Scots Language

A

a wee meenit: a short time

aback: behind; at rear of

able: astute; clever

ableize: ablaze

ablow: below; under

abstraklous: bad tempered; obstreperous

abune: above; over

acquant: acquaint

adae: difficulty: fuss; ceremony

aefauldlie: best wishes

aff-luif: extempore

aff-pit: excuse

affrontit: ashamed

affstaunin: aloof

aft/aften: often

agate: abroad; on the road

agee ( ajee ): askew ; ajar

agin: against

agley: awry

agrun: aground

aheid: ahead

ahin/ahint: behind

ahin-haun: late

Aiberdeen: Aberdeen

aiblins: perhaps

aik: oak

ain: own; private; privilege

aince: once

aipple: apple

airm: arm

aistlin: easterly

aither: either

aits: oats

aix: axe

alane: alone

amna: am not

Andermas: St Andrew's Day, 30th November

anerlie: only; solely

anither: another

Anster: Anstruther

antrin: chance ; rare ; occasional

apairt: apart

Aprile: April

argie-bargie: dispute

arles: payment, of arle-penny, on engagement of service; foretaste

arra: arrow

ashet: large meat plate

aside: beside

aspar: astride

asteir: abroad; astir; in a commotion; up and about

athort: across

athout: without

atween: between

atweill: assuredly; indeed

auld: old

Auld Cloutie: the devil

auld-faither: grandfather

auld-mither: grandmother

aumrie: cabinet; chest; cupboard; pantry

ava: at all

awa: away

awa wi it: done for

ay: yes

aye: always

ayebydan: everlasting

ayont: beyond

B

babby: baby

back-haun: overdue

back-yett: private gate

backdoor-trot: diarrhoea

backjaw: impudence

backlins: backwards

backspeir: question; interrogate; cross examine

baffies: slippers

bahookie: posterior; bottom

bailie / beylie: magistrate, equivalent of English alderman; farm steward

baird: beard

bairn: make pregnant; child

bairnskip: childhood

bairn's bairn: grandchild

baists: animals (Brock: badger; Cauf: calf; Maukin: hare; Mowie / modiewort: mole; Pownie: pony; Rattan: rat; Tod : fox)

baith: both

ballant/ballat: ballad; song

baloo: sing a lullaby; lullaby

bane: bone

banefire: bonefire

bap: roll, small loaf

bard: minstrel, poet

barelies: hardly; scarcely

bate: beat

bauchle: to shuffle; worn-out shoe; old, feeble person

baudrons: cat

baurley: barley

baurley: breathing space; respite; truce

baurley-bree: whisky

bawbees: money

bawd: hare

bawsent: brindled; white-streaked, of animal's face

baxter: baker

bedfast: bedridden

beglaumer: bewitch; enchant

begoud: begin; start

begrutten: stained with tears

begunk: betray; deceive; betrayal; deceit

behauden: indebted; obliged

beil: fester; festering sore

beild: shelter

beld: bald

bellythrawe: stomach-ache

belyve: presently; soon; by and by

ben: mountain

ben: inner part of house; in; inside; into; through; within

benmaist: furthest in; innermost

besides: compared with

besom: broom; brush

Bethankit: grace after meal

better: healed; recovered from illness

bicker: beaker; drinking bowl; tankard

bienness: affluence; prosperity

big: build

big-coat: greatcoat

billie: brother; companion; fellow

bing: heap

binna: except, unless

birk: birch

birkie: alert; animated; smart youth

birl: rotate; cause to rotate; dance; spin; whirl

birse: bristle; fit of bad temper

bittie/bittock: little bit; short time/distance

blashie: wet and windy

blate: diffident; shy; timid

blaud: sample; selection of verse

bleize: blaze

bleert: dim, of eyes; stained with weeping

blellum: silly talkative person

blethers: chatter; nonsense

bletherskite: silly talker

blinn: blind

bluffart: blast of wind; squall; a blow

bodach: old man

boddom: bottom

bonalie: farewell drink

bonnie fechter: douchty/good fighter

borestane: flagstaff stone

bourach: heap; confused heap

bogshaivelt: knocked out of shape; distorted

bonnie: beautiful; considerable

boss: devoid; empty; hollow

bou-backit: hump-backed

bowlie-leggit: bandy-legged

bowster-cup: nightcap

box-bed: wall bed

brae: hill; river bank; steep road

braeheid: hilltop

brainch: branch

braisant: bold; insolent

brats: clothing

braw: comely; excellent; considerable; very good; splendid

braws: best clothes

breeks: trousers

breinge: push forward impetuously; a violent rush forward

brent new: brand new

bricht: bright

brig: bridge

brisken up: feshen; stimulate; titillate

brither: find an equal; match; brother; equal

brocht: brought

brod/buird-claith: table-cloth

brose: porridge made with meal, water, salt and butter

brosie: coarse in manner; stout

brosie-faced: fat faced

brou: brow; brim; overhanging bank

broukit: tear-stained

broun: brown

brulzie/ brulyie: brawl; commotion; fight

bubbly-jock: turkey ( male )

