Word origins

• agleyWrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
• allenarlySolely; only.
• anawand all; as well
• antrinStrange, rare, unusual.
• averincloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus.
• bairnhoodThe quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood
• bawbeeA coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
• begruttenShowing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
• blateBashful, sheepish.
• bogletA small patch of boggy ground.
• bougarA rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
• brairdThe first shoots of grass or crops.
• buirdlySturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.
• bytimeA period of leisure; spare time
• ca cannyTo go carefully or slowly; to take care.
• ca' cannyEngaging in go-slow as part of an industrial dispute.
• cantripA spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
• carnaptiousbad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
• chieldA man; a fellow, chap.
• chunderVomit.
• cleadingA cover to prevent heat radiation from a boiler, cylinder, etc. of a steam engine.
• cleckTo hatch (a bird); (colloquial) to give birth to (a person).
• cloorTo claw, scratch.
• clootieA piece of rag.
• clourA field.
• clyackCompletion of the harvest season, harvesting the last sheaf of grain.
• coorieTo crouch, stoop down.
• craig flounderA flatfish of the North Atlantic, witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus).
• crameA merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
• crineTo wither, wilt, shrivel.
• crivvensAn exclamation of astonishment or horror.
• crottleAny of various lichens gathered for dyeing, especially those of the genus Parmelia.
• cruiveA kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.
• curchA square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
• curmurTo murmur or rumble.
• dammishto stun, to stupefy
• dauncySick; delicate.
• doocotdovecote
• drantTo drawl; to drone.
• dredgeboatA boat used in dredging
• dreepTo lower oneself from a height and drop the remaining distance.
• dreichExtending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
• drookedDrenched, soaked.
• fankleTo tangle or entangle.
• feezeA state of worry or alarm.
• fendycunning, shifty
• feuarOne who holds a feu.
• forgatherTo assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
• gaberlunzieA licensed beggar.
• glaikitSenseless; silly, foolish.
• glamourymagic
• gleyA type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
• glunchTo look sullen or glum; to frown
• groakTo stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
• gumphA foolish person; a gump.
• guttleOften followed by down or up: to swallow (something) greedily; to gobble, to guzzle.
• halesomewholesome, healthy
• healsomeWholesome; healthful.
• hiddleA hiding-place; a sheltered spot.
• hot pinta drink made from boiling beer to which is added nutmeg, eggs, sugar and whiskey; drunk during first footing.
• howfA frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
• hurkleTo draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold.
• hurkle-durkleTo lounge in bed for an excessive period of time; to bed rot.
• ithergateselsewhere
• jarpThe act of knocking one's pace egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries.
• jiggery-pokeryTrickery or misrepresentation.
• kirkedHaving attended church for the first time after a wedding, birth, or other significant event.
• kludgieA toilet.
• knaggieA small wooden drinking vessel with an upright handle
• kokkalooriecommon daisy (Bellis perennis)
• laldyA beating; a thrashing; a drubbing.
• lang may yer lum reekUsed to wish someone well, especially as a drinking toast or a farewell.
• malagrugrousDismal; gloomy; grim; forbidding.
• menselessdestitute of grace, propriety, or moderation; uncivil; immoderate
• mirligoesDizziness; lightheadedness.
• mirrie dancersthe northern lights
• nuckelaveeAn aquatic horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology, said to cause droughts and epidemics and to harm crops and animals.
• papingoparrot (bird)
• pernicketyFussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
• roopitHoarse; husky.
• RuglonianA native or inhabitant of Rutherglen in Scotland.
• sarkitclothed
• sclaffA poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.
• scyeAn armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking.
• shielingAn area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.
• sibnessKinship.
• skeoA fisherman's hut in Orkney.
• spadgerA sparrow.
• spaeTo divine; foretell.
• spaemanprophet; diviner
• spaewifefemale fortuneteller
• spurtleEither of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.
• stawsomeDisgusting, repugnant to the taste or appetite; sickening.
• stooshieThe disruption caused by a disagreement or misunderstanding.
• stravaigTo stroll or wander aimlessly on (a road, etc.); to ramble.
• tadgerA penis.
• tattie cakeSynonym of tattie scone.
• tattie sconeA scone made from mashed, boiled potatoes and flour, often baked in a large circular shape on a griddle and cut into slices for serving; it may be eaten as an accompaniment to savoury food such as bacon, fried eggs, and Lorne sausage, or with jam.
• teindA tithe.
• toddickA dish upon which the miller's share was measured as compensation for milling the farmer's meal.