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- a
- a
- able
- (y)able
- accept
- accep(t)
- accident
- accident, stramash
- account
- acoont
- address
- address, bides
- aeroplane
- airieplane
- after
- efter
- afternoon
- efternuin
- afraid
- feart
- again
- agane
- against
- agin, conter
- age
- age
- ago
- (sin)syne
- agree
- gree
- air
- air
- airport
- airieport
- all
- aw, aa
- allow
- alloo, lat#
- almost
- amaist
- alone
- alane, his/her/its etc lane
- already
- awreddie(s)
- also
- an aw, forby
- altogether
- a(w)thegither
- always
- aye(weys), still an on
- amaze
- dumfooner
- among
- amang
- amuse, to
- divert
- and
- an, and (emphatic)
- angry
- bealin
- animal
- baist
- annoy, inconvenience
- fash
- another
- anither
- answer
- ans(w)er
- any
- onie
- anyone
- oniebodie, emdy
- anywhere
- oniegate, onieroad
- arrive
- arreeve, win at
- art
- airt
- as
- as/is, in
- as well
- an aw, forby
- ask (enquire)
- speir at
- ask for
- seek
- at
- at/it
- at all
- at aw, ava
- avoid
- jouk, miss
- away
- awa, hyne, yont
- awkward
- fykie, ackwart
- attention, pay
- tak tent o
- bad
- baud, ill
- bad-tempered
- crabbit
- bag
- poke
- ball
- ba(w)
- bank
- baunk
- bath
- bath
- bathe
- dook
- be
- be#
- beach
- stran, stron
- beautiful
- bonnie, braw
- because
- cause, kis
- become
- turn, git
- bed
- bed
- beer
- beer
- before
- afore, or, gin
- begin
- stairt, yoke tae
- behind
- ahin(t)
- believe
- believe, doot, hae
- below
- (in) ablo(w)
- beneath
- aneath
- between
- atween
- bicycle
- bicycle
- big
- muckle
- bill
- lawin
- black
- bleck
- bloke, guy etc
- chiel, carl
- blue
- bew, blae
- boat
- bait
- bold, cheeky
- gallus
- book
- buik
- boot
- bit
- born
- born
- bottle
- bo(a)ttle
- boss, gaffer
- heid bummer
- both
- baith
- bottom
- boddam, bahookie
- box
- bo(a)x, kistie
- boy
- lad, laddie, loon
- break
- brek, brak#
- bridge
- brig
- bright
- bricht
- bring
- bring#, fess/fesh#
- brother
- brither
- brown
- broon
- build
- big
- building
- biggin
- bus
- bus
- business
- business
- busy
- thrang
- but
- bit, but (emphatic)
- buy
- coff
- cafe
- cafe
- call (eg phone)
- caw
- call (name)
- cry
- camera
- camera
- can (be able)
- can, dow
- car
- caur
- careful
- carefu, cannie
- carry
- cairrie, humf (heavy)
- card
- caird, (playing) cairt
- cat
- cheet
- certain
- sicker
- chair
- cheer
- change
- chynge
- cheap
- chape
- chemist
- chemist, droggist
- cheque
- cheque
- child
- bairn, wean
- choice
- chice, wale
- church
- kirk
- cigarette
- cigarette
- class
- cless
- clean, to
- claen, thorow
- clear
- clair
- clever
- gleg, clivver, smairt
- climb
- (s)clim#, speil
- clock
- knock, cloak
- close, to
- steek
- clothes
- claes
- coat
- cot
- cold
- caul(d)
- collect, pick up
- uplift
- colour
- colour
- come, to
- come#
- comfortable
- bien
- complain
- girn, compeen
- complete
- hail, fair
- conspicuous
- kenspeckle
- continue
- cairrie on, conteena
- conversation
- crack, cantation
- cook
- cuik, ready
- corner
- gushet, neuk
- correct
- correck
- cost
- chairge
- count
- coont
- country
- kintra, countra
- cover, to
- hap, kivver
- cry (weep), to
- greet#
- cup
- cup/cap, biccar
- cut
- cut, coll
- damage
- skaith
- dangerous
- unchancie
- dare
- daur
- dark
- derk, mirk
- daughter
- dochter, lass(ie)
- day
- day
- dear (cost)
- saut
- decide, to
- deceed
- defend, to
- fen(d), weir
- dentist
- dentist
- depart, leave
- depairt, gang oot, tak the gate
- descend
- gang doun
- desire, to
- wiss, ettle efter, seek tae
- dictionary
- dictionar
- die, to
- dee
- different
- unalik(e)
- dinner
- denner
- direction
- airt
- dirty
- cla(i)rtie
- distance
- lenth
- divide
- pairt, sinder
- do, to
- dae#
- doctor
- doactrr
- dog
- dug
- door
- door
- down
- doon
- dress, to
- hap, dress, busk
- dress
- dress, outrig
- drink
- drink (etc)
- drop
- drap
- dry
- dry, hask (etc)
- dreary
- dreich
- during
- throu
- duty, tax
- stent
- dust
- stoor
- each, every
- ilka
- early
- airlie
- ear
- lug
- eat
- aet# (etc)