bucker: delay: fuss; move or work aimlessly, yet fussily; hinder

Buckhyne: Buckhaven

buckie: perverse, obstinate person

bucksturdie: obstinate

buik / beuk: book

bumbaleerie: posterior; bottom

bumbaze: abash; amaze; bewilder

bumphlie: rumpled

bunemaist: highest; topmaist

bunker: chest; seat

burth-brief: birth certificate

busk: dress; adorn

bygane: past and gone

bylins: by and by; soon

byne: washing tub

byornar: extraordinary

byre: cattle-shed; cow-house

C

cadger: peddlar; hawker; tinker

caird: card; chart

cairn: heap of stones; monument

cairt: cart

caist-out: disagree

callan: boy; lad

caller: cool; fresh; refreshing

camsteerie: giddy ; unruly ; wild

cankert: irritable

canna: cannot

cantie: cheerful; contented; comfortable; bouyant; cordial; merry

capernoitit: perverse; sour-tempered

carline: old woman

carnaptious: crabbed; bad-tempered

carritch: the catechism

cast up: accuse; recall spitefully

caudron: cauldron

cauf kintra: birth-place; native district

caurrie-haundit: left handed

certes: assuredly; certainly

chaft: cheek; jaw

chairge: charge; cost; expense

chantie: chamberpot

chap: hammer; knock; stroke of clock or bell

chicken-hertit: cowardly; timid

chitterie / chitterin piece / bite: food taken after bathing

chow: chew

christmas: Christmas present

clabber: mud; clay; mire

clachan: hamlet; village

claes: clothes; garb

claes-raip: clothes-rope

claes-screen: clothes-horse

claivers: chatter; tittle-tattle

clanjamfrie : a crowd ; a rabble

clappit: shrunken; thin

clapshot: potatoes and turnips mashed together

clartie: dirty

clean: absolute; complete; completely

cleck: babble; talk idly; claptrap; insolence

cleik: clutch; seize; gaff salmon; walk arm in arm; crook; hook; salmon gaff

cless: class

clishmaclaver: gossip ; long discourse

clocker: broody hen

clype: blab; tell tales

cockabendie / cockie-dandie: small, lively person

cockle-heidit: scattered-brained

coff: buy

cog/ coggie: bowl; wooden dish

collieshangie: brawl; dispute; uproar; dogfight

come on: improve

confab: chat

connach: mar; spoil

contermacious: perverse; self willed; obstinate

contrair: contrary ; diametrically opposed

convene: gathering; meeting

convoy: accompany; transport; escort

corbie: raven; rook

corbie steps: steps on house gable-end

cornkister: farmworkers' song

coronach: dirge; lament

corp: corpse

corp-lifter: body-snatcher

corrieneuchin: chatting intimately

cou: cow

cour: cower; squat; submit; protect

courie-doun: snuggle; nestle

couthy: congenial; cosy; pleasant

cowp: capsize; tilt; tumble; upset; rubbish dump

crabbit: bad-tempered

crambo-clink: doggeral

crammasie : crimson

cranreuch: hoarfrost

crap: crop

craw: crow; boast

craw-road: direct road

crib: curb; kerb

croun: crown; first furrow in ploughing

cruzie: oil lamp

cry: call

cry doun: disparage

cry in: visit in passing

cryned: grown small through age; shrivelled

curfuffle: disarray; disagreement; disorder; excitement

curmurrin: murmer; stomach rumble

curriehunker: squat on hams

cuttie-stuil: stool of repentance

D

dab-haun: expert

dad: bang; beat; drive of wind; hit; slam; jolt; knock; thud

daft: foolish

daicent: decent

daimen: occasional; rare

daith: death

dams: draughts, the game

dander: anger

dander/dauner: stroll; wander; leisurely walk

darg: labour; day's labour

daur: abash; dare; intimidate

daurna: dare not

deid: dead

deid mirk: pitch black

denner: dinner

denner-piece: packed lunch

deoch-an-dorus: stirrup cup; parting drink

depairt: depart; leave

dern: darn

deval: cease; quit; cessation; stop

dicht: clean; wipe; wash superficially

dichtin: drubbing

dink/dinkie: neat; dandified

dirl : clatter; pierce; reverberate; throb; blow; vibration

dirl-aff: reel off

dirl by: pass swiftly, of time

dirlie-bane: funny bone

disjaskit: wearied; downcast

disna: does not

divert : diversion; entertainment

dizzen: dozen

dochter: daughter

dochtie: brave; powerful

dock: backside; buttocks

doitit: absent-minded; crazed; stupified

dominie: schoolmaster

donnert: stupefied: stupid

douk : bathe; dip

doun: down

dounheid: dislike

dour: grim

dove / dover: doze ; drowze

dover owre: dose off

dowie: ailing; dejected; mournful

dozent: bewildered; stupefies; impotent

dram: glass of spirits ( usually whisky )

drap: drop

draw ti: take a seat at the table

dreel: drill, in all senses; line; row

dreich: dull; monotonous; tardy; desolate; dreary

dreip : drip; drizzling rain; soft, spiritless person

drieshach: glowing fire

droukit: drenched ; soaked

droun: drown

drucken: drunken

drummure: earnest; sad-looking

dub: bog; pool; stagnant pool

dub-skelper: reckless person

dule: grief; distress

dumfouner: amaze; stun

dumfounert: amazed; stunned

dunch: bump; butt; jolt; push (with elbow)

