

moup (third-person singular simple present moups, present participle moupin, simple past moupt, past participle moupt)

moups (present singular third-person)
moupin (participle present)
moupt (past)
moupt (participle past)


sairch

sairch (third-person singular simple present sairchs, present participle sairchin, simple past saircht, past participle saircht)

sairchs (present singular third-person)
sairchin (participle present)
saircht (past)
saircht (participle past)

From Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from Latin circa, circus.


backspeir

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backspeir (third-person singular simple present backspeirs, present participle backspeirin, simple past backspeirt, past participle backspeirt)

backspeirs (present singular third-person)
backspeirin (participle present)
backspeirt (past)
backspeirt (participle past)


kwilk

kwilk (third-person singular simple present kwilks, present participle kwilkin, simple past kwilkt, past participle kwilkt)

kwilks (present singular third-person)
kwilkin (participle present)
kwilkt (past)
kwilkt (participle past)


kyucker

kyucker (third-person singular simple present kyuckers, present participle kyuckerin, simple past kyuckert, past participle kyuckert)

kyuckers (present singular third-person)
kyuckerin (participle present)
kyuckert (past)
kyuckert (participle past)


kyemp

kyemp (third-person singular simple present kyemps, present participle kyempin, simple past kyempt, past participle kyempt)

kyemps (present singular third-person)
kyempin (participle present)
kyempt (past)
kyempt (participle past)


firyat

firyat (third-person singular simple present firyats, present participle firyatin, simple past firyatt, past participle firyatt)

firyats (present singular third-person)
firyatin (participle present)
firyatt (past)
firyatt (participle past)


gyang

gyang (third-person singular simple present gyangs, present participle gyaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)

gyangs (present singular third-person)
gyaun (participle present)
gaed (past)
gaen (participle past)

From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go).


aiccess

aiccess (third-person singular simple present aiccesses, present participle aiccessin, simple past aiccesst, past participle aiccesst)

aiccesses (present singular third-person)
aiccessin (participle present)
aiccesst (past)
aiccesst (participle past)

From Middle English, from Middle French acces, from Latin accessus (“approached”). Cognate with English access.


aich

aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichan, simple past aicht, past participle aicht)

aichs (present singular third-person)
aichan (participle present)
aicht (past)
aicht (participle past)


aich

aich (third-person singular simple present aichs, present participle aichin', simple past aicht, past participle aicht)

aichs (present singular third-person)
aichin' (participle present)
aicht (past)
aicht (participle past)


drouk

Uncertain. Attested since at least 1513. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) and English Dialect Dictionary mention Old Norse drukna (“drown”), but the DSL says this would've produced a short vowel in Scots, not the long vowel that is attested. Compare draik, drawk, drauk (“saturate, drench”), droke, drock (“to drench”).

Wae's me, sir, but ye are drouket! Past a' kennin', ye micht hae been soomin' e'y loch, forby climbin' the craig. Stap in by, aside the twa gentlemen, an ' warm yersel'. An' I'se bring ye a drap toddy to het yer insides[…]

1887, Robert Cleland, Inchbracken, page 103:

[…] sair droukit was she, puir thing, sae I e'en put a glass o' sherry in her […]

1893, Walter Scott, The Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott: The Antiquary, page 107:

(transitive) to drench, to soak, to thoroughly wet


afaynd

From Middle English afandien, from Old English afandian.


breenge

breenge (third-person singular simple present breenges, present participle breengein, simple past breenget, past participle breenget)

breenges (present singular third-person)
breengein (participle present)
breenget (past)
breenget (participle past)

Origin unknown, but compare brainyell (“to rush violently”).

Monie a simmer's day, whan it was owre hot / To breenge eftir a butterflee

1949, John Walter Oliver, editor, A Scots Anthology, The Eemis-stane, page 488:

Many a summer's day, when it was too hot / To breenge behind a butterfly

(intransitive) to rush, to move recklessly

West she trampt, an' the white ridges lik bauchkans oot o the night came breengein against her quarter.

1970, Somhairle MacGill-Eain, Four Points of a Saltire, page 78:

West she tramped, and the white clods like weak spells came out of the night pushing against her bottom.


brainyell

brainyell (third-person singular simple present brainyells, present participle brainyellin, simple past brainyellt, past participle brainyellt)

brainyells (present singular third-person)
brainyellin (participle present)
brainyellt (past)
brainyellt (participle past)

Scho brainzellyt up in ane foorye and dowlicappyd me, and ben richt laith to me ane laitless finger on her, I brankyt in myne gram, and laye smooryng quhille ye claum fra the bar-mykene and redde us.