- empty
- tuim, empie
- end
- en(d)
- engine
- ingine
- engineer
- ingineer
- English
- Inglish, Southron, Sassenach
- enough
- eneuch
- enter, to
- enter, intil
- entrance
- ingang, entry
- equal
- aqual
- evening
- eenin
- evening (early)
- forenicht
- everything
- a(w)thing
- everywhere
- a(w) roads, a(w) wey
- excellent
- gran, rerr, braw
- exceptional
- byordinar, walie
- exchange
- chynge
- excuse
- excaise
- exercise
- exerceese
- exit
- outgang
- expensive
- saut
- extremely
- unco, sair, terrible
- eye
- ee (pl een)
- face
- face
- fall
- faw#
- family
- faimlie
- far
- faur
- fast
- fest
- fat
- creesh, bowsie
- father
- faither, fader
- fault
- faut, wyte
- feel
- fin masel
- fetch
- fess/fesh#
- few, a
- fyow, a wheen, puckle, fyow
- field
- pairk
- fight
- fecht#
- fill, to
- fou, prime
- film
- film
- find, to
- fin#
- fine
- braw, gey
- finish
- feenish
- fire
- fire, lowe
- fix (put)
- stell
- fix (repair)
- sort
- flight
- flicht
- floor
- flair
- flower
- flooer
- fly
- flee
- follow
- follae
- food
- fuid, mait
- fool, idiot
- coof, gowk, eidjit, gomeral
- foolish
- glaikit, gowpit
- foot
- fit
- football
- fitba(w)
- for
- fur
- forget
- forget
- free
- free, quat o
- fresh
- caller
- friend
- freen
- fright
- fricht
- from
- frae/fae
- fruit
- fruit
- full
- fou
- fuss
- stushie, carfuffle, palaver
- future, the
- oncome, further
- game
- gemm
- garage
- garage
- garden
- gairden
- get
- git#, fess/fesh#
- gift
- mindin, praisent
- girl
- lass, lassie, quine
- give
- gie#
- glad
- gled, blithe
- glasses
- glesses
- glove
- gluive
- go
- gang, gae#
- gold
- gowd
- good
- guid, nae baud
- grateful to
- thankfou tae
- great
- gret, muckle
- group
- curn, boorach
- guess, reckon
- jalouse
- hand
- haun
- happen
- happen
- happy
- blithe
- harbour
- herbour
- hard
- haird, sair
- hat
- hat, bunnet (etc)
- have
- hae#
- head
- hied, powe
- healthy
- weel
- hear
- hear
- heart
- hert
- heavy
- hivvie
- help
- help, gie a haun ti
- here
- here
- hesitate
- swither
- high
- heich
- hight
- hicht
- hill
- brae, ben, hull
- hit
- dunt, ding
- hold
- haud
- holiday
- hoaliday
- home
- hame
- hope
- howp
- hospital
- hoaspital
- hot
- het
- hotel
- hotel/hottle
- hour
- our
- house
- hoose
- how
- hoo
- hungry
- hungert, tuim
- hunt, look for
- reenge, reeve
- hurry, to
- lick
- husband
- (guid)man
- if (condition)
- if
- if (conjecture)
- gin
- ill
- ull, nae weel
- immediately
- immedantlie, at yince, richt nou/awa
- important
- important
- in
- i(n)
- industrious
- eydent
- industry
- industry
- information
- wittins, speirins
- inside
- in o, inower
- insipid, dull
- fushionless
- intelligent
- mensefu
- interesting
- interestin
- jacket
- jaiket
- jeans
- denams
- jersey
- gansey
- join
- jine
- journey
- traivel, gang
- jump
- lowp#
- just
- jist
- keep
- kep, haud
- key
- key, check
- kind
- couthie, kin
- king
- keeng
- kiss
- kiss
- knife
- gullie, knife (k pronouncit)
- know
- ken
- lack, need
- want
- lady
- leddie
- lake
- loch
- language
- leid, langage
- large
- muckle
- last
- lest, hinmaist
- late (delayed)
- ahint
- laugh
- lauch#
- lawyer
- lawer
- lazy
- sweirt
- learn
- lairn
- leave
- lave
- left (eg side)
- car
- lend
- len
- less
- less
- let
- lat
- letter
- scrieve, scribe
- lie
- lee
- lie down
- lean
- light
- licht
- like
- lik(e)
- like, would
- fain
- liquid
- bree
- list
- leet
- little
- wee, sma(w)
- little, a
- a wee bit(tie)
- live
- leeve
- live in
- bide#, stey, dwal
- lively
- cantie
- long
- lang
- look
- luik
- look, peep, a
- keik
- lorry
- larrie
- lose
- tyne, lo(a)ss
- lost
- tint
- loud
- fell, lood
- love
- luve
- low
- laich, law
- mad
- gyte
- make
- mak
- make (compel)
- gar
- man
- man/mon, carl, cheil
- manner
- mainner, wey
- many
- monie, plenty
- map
- caird
- market
- mercat, mart
- match
- lunt
- medicine
- medicine
- meet
- meit in wi
- meeting
- forgaithern, tryst
- middle
- mid(s)
- might
- micht
- minute
- meenit
- mirror
- (seein/luikin)gless
- Mister (Mr.)