dunt: blow ; bump ; knock

durkie: thick set

dwall: dwell

dwam: faint become sick

E

eastie-wastie: person of no firm conviction

ee: eye

eeran: errand; shop purchase

ee-sicht: eyesight

efter: after

eftername: surname

eident: busy; diligent; industrious

elba/elbuck: elbow

eldritch: unearthly, of sound; fearful; frightful; hideous

Embro: Edinburgh

emerant: green; verdant

emmertins: ants

emmlinns: giblets; leftovers

en: end

eneuch: enough

ensenyie: motto; slogan; watch word-word

etin: giant

ettercap: spider

etterie: bad-tempered

ettle: intend; conjecture; expect; attempt

ettle at: aim at

ettle efter: hanker for; long for

eytment: ointment

fail: decline in health

fain: glad; fond; willing; gladly

fair: stop raining; dry, of weather; complete; quite

fairfurth: explicit; honest; outspoken

fairin: gift bought at fair ; deserts

fairn-yeir: last year

faither: father

fankle: entanle; ravel; trap; fumble; muddle; tangle

fantoosh: pretentious; showy

fareweill: farewell

farin: food

farl: oatcake; flour scone

farrach: knack; flaw

fash: trouble; bother

fashious: annoying; fractious

Fastern's Een: Shrove Tuesday

fauchentuilie: squabble

faur: far

faur ben: very friendly

faur-kent: famous

faur-seen: skilled

faur-throu: dangerously ill

fause: false

Fawkirk: Falkirk

feart: afraid

fecht: battle; fight; struggle

feckless: footling; incompetent; spiritless; weakly; worthless

fell: extremely; greatly; very

ferlie: marvel; novelty; wonderful; strange

fernie-tickles: freckles

fest: fast

fettle: strenghth ; state of mind

fidgin-fain: anxiously eager

flaunter: blench; waver; veer erratically; equivocate

fleer: sneer

fleg: scare

flittin: house removal

flouer: flower

flumgummerie: tomfoolery

flyte: scold

foggie; old, out-of-date person

forder: thrive ; promote

forefowk: ancestors

forenent: facing; in front of; opposite

forenicht: early evening

forestair: open outside stair

forfend: prevent

forfochen: exhausted

forjeskit: exhausted

found: lay the foundation of; foundation; reserve of money

fouter: botch; fuss with little effect; potter about; bungler; muddle

fouth: plenty

fower: four

fower-weys: crossroad

frae: from

freestane: easily worked sandstone

frien: friend; relative

fremmit: alien; foreign; strange

fudder: blast of wind

fulyerie: foliage

funder: founder

furr up: earth up, potatoes etc

furth o: beyond the boundaries of

fush: fish

fykemaleeries: empty ritual

fykie: exacting; fussy; fastidious about trifles

fyle: befoul; deface; make dirty

gae: go; walk

gae thegither: amalgamate

gain road: direct road

gallivant: gad about; flirt

gallowses: trouser braces

gallus: daring; rash; wild

gangrel body: vagrant

gant: yawn

gar: cause; compel; constrain

garron: sturdy hill horse

gash-gabbit: glib-tongued

gate: road; street; journey

gauger: an exciseman

gawp: gape; yawn

geal: coagulate; freeze; ice; gelatine

gemme: game

gemmie: gamekeeper

gemm-leggit: lame

gether: gather; save money

geylies: rather

geylike: strange

ghaist: ghost

gie: give

gie nae inklin: give no sign/hint

gie owre: abandon; stop; quit

gin: before; by, of time; if; whether; by the time that

girn: complain; fret; snarl; grumbler

girnie: peevish

girse : grass

gitter: gobble; jabber; silly talker

glabber: mud; clay; mire

glaiber: talk incessantly or idly; babble

glaikerie: silly conduct

glaikit: foolish

glamourie: enchantment

glaur: mud, slime

gleg: alert; nimble; dextorous; intelligent; sharp; smooth

gleg-luggit: sharp-eared

gleg-shair: positive

Glesca: Glasgow

gless: glass

glibbie/glib-gabbit: glib-tongued; eloquence

glisk: glance; glimpse; flash; peep

gloamin: dusk

glowre: frown; stare, darkly; gleam, of stars

glunch: frown; sulk; sulky look

gob/gab/gub: mouth

gomeril: stupid person

gormaw: cormorant; greedy person

goun: gown

gowan : daisy

gowden: golden

gowf: golf

gowk: play the fool; cuckoo; dunce; fool

gowk-storm: spring storm

grannie: grandmother

graunfaither: grandfather

grauvit: scarf

greet: weep, sob, cry

greetin-faced: sour-faced

greitin sauch: weeping willow

grippie: tight-fisted; avaricious; greedy; mean; miserly

grozet: gooseberry

grue: shiver from aversion; creep of flesh; grimace; shiver

guddle: grope with hands for fish ; do dirty work; meddle

guid-brither: brother-in-law

guid-gaun: in good working order

guid-leevin: pious

gulliegaw: gash; deep cut

gurly: inclement

gutties: gym shoes

gype: stupid person

gyte: crazed; mad with desire

haar: sea fog

habble: limp; perplex; confusion; difficult

haddie: haddock

haddin: abode; estate; property

hae: have

hale an fier: strong and well

haet: iota: particle: whit

haffers: half-shares

haffits: temples

hairse: hoarse

hairst: harvest

haivers: talk nonsense: speak foolishly

hale: heal; healthy; whole; sound; completely

halewatter: torrent

hallirackit: a frolicking boisterous person esp girls or young women

hame: home

hame-drauchtit: home-sick; fond of, or drawn, to home

hamelie: domestic; simple

hantle: great deal; handful; a number/ quantity/ volume of

hap: cover; wrap; blanket; shawl; screen

harns: brains; intelligence

hashie: rough; untidy; stormy

haud: hold

haud at: persist

haud awa frae: go away from

hauf: half

haun: hand

haunle: handle

haun-clout: hand towel

haunless: handless; incompetent

hause-bane: neck bone

heid: head

heidstane: gravestone

heid bummer: boss; manager; prominent or important person

herbour: harbour ; shelter

hereawa: hereabouts; hither

herrie: harry; plunder; rob; ruin

hership: famine; ruin

hert: heart

hert-sair: heart sore

het: hot

hicht: height

hidie-hole: hiding place

hing: hang; knack; burden

hing in: persevere

hinmaist: final; hindmost; ultimate.