1820, James Hogg, “The Bridal of Polmood”, in Winter Evening Tales, Collected among the Cottagers in the South of Scotland, page 36:

She reared up in one motion and violently seized me, and with great reluctance to lay a finger on her, I reined in my passion and lay suffocating while you groped with striking meekness to free me.


brainyells

third-person singular simple present indicative form of brainyell


recoont

recoont (third-person singular simple present recoonts, present participle recoontin, simple past recoontt, past participle recoontt)

recoonts (present singular third-person)
recoontin (participle present)
recoontt (past)
recoontt (participle past)


schould

Yitt they caused the lordis that war vpoun on the panell, that schould have thoalled judgment, to find cautioun everie ane of thame, vnder the paine of certane soumes, to answer at ane certane apoynted to thame. Yitt all thir lordis war verrie blyth, think and that all evill was guid of frist, in speciall the lord David Lindsay was so blyth at his brothers sayingis, that he burst furth, saying to him: "Verrilie brother, yea have fyne pyatt wordis. I wold not have trowed, be St Amarie, that yea had sick wordis".

a. 1578, Robert Lindsay, The Cronicles of Scotland:


veesit

veesit (third-person singular simple present veesits, present participle veesitin, simple past veesitt, past participle veesitt)

veesits (present singular third-person)
veesitin (participle present)
veesitt (past)
veesitt (participle past)


upstraucht

upstraucht (third-person singular simple present upstrauchts, present participle upstrauchtin, simple past upstrauchtt, past participle upstrauchtt)

upstrauchts (present singular third-person)
upstrauchtin (participle present)
upstrauchtt (past)
upstrauchtt (participle past)

It juist cam on me fan I boot and I cudna upstraucht mysel.


owerset

owerset (third-person singular simple present owersets, present participle owersetin, simple past owersett, past participle owersett)

owersets (present singular third-person)
owersetin (participle present)
owersett (past)
owersett (participle past)


loupit

simple past tense and past participle of loup


bleester

bleester (third-person singular simple present bleesters, present participle bleesterin, simple past bleestert, past participle bleestert)

bleesters (present singular third-person)
bleesterin (participle present)
bleestert (past)
bleestert (participle past)

To make an explosive noise. To flicker up.


forhoo

forhoo (third-person singular simple present forhoos, present participle forhooin, simple past forhoot, past participle forhoot)

forhoos (present singular third-person)
forhooin (participle present)
forhoot (past)
forhoot (participle past)

From Middle English forhowien, from Old English forhogian.

To forsake, abandon, especially of a bird deserting its nest


bosie

bosie (third-person singular simple present bosies, present participle bosiein, simple past bosiet, past participle bosiet)

bosies (present singular third-person)
bosiein (participle present)
bosiet (past)
bosiet (participle past)

Grandfather Klog never bosied or beardied him when he wis wee but gart him staun in foostie cupboards in his sterile widdower’s apartments whenever Paolo bairnishly havered Klog’s deid wife’s name.

2020, Matthew Fit, But n Ben A-Go-Go, page 20:

Grandfather Klog never hugged or kissed him when he was little but made him stand in stuffy corners in his sterile widower’s apartments whenever Paolo childishly babbled Klog’s dead wife’s name.


bydand

From the present participle of Middle Scots bide, from Old English bīdan, from Proto-Germanic.

"Bydand" is the principal motto of the Scottish Clan Gordon.


sowther

sowther (third-person singular simple present sowthers, present participle sowtherin, simple past sowthert, past participle sowthert)

sowthers (present singular third-person)
sowtherin (participle present)
sowthert (past)
sowthert (participle past)


hae ane's ain tae dae

/ˌheɪ̯ eɪ̯ns ˈeɪ̯n teɪ̯ ˌdeɪ̯/

have one's hands full
have one's hands full


scooder

scooder (third-person singular simple present scooders, present participle scooderin, simple past scoodert, past participle scoodert)

scooders (present singular third-person)
scooderin (participle present)
scoodert (past)
scoodert (participle past)


bourach

* From Scottish Gaelic buarach (“cow fetter”), attested in Scots since the 19th century.


yirm

From Middle English yarmen. from Old English gyrman (“to roar, to cry out”).


soorn

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soorn (third-person singular simple present soorns, present participle soornin, simple past soornt, past participle soornt)

soorns (present singular third-person)
soornin (participle present)
soornt (past)
soornt (participle past)

(intransitive) To turn sour; to become putrescent


quader

quader (third-person singular simple present quaders, present participle quaderin, simple past quadert, past participle quadert)

quaders (present singular third-person)
quaderin (participle present)
quadert (past)
quadert (participle past)

Firs cam ten sodgers cairyin mells. Thir war aa the same as the three gairdeners, quader an flet, wi their hauns an feet at the neuks.

2013 [1865], Andrew McCallum, transl., Ailis’s Anterins i the Laun o Ferlies [Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland], translation of original by Lewis Carroll, page 78:

First came ten soldiers carrying clubs. They were like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners.