- Maister
- mistake
- mistak
- Misses (Mrs)
- Maistress, Missus
- modern
- modren
- money
- siller
- moon
- muin
- more
- mair
- morning
- mornin
- most
- maist
- mother
- mither
- motorway
- motorwey
- mountain
- muntain, ben
- mouth
- moo(th), gab(b)
- move
- muive
- move house
- flit
- move rapidly
- wheech
- much
- muckle, plenty, rowth o
- museum
- muiseum
- music
- muisic
- must
- maun
- name
- nem
- near
- nar
- neat
- nate, snod, trig
- necessary
- necessar
- need
- need, want
- never
- nivver
- new
- new
- next
- nixt/neist
- night
- nicht
- no
- naw, nae, na
- noise, sound
- soon
- none
- nane
- nonsense
- havers
- nose
- neb
- not
- no, nae
- nothing
- naethin
- now
- noo
- now, just
- the noo
- number
- nummer
- obtain
- obtern, git#
- of
- o
- off
- aff
- office
- office
- often
- aften
- oil
- ile
- old
- aul(d)
- old-fashioned
- auld-farrant
- on
- on/in
- once
- yince, aince, wance
- only
- ainlie
- open
- apen
- opposite
- forenent (prep), opposeet (adj)
- or
- or
- ordinary
- ordinar, oardinary
- other
- ither
- other, the
- the tither
- over
- ower
- owe
- awe
- package
- paircel
- paper
- paper
- park
- pairk
- part
- pairt
- pass (ie give)
- rax, see
- past, the
- bygane
- path
- pad, gate
- pay
- pey
- pen
- pen
- pencil
- pincil
- people
- fowk
- perhaps
- aiblins, mibbie
- permit
- lat, leave
- person
- bodie
- persuade
- perswad
- petrol
- petrol
- photograph
- photie
- picture
- picter
- piece
- bittie
- place
- steid, spat
- play
- play
- please
- please
- pleased
- joco, fair awa wi
- point
- pint
- police(man)
- polis(man)
- police station
- polis station
- politician
- politeecian
- poor
- puir
- possible
- posseeble
- post office
- post-office
- postcard
- post-caird
- pound (�)
- poon(d)
- pound (lb)
- pun
- prefer
- lik better
- prepare
- redd, graith
- price
- price
- private
- private
- probable
- lik
- problem, hassle
- hechle, kinch
- profession
- profeesion
- programme
- program
- promise
- hecht
- pull
- pou
- put
- pit#, stell
- puzzled
- bamboozilt
- quality
- quality
- question
- spier, quaistion
- quick
- swith
- quiet
- quate
- rain
- rain (etc)
- read
- reid
- ready
- ready
- receive
- raiceive
- reception
- raiception
- red
- reid
- refuse (to do)
- renaig, refuise
- regret
- rue
- reluctant
- sweir, thrawn
- remember
- mind o
- repeat
- rane
- reply
- repone
- report
- report
- responsible
- responseeble
- rest, to
- rist
- rest, the
- lave
- restaurant
- restaurant
- return
- retour, come hame, gie back
- rich
- gaithert
- ride (eg in a car)
- hurl
- right
- richt
- river
- river, watter
- road
- gate, road
- room
- room
- room (bed)
- chaumer
- round
- roon
- rubbish bin
- bucket
- run
- rin#
- sad
- dowf, dowie
- salt and pepper
- saut an spice
- same
- samen
- save
- sauf, gaither
- say
- say#
- scheme, plan
- ploy
- school
- scuil
- sea
- sea
- seat
- sait
- see
- see~
- seem
- seem
- sell
- sell
- send
- sen
- serve
- ser, sair
- service
- sairvice, onwatin
- shake
- shak, shoogle
- shirt
- sark
- shoe
- shae (pl shuin)
- shop
- shop
- shopping
- messages
- short
- cuttie, jimpit
- show
- shaw
- shower
- shoor
- shut
- steek
- sick, unwell
- no weel, seeck
- sign
- seegnal
- silver
- siller
- since
- sine
- since then
- sinsine
- sing
- sing (etc)
- sister
- sister
- sit
- sit#
- sky
- lift
- sleep
- sleep
- slide
- skite
- slow
- slaw
- small
- sma(w), wee