hinner: hinder

hinner-end: very end; last few

hinnie: honey; darling

hinniesickle: honeysuckle

hird: herd

hirple: hobble

his-sel: himself

hither an yont: backwards and forwards

hoast: cough

hochle: walk clumsily

hogmanay: New Year's Eve

hotter: totter; walk unsteadily; boil steadily; seethe; crowd together; swarm

hum an hae: prevaricate

hummle-doddies: fingerless mittens

hunder/ hunner: hundred

hurdies: haunches; buttocks

hurl: to bowl along ; to wheel ; a vehicle ride

hurl-barra: a wheelbarrow

hush-mush: rumour

hutcheon: hedgehog

hyster: stumble; totter

hyter: stumble; totter; trip

ile: oil

ilka: each, every

ill-trickit: mischievous

inby: indoors; inside; within

indwaller: inhabitant; resident

ingan: onion

ingate: access

ingether: collect

ingle: room fire

inklin: illusion; hint; rumour

inpit: give occupancy to tenant; insert; contribution

insteid; instead

intimmers: internal organs; stomach and bowels; internal workings; mechanism

inver: river mouth

ither: other

jaggie: prickly

jaikit: jacket

jalouse: conjecture; imagine; suspect

Janwar: January

jaur: jar

jeelie: jelly; jam

jimp: shorter; close fitting; short; slender; neat

joco: jovial; merry; cheerful; pleased with oneself

johnnie-aw-thing: small general merchant

jorum: a generous quantity of liquid, usually alcoholic

joug: jug; mug

jouk: to duck; elude; side step; swerve

joukerie-pawkerie: roguery; trickery

juist: just

juist that: precisely; quite so

jurmummle: mix up

jyle: jail; prison

kail: soup

kail-pat: soup pot

kaim: comb

kebbuck : cheese

keckle: cackle; giggle; titter

keckle-up: perk up

keek : to glance ; to peep

keek-o-day: dawn

keekin-gless: mirror

kelpie: a water demon, usually in the form of a horse which is said to haunt rivers and fords, and lure the unwary to their deaths

ken: know; recognise

kenspeckle: easily recognizable; conspicuous, familiar

Killie: Killmarnock Football Club

kiltie: wearer of the kilt

kinch: loop; noose; problem

kinrick: kingdom; realm

kintra: country; district; region

kirk: church

Kirkcaddie: Kirkcaldy

kirsten: christen

kist: box; coffin; corn bin; the thorax

kist o drawers: chest of drawers

kithend: generation

kittlie: easily tickled

kittlin: kitten

knappie: lumpy; bumpy

kyte: abdomen; stomach

laddie: boy

lae/lat alane: leave undisturbed

laft: attic

laich: low

lair-stane: tombstone

lairge: large; lavish; numerous; plentiful

laldie: a beating; a drubbing; a thrashing; punishment

Lammas: Term starting on 1st August

lan: land; tenement building

lang: long; tall

lang-nebbit: nosy

lang oor: midnight

langsyne: days of long ago; long ago

lappert: curdled

larick: larch

lat: let

lat flee: hurl

lave: rest; remainder

lawin: bill; reckoning; retribution

lealtie: loyalty

learn: instruct; teach

lee-lang: livelong

leerie: lamplighter

len: loan

lether: ladder

licks: thrash; defeat; surpass; corporal punishment; chastisement

lift: sky

link at: act energetically towards

links: sandy, bent-covered shore; sausages tied together

linn: cliff over which water falls; waterfall

lintie: linnet

lippen fou: full to the brim

loch: lake

lown: calm; peace

lowp: leap; start; throb

lowpin-on-stane: stone block to assist riders

lowsin tyme: end of day's work

lum: chimney

lunt: kindle; blaze; smoke a pipe

lyart: grizzled; grey

ma: my

mae: more; extra

maik: halfpenny

mair: extra; more

maist: most

mait: meat; food

makar: poet

mask: brew ; infuse

maskin-pat: teapot

mauna: may not

meedies: meadow; piece of marshy grassland

meenit: minute

mell: mallet

mennen: minnow

mense: commonsence; courtesy; respect; propriety

mercat: market; market transaction

merle: blackbird

messages: shop purchases

micht : might; power

mim/mim-moud: prim; affected in speech

mingin: having a bad smell; stinking; very drunk

minnie: mother

mirk: darken; blur; darkness; dark

mirkness: darkness

misert: miser; miserly

misgate: wrong course of action

mish-mash: mix-up

mishanter: accident ; calamity ; mischance

misken: misunderstand; spurn

mislippen: mistrust: overlook; betray

mither: mother

mither-leid: native tongue

moanin-minnie: complainer

moch: moth

mochie: clammy; rotting

moggan: stocking

mools: earth; grave

mou: mouth

muckle: a great deal; big; much

mune : moon

munelich : moonlight

musardrie: poetry

mutch: woman's cap

naither: neither

nane : none

near-haun: close at hand

neb: beak; nose; tip; prow

nebbie: inquisitive

neibour: to be situated near; neighbour

neipheid: stupid person

neuk: a corner; a recess; an alcove

nicht: night

nickum: scamp; rogue; mischievous boy

nieve: clench fist; fist

niffer: bargain; exchange; trade

nipscart: miser

nirlin: keen; nipping

nizzart: sharp-faced person

no weill: ill

nocht: nothing

norlan: northern

nou: now

nummer: number

nurl: become lumpy

nurlie: lumpy; uneven

nyaff: contemptible person ; trifle

oncost: outlay

on-ding: downpour ; onset ( of rain )

