A wee Scots wordlist
Stuart Savory, 25/1/2004
agait : (adverb) in motion
agnat : (noun) a relative on the father's side
bask : (adj) unpleasant/distasteful
brastle : (vi) work hurriedly/exert oneself
caduac : (n) a windfall/an accidental gain
coorse : (adj) wicked/naughty
didderums : (n) half-baked ideas
duntibour : (n) term of abuse for women
earock : (n) young hen/pullet
faikin : (adj) deceitful
fum : (n) a big fat dirty woman
gledge : (vi/n) glimpse/ look sidelong
gowp : (vi) beat strongly/throb
hishie : (n) a whisper
houxie : (interj) a call to a cow
hytegae : (v) go mad with passion/ fly into a hysterical state
indult : (n) a special permission (esp. one granted by the Pope)
inwart : (adj) on intimate terms
jirg : (vi) to make a squelching sound
jute : (n) bad whisky/ now any insipid drink
kenspeckle : (adj) easily recognised
kensy : (n) term of abuse for a man
lerb : (vti) to slobber
loorach : (n) a trollop
manky : (adj) spoiled/of poor quality
misguggle : (vt) to hande roughly
niffer : (vt) to haggle/to barter
nourice : (n) a wet-nurse
ogertfu : (adj) dainty/affected
oozlie : (adj) slovenly /unkempt/ dirty
partle : (vti) to waste time / work in a half-hearted way
peronall : (n) a wanton woman / a harlot
queem : (adj) close- or well-fitting
ramgunshoch : (adj) rude and boorish
ray : (n) a king, used as an ironical term for a man
ree : (adj) tipsy/drunk
rush : (vti) to court a girl
sculduddery : (n) fornication
scowper : (n) a dancer
shue : (vti) to sway backwards and forwards
skleush : (vti) to walk in a leg-weary manner/to shuffle
splunt : (vti) to go wooing or courting
tappietourie : (n) a knob on top of something
thrammle : (vti) to grope in an awkward way
toupie : (n) a knob on top of something
tuip : (n) a ram, thus a disparaging term for a man
upfesh : (n) rearing and training of young people
ure : (n) the udder
veeand : (adj) lacking common sense
victogall : (n) a collector of tribute/taxman
waddinbraws : (n) Wedding clothes (e.g. Kilt & Dagger)
whaisk : (vi) tp breathe with difficulty / wheeze
wizzy : (vi) to urinate
yferis : (adv) together
yove : (vi) to talk in a rambling way
zeendi : (n) one (a sheep-counting numeral)
