Glossary of Scottish Dialect Terms

aye
always
bear'st the gree
carriest off the palm
birk
birch
birkie
foolish young fellow
braes
slopes
burnie
small stream
chiel
fellow
coof
fool, ninny
cranreuch cauld
sharp hoarfrost
daimen icker in a thrave
an odd ear of corn
dools
sorrows
doup
posteriors
een
eyes
fa'
have as one's lot
fash
trouble
fells
upland fields
foggage
coarse grass
frae
from
gaed
went
gang aft agley
often go wrong
gars
makes
gear
wealth
giglets keckle
giddy creatures laugh
gowan
daisy
gowd
gold
gree
prize
guide it cannie
use it carefully
guidman
farmer
hiney
honey
hing
hang
ilka
every
lave
remainder
laverocks
larks
linns
steep rocks
lintwhite
linnet
loup
leap
lugs
ears
merle
blackbird
mirk
dark
mools
mould
moorcock
grouse
no thy lane
not alone
pattle
plow-stick
rigs
ridges
shaws
groves
shill
shrill
snell
bitter
stang
sting
staw
stole
steeks his faulding slap
shuts his fold-gate
tentie
attentive
tentless
careless
thole
endure
towmond's
twelvemonth's
wauks
wakes
wist
knew