onie: any

oniething: anything

oniewhaur: anywhere

ontakkin: undertaking

onwart: orward

oo: wool

oo-mull: tweed mill

oorlich: raw, of weather

ooze: fluff

ordinar/ornar: ordinary

orp: fret, grumble, complain in a peevish way

orra: abnormal; peculiar; occasional; miscellaneous; shabby; vagrant

orra man: odd job man

ouk: week

out-the-road: remote

outbrak: outburst; eruption

outin: excursion; jaunt

outpit: expenditure

owrance: supremacy

owre: over

owreset: translate

owrethraw: overthrow

oxter: take by the arm; elbow; embrace; armpit

painch: paunch; stomach

Paip: Pope

pairt: part; share

paiter: chatter; indulge in monologue; chatter on endlessly

palin: fence

palin stab: fence post

parkie: public park attendant

parritch: porridge

partan: crab

pat: pot

pawkie : astute; guileful

peakit: gaunt; thin

pease - brose: porridge of ground pea flour

pech: gasp; pant; puff

Pecht: Pict

pee-the-bed: dandelion

peelie / peelie-wallie: delicate; sickly.

peenge: whine; complain; whimper

peenie: pinafore

peerie: spinning top

peesie/peesweep: peewit; lapwing

peevers : hopscotch

pendicler: the tennant of a Pendicle; a smallholder

penny wheep: weak ale

pent: paint

perjink : nicety; fastidious person; fastidious; precise; prim

philabeg: kilt

pickle: indefinate amount; a little

piece: a snack

pig: stone hot water bottle

pinkie: little finger

pirn: bobbin; reel; spool; top made with a bobbin; cotton reel

pirn-taed: pigeon toed

pit: put

pit-by: hoard; tide-over; expedient; light meal

pit-on: pretend; pretence

plackless: pennieless

plattit: pleated; woven

pliskie: prank; trick; wild idea

plot: sweat; swelter

plottin het: scaulding hot

plouk: pimple; postule; blotch

ploukie: pimply

ploy: escapade; joke; undertaking; social gathering

plunk: be absent

plunk the schuil: be absent from school without leave; play truant

poke: bag

polis: police

pow: head; scalp

pownie: pony

powter: work aimlessly

pouch: pocket

pouther: powder

precentor: conductor of singing

preen: pin

preses: chairman ; president

prig: beg; bargain contentiously; entreat; insist

primsie: demure; priggish; strait-laced

puggy: monkey

puggy-nit: peanut

puir: poor

puirtith: poverty

pynt: point

quaich: a drinking cup

quakin-quaw: quagmire

quall: quell; be quelled

quattin-tyme: end of day's work

quean: girl

raip : rope

rair: roar

ramgunshoch: bluff in manner; boorish

rammy: disturbance; free-for-all; violent disturbance; scuffle; uproar

ramstam: rush headlong; headstrong person; headstrong; rash

ravel: tangle; outwit; ramble in speech; confused in speech

rax: extend; stretch by pulling; sprain; wrench

rax for: reach for

redd: clean up; set in order; disentangle.

reglar: regular; regularly

reid: red

reik: smoke; vapour

reiver: robber; cattle raider

rejyce: rejoyce ; triumph

remeid: redress; remedy

resurrector: body-snatcher

reteir: retire; withdraw

retour: return; return journey

richt: right

richtfu: rightfull

rigbane: backbone

rin: run

rive: rend; rip; wrench; burst; grapple; tear; split

road: direction; route; method

roch: rough

rouser: watering can

rowan: mountain ash

rowe: enfold; roll; twine

rowp: auction

rowth: abundance; abundant

rug: drag; tug; twinge

rummle-gumption: understanding; common-sense; level-headedness

rug at the hert: touch the heart

sab: sob; weep; drip; seep

saft: soft

saicont: second

sair: sore; dire; severe; grief-stricken

sair trachle: laborious work

sait: chair; seat

sang: song

sangschaw: music festival

saum: a psalm

saumon: salmon

saut: salt

sax: six

scabbert: scabbard

scad: burn; scauld; scorch

scaffie: dustman; road sweeper

scaurie: young gull with brown speckled feathers

scheme: estate ( of housing )

schuil: school

sclim: climb

scowder: thin covering of snow

scowth: room; scope; freedom

scrape o the pen: letter

scrieve : write

scrimpit: frugal; undersized

scug: hide; lurk; skulk; shelter; shield; protect

scunner: cause/ get feeling of aversion; surfeit; aversion; loathing; nausea; nuisance