(figurative) to get along, to be harmonious


mallivoag

mallivoag (third-person singular simple present mallivoags, present participle mallivoagin, simple past mallivoagt, past participle mallivoagt)

mallivoags (present singular third-person)
mallivoagin (participle present)
mallivoagt (past)
mallivoagt (participle past)


caickle

caickle (third-person singular simple present caickles, present participle caicklein, simple past caicklet, past participle caicklet)

caickles (present singular third-person)
caicklein (participle present)
caicklet (past)
caicklet (participle past)


yawk

From Middle English aken, from Old English acan, from Proto-West Germanic *akan.


droun

droun (third-person singular simple present drouns, present participle drounin, simple past drount, past participle drount)

drouns (present singular third-person)
drounin (participle present)
drount (past)
drount (participle past)

The grey was swimming; but it seemed the Lord had other purposes for him than death, for neither man nor horse could droun.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:


wrunkle

Here indeed was the witch wife's chance; and she was the more keen, for her master had warned her that this was her last chance. Either Ailie's soul would be his, or her auld wrunkled body and black heart would be flung from this pleasant world to their apportioned place.


daunther

daunther (third-person singular simple present daunthers, present participle dauntherin, simple past daunthert, past participle daunthert)

daunthers (present singular third-person)
dauntherin (participle present)
daunthert (past)
daunthert (participle past)


abee

Perhaps a combination of let be and let alone, to give let a-be.


nyurl

nyurl (third-person singular simple present nyurls, present participle nyurlin, simple past nyurlt, past participle nyurlt)

nyurls (present singular third-person)
nyurlin (participle present)
nyurlt (past)
nyurlt (participle past)


ackiespyre

ackiespyre (third-person singular simple present ackiespyres, present participle ackiespyrin, simple past ackiespyred, past participle ackiespyred)

ackiespyres (present singular third-person)
ackiespyrin (participle present)
ackiespyred (past)
ackiespyred (participle past)


ackadür

(Shetland) to persevere, endure, endeavour


acquant

From Middle English aqueynten, from Old French acointier, from Early Medieval Latin accognitāre.


addickit

simple past tense and past participle of addick


adopit

simple past tense and past participle of adop


adverteeze

adverteeze (third-person singular simple present adverteezes, present participle adverteezin, simple past adverteezˈd, past participle adverteezˈd)

adverteezes (present singular third-person)
adverteezin (participle present)
adverteezˈd (past)
adverteezˈd (participle past)


advertish

advertish (third-person singular simple present advertishs, present participle advertishin, simple past advertisht, past participle advertisht)

advertishs (present singular third-person)
advertishin (participle present)
advertisht (past)
advertisht (participle past)


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.


affeckit

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


affeir

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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


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)


yamph

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


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).


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.


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)


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”)


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.


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)

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


aitran

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

(Orkney) piercing, cold, persistent fine rain


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.


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)


forhooied

simple past tense and past participle of forhooie


forhooies

third-person singular simple present indicative form of forhooie


jumpit

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

1900, Alexander Wanless, Angler's Creel:

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, →ISBN:

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


hainch

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


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:


cleester

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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)

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

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


kirn

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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)

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

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


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.


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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”)


yowt

Yowting and yowling we heard, with mony yell

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


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)


caaed

simple past tense and past participle of caa


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!


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’]


speik

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speik (third-person singular simple present speiks, present participle speikin, simple past speikt, past participle speikt)

speiks (present singular third-person)
speikin (participle present)
speikt (past)
speikt (participle past)


drook

[…] drookit like a drooned moose. My mither grat like a bairn when she beheld him in sic a waefu' plight, thinkin' that he had gotten himsel' brained in battle wi' Willie Stringan, an' when Jock, an' Chirstie, an' me saw her[…]

1864, William Duncan Latto, Tammas Bodkin: Or The Humours of a Scottish Tailor, page 71:

Rain fell in ae unbroken sheet / An' drook't me thro' frae heid to feet; / "A storm like this I needna face, / I'd best gae hame[…]

1890, James Coghill, Poems, Songs and Sonnets, page 54:

[…] he had seen him passing over the Cox'l in all the rain, "drenched and drooket," with his umbrella carried carefully under his arm.

1896, Gabriel Setoun, Sunshine and Haar: Some Further Glimpses of Life at Barncraig, page 181:

Alternative form of drouk (“drench, soak”)


superspend

superspend (third-person singular simple present superspends, present participle superspendin, simple past superspendt, past participle superspendt)

superspends (present singular third-person)
superspendin (participle present)
superspendt (past)
superspendt (participle past)

From super- + spend. Doublet of superexpend.


superexpend

superexpend (third-person singular simple present superexpends, present participle superexpendin, simple past superexpendt, past participle superexpendt)

superexpends (present singular third-person)
superexpendin (participle present)
superexpendt (past)
superexpendt (participle past)

From super- + expend. Doublet of superspend.


quhryne

quhryne (third-person singular simple present quhrynes, present participle quhrynein, simple past quhrynet, past participle quhrynet)

quhrynes (present singular third-person)
quhrynein (participle present)
quhrynet (past)
quhrynet (participle past)

From Proto-Norse *hwrīna. Cognate to Old Icelandic hrina, Norwegian rina, Norwegian Nynorsk vrina. The noun is derived from the verb.


delicht

From Middle English deliȝt, from Old French delit.