- snow
- snaw
- so
- sae, that (eg A wis that wabbit)
- soap
- saip
- soft
- saft
- some
- some, a wheen o (things)
- sometimes
- whiles
- somone
- a bodie
- son
- sin/son, lad(die)
- song
- sang
- soon
- suin
- sore
- sair
- speak
- speak#
- square
- squerr
- squint, awry
- agley, skellie
- stairs
- stair
- stamp
- stamp
- stand
- staun#
- start
- stert, yoke tae
- station
- station
- stay
- stey, bide#
- steal
- pauchle, sneck
- step
- stap
- stop
- stap, stoap
- stop moving
- deval
- strange
- unco, fremmit, strynge
- street
- street, causey
- stretch
- rax (yersel), streetch
- strong
- strang
- stubborn
- thrawn
- student
- student
- study
- study
- stuff
- gear, (ie material) graith
- sudden
- suddent
- sullen
- dour
- sun
- sin
- sure
- shair
- sweet
- hinnie, douce
- swim
- soom#, sweim#
- table
- buird
- take
- tak#
- talk, to
- blether, crack, gab
- talk nonsense, to
- haver
- taste, to
- pree
- taxi
- taxi
- tea
- tea/tae
- teach
- lairn, teach#
- teacher
- teacher, dominie
- tear
- teir#
- telephone
- telephone
- telephone, to
- caw
- television
- televeesion
- tell
- tell#
- tidy
- trig
- tidy up, to
- redd (up)
- than
- nor
- thank you
- thenk ye
- that
- tha(t), at, thon, yon
- the
- (th)e
- theatre
- theatre
- them
- thaim
- then
- than
- then (eg and then I..)
- syne
- there (is)
- therr
- therefore
- syne
- these
- thir, thae
- they
- they
- thin
- slink
- thing
- (t)hing
- think
- think#
- thirst(y)
- drooth(ie)
- those
- thae, thon, yon (yins)
- this
- this
- though
- thou
- throw
- thraw
- ticket
- ticket
- time
- time
- tip over, to
- cowp
- tired
- forfochen, lowsed, wabbit
- to
- ti/tae, til (before vowel)
- today
- the day
- toilet
- cludgie
- tolerate
- thole (wi)
- tomorrow
- the morn/morra
- tomorrow morning
- the morn's morn
- too (as well)
- tae, an aw
- too (much)
- ower (muckle)
- top
- tap
- tourist
- towerist
- towards
- athwart
- towel
- tooel, haun-cloot
- town
- toon
- traffic
- traffeck
- trousers
- breeks, troosers
- try, aim
- ettle
- turn
- birl
- ugly
- hackit
- unusual
- unco, byordinar
- up
- up
- uproar, disturbance
- stushie stramash, rammie
- use
- (n)yiss, (v)yaise
- very
- gey, verra, awfie, fair, richt
- wait
- wyte
- wake
- wauk
- walk
- traivel, shank it, dauner
- wall (ie of a buiding)
- wa(w)
- wall (ie on its own)
- dyke
- want
- wish, wint/wunt
- warm
- warm, het
- wash
- wash#
- water
- watter
- wear
- weir
- week
- week, wick, ook
- well
- weel
- well, as
- an aw
- wet
- wat/weet
- what
- whit
- whatever
- whitivvir
- when
- whan
- where
- whaur
- which?
- whit ane(s)?
- which
- (t)hat/at
- white
- white
- who
- wha, that (rel pron)
- whole
- hail
- why
- hoo, whit wey
- wide
- wide, braid
- wife
- wifie, wumman
- wind
- wun/win
- window
- winda(e)
- wise
- wice, lang heidit
- wish
- wiss, wish, want
- with
- wi
- without
- athoot, wi'oot
- woman
- wumman (pl weemen)
- wonder
- wunner
- wonder, a
- ferlie
- wood
- wuid
- word
- wird
- work
- wirk/wark#
- world
- warld
- worry, to
- fash yersel, wirry
- worse
- waur
- write
- scrieve, write#
- wrong
- wrang
- year
- year, towmond
- year, last
- fernyear
- yellow
- yella(e)
- yes
- ay
- yesterday
- yestreen
- you
- ye, (pl) yiz, youse
- young
- young
| Key | . |
| () | alternative spelling |
| / | alternative form |
| , | synonyms |
| # | irregular (strong) verb in Scots |
� Clive P L Young August 96