scutter: work dirtily; dirty, slovenly work; dawdle; waste time

seck: dismiss from job; sack

seelfu: sweet

semmit: vest

shae: shoe

shae-spune: shoehorn

shairp: sharp; frosty

shak: shake

shalla: shallow

shammie-leggit: bandy-legged

shargar: a puny, weakly person; the weakest of a brood or litter

shauchle: shuffle; shambe; tumbledown object

shed: divide; part hair; slice; parting of hair

sheen: gleam; glitter; shine

sheugh: trench; ditch; gutter

shewster: seamstress

shilfa: chaffinch

shooglie: shaky; unsteady

shouder/shouther: shoulder

shouer: shower

shilpit: emaciated; puny; shrunken

sib: kin; akin; related

siccar: fix firmly; sure; staunch; true; loyal; resolute

sicht: sight

siller: silver; money

simmer: summer

size: chives

skail : disperse; scatter; spill

skaillie-brod: writing slate

skailin time: time for closing; shutting time

skair: share

skeilie: capable; shrewd; skilful

skeldock: wild mustard

skelf: a sliver; splinter

skellum: rogue; worthless fellow

skiffie: give a clue; indication of direction

skirlie / skirlie-i-the-pan: oatmeal and onions fried in suet or dripping

skirps: splashes or drip marks

skitie: slippery

skoosh: (cause to) gush in spurts or splashes; squirt; (of solid objects) dart; glide or move rapidly with a swishing sound; a splash; spurt; jet (of water); lemonade or other aerated water

slaister: bedaub; do messy work; work done dirtily

slaiver: dribble; slobber; talk nonsense; saliva

slap: gap in wall; pass between hills; gate

slauchter: slaughter

slocken: quench

slorach: beslobber; behave sentimentally; slopy mess

smeddum: pith; vigour; animation; drive; spirit

smirr: drizzle

snash: insult; sneer; speak impertinently; abuse; impertinence

snaw: snow

snaw-bree: slush

sned: chop off; prune; castrate

snell: cold; biting, of wind; sharp

snell-gabbit: sharp-tongued

snell-nebbit: astute

sodger: soldier

souk: suck; dry up; lap; quagmire; whirlpool; sychophant

sour douk: sour milk

soutar: cobbler; shoemaker

spail: splinter; shaving

specks: spectacles

speir: ask; investigate; ask in marriage; inquiry; investigation

speldrin: gutted, split and dried (or smoked) fish

speug: sparrow

spital: hospice; hospital

spleuchan: purse; tobacco pouch

splore: frolic; carouse; prank; exploit; outing

spring: cheerful tune; reel

spurtle: porridge stick

stap: stop; step

starn: star; pupil of eye

staun : stand; last; afford; goods stall

staw: dislike; disgust

stell: still for distillation

stell-net: salmon net on stakes

stert: start

stey: steep

stick in: persist

stirup-dram: parting drink

stoit/stoiter: reel; stagger

stop: dwell; remain; lodge

stotter: move unsteadily

stoun: ache; throb

stour: dust

stourie: dusty; stormy

stowlins: secretly; staethily

strae: straw

stramash: smash; fuss; squabble; brawl

strang: strong

streitch: stretch; distance; extent; spell; turn

stushie: squabble; tumult

styte: balderdash; nonsence

subscribent: subscriber

Suddron/ Suthron: the English language; English; southern

suithfast: true; faithful

swalla/swallie: swallow, the bird

swythe : speedy; speedily

sybie: a spring onion

syke: ditch; gutter; stream that drys up in the summer

syne: rinse ; wash superficially

syne doun: wash down food with drink

sypit: soaked

syver: a drain; a gutter; a sink

tae: toe; tine

taigle: delay; detain; harass; hinder; entangle

tairt: tart

tak: take

tak lowe: catch fire

tap: top

tappit-hen: whisky decanter topped with a hen's comb

tapsalteerie: topsy-turvey ; chaotic

tash: soil; fray; stain

tassie: cup; goblet

tattie: potato

tattie-beetil: potato masher

tawse: fibrous root; strap

teet-meet: a low muttered conversation; a whispering together

tellt: told

tent: listen to; notice; care for; attention

tentless: careless; inattentive; thoughtless

teuch: tough

The Bairns: Falkirk Football Club; the inhabitants of Falkirk

The Blue Brazil: Cowdenbeath Football Club

The Buddies: St Mirren Football Club

The Bully Wee: Clyde Football Club

the day: today

The Dons: Aberdeen Football Club

The Fife/Fifers: East Fife Football Club

The Gable Endies: Montrose Football Club

The Gers: Rangers Football Club

the lenth o: as far as

the nou: just now

The Pars: Dunfermline Football Club

The Shire: East Stirlingshire Football Club

the wale o: the pick of

The Well: Motherwell Football Club

theevil: porridge stick

thesaurer: treasurer

thirl: bind; enslave

thole: endure; undergo; permit

thoum: thumb

thrawn: stubborn; surly; disobedient; adverse

threip: assert dogmatically; complain; harp; assertion; argument

thrissle: thistle

