The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 37 pages of information about The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots.

The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 37 pages of information about The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots.

I ilk, ilka, each. ingans, onions. ingle, fire. intil, into.  I’se, I. iver, ever.

J joukery-pawkery, trickery. jucks, ducks. juist, just.

K kebbuck, cheese. keepit, kept. kens, knows. kent, knew. kentna, did not know. keppit, met. kilmarnock, a night cap. kimmer, gossip (Fr. commere). kin’, kind. kinkhoast, whooping-cough. kin’liest, kindliest. kintraside, countryside. kirk, church, kist, chest. kists o’ whistles, organs. knock, clock.

L langer, longer. lang-leggit, long-legged. lappers, clots. lat, let. lauchin’, laughing. lave, the rest. law-wer, lawyer. lear, lore, knowledge. learnin’, teaching. leear, liar. leech, physician. lees, lies. leggit, legged. leuch, laughed. libel, label. licht, light. lichtsome, cheerful. lilt, a cheerful air. linkit, linked, united. littlens, children. losh, an exclamation, corruption of Lord. losh keep’s, Lord keep us. loup, jump. loupin’, jumping. lowsed, stopped working, loosened. lum-hat, silk hat. lum-hattit, silk-hatted.

M maist, most. makar, poet. mannie, diminutive of man. mells, mallets, mauls. menners, manners. middenheid, top of the dunghill. miracklous, miraculous, very drunk. mirk, darkness. mischanters, misfortunes. mischeef, mischief. morn’s morn, to-morrow morning. mou, mouth. mows, jest; nae mows, no joke. muckle, big. mune, moon.

N naethin’, nothing. narra’, narrow; narra’ i’ the swalla’, narrow-throated. neeps, turnips. neist, next. nesty, nasty. nice, particular. nieves, fists. nirled, shrunken with age. nocht, naught. nosey-wax, a nobody (expression of contempt). nott, needed. no-weel, unwell.

O Ony, any. orra, odd. owre, over. oxter, the armpit.

P palmer, to wander. parritch, porridge. pawky, shrewd. pechin’, panting. pen-gun, pop-gun; to crack like a pen-gun, to be very loquacious. pit, put. pleugh, plough. pooched, pocketed. poopit, pulpit. poother, powder. precentor, leader of psalmody. pree, taste. puddens, bowels. pu’in’, pulling.

Q
quate, quiet.

R rackit, stretched, sprained. rale, real. ravel’t, confused. reid, red. reid-heidit, red-headed. richt, right. rife, common, widespread. riggin’, ridge of a house. rivin’, tearing. rizzon, reason. roondit, rounded. roup, sale. row, roll, wrap up. rout, roar. rubbin’-post, post for cattle to rub against. ruggit, pulled roughly. runt, an old hag.

S sair, sore. sair’d, served. sark, shirt. sassenach, Saxon, Southron. saugh, willow. saut, salt. sax, six. scartit, scratched. scunnert, disgusted to the verge of nausea. shakers, pit the shakers on me, set me trembling with fear. shauchle, shamble, walk in a shuffling manner. shoon, shoes. shouther, shoulder. sib, related, like. sic, such. siccar, sure. sicht, sight. sichtit, sighted. siller, money. sin, since. sinon, sinew; wi’ a gey teuch sinon in your neck, possessed of good stamina. skaith, harm. skeely, skilful. sklimmin’, climbing. slocken, quench, allay. smeddum, spirit, mettle.

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