SCOTTISH LEXICON,

SCOTTISH LEXICON,
of words most met & needed.
Aiberdeen = Aberdeen
anither, anidder = another
auld, owld, ald, aild &c = old
birk = birch
callan1, calland &c, cullan = 1. a customer
2. an associate ; a youth, fellow
3. affectionate or familliar term for an older man
2
callan = a girl [prob Ir ; cf Gael caile, a girl, dim. 'cailin']
delyte = delight
dizzen = dozen
doon = down (also DOUN, orthographe existante et acceptée, mais + souvt 'DOON',
car 'DOUN' aussi homonyme et autre mot, avec d'autres sens)
fareweel = farewell
floo'er ( in fact flour, flooer &c) = flower
hame (un des sens) = home
Howe = 1. hole
2. a depression, a hollow or low-lying piece of