thunner: thunder

thunner-plump: sudden downpour

tint: lost

tirran: tyrant; cantankerous, awkward, or obstinate person; tearaway

tirrivee: bustle; tantrum; rage

toorie: woollen bonnet

toun: town; farm; hamlet

tow: hemp fibre; string; rope

towmond: year

tozie: muddles; half-drunk; tipsy; drowsily warm/snug

trews: close fitting tartan trousers

trig: tidy up; neat; smart; attractive

trowe: roll; spin/cause to spin; trundle

tummle: tumble

tung-tackit: tongue-tied

twa: two

twa-thrie: a few

tyauve: struggle

tyauve-throu: survive

tyke: dog; cur; mongrel; rustic fellow

tyne: lose; miss a target; forfeit; perish

unce: ounce

unkent: unfamiliar

unnerstaun: understand

unsiccar: unsafe; undependable

unsocht: uninvited

unwycelike: indiscreet

unyirdlie: unearthly; supernatural

upby: up the road; up yonder

uptak: preoccupy; understand; intelligence

usquebae: whisky

vacancy : holiday

vauntie: conceited; jaunty; showy

veesion: vision

veesit: visit

vennel: passage/ lane between houses

verra: very

virr: energy; force; industry; vigour

vizzy-hole: peep-hole

vocable: word

vogie: boastful; elated; imposing

vratch: wretch

vrocht: worked hard

wabbit: exhausted

wabsteid: website

wabster: weaver

wae: woe

waefu/ waesome: woeful

wag-at-the-wa / waggettie-wa: wall-clock (with uncased pendulum)

wale: choose; select

wallie-dug: china dog

wanchancie: ill-fated ; risky

wanhope: dispair

wanluck: misfortune

wanpeace: strife

warld: world

warld's gear: wordly wealth

warsle throu: overcome adversity

watergaw: indistinct rainbow

wather: weather

wauchle: shamble; stagger; tire; perplex; laborious effort

wauken: arose; awake

waukrife: sleepless; vigilent

waur: defeat; worst; parry

wean: child; infant

weary on: desire; long for

wee: small; young; mean

wee-yin: child

wee pickle: small amount

weem: cave; tunnel

weill: well

weill-hertit: good hearted; optimistic

weir: war

weir: wear

weird-fu: fateful

weir-hairness: armour

weit: wet, irrigate; moisture

weive; knit

Wensday: Wednesday

wersh: ( of food and drink ) tasteless; insipid; unpalatable

wey: way

wheemer: mutter

wheesht: hush

whit: what

whusk: whisk

whyles: now and then; sometimes

widdershins: anticlockwise ; backwards

wik: week

willie-waucht: large draught of liquor

winna: shall not; won't

winnock bunker: window seat

wittinsblad : newspaper

wrack-wuid: drift-wood

wraith: wreath

wrang: injure; error; wrong

wricht : carpenter; joiner

wunner: wonder

wynd: lane between houses

wyte: blame; impute blame or guilt to ( a person or thing ); accuse a ( person ) of responsibility for something

wyteless: blameless; innocent

wyver: spider

yaised tae: inured to

yak: ache

yallochie: yellowish

yammer: fret; complain; outcry; whine; whimper; lamentation; grouse

yatter: chatter

yavil: second; field under oats for second year

yella/yalla: yellow

yella yite: yellow hammer

yersel: yourself

yestreen: yesterday evening

yett: gate

yeukie-bane: funny bone

yill: ale

yince: once

yird/yirth: earth

yirk: jerk

yokie: itchy

yondmaist: furthes

yorlin: yellow hammer

yowdendrift: snow driven by wind

yowie: fir cone

yow-trummle: cold weather after sheep shearing

yule: Christmas

yule E'en: Christmas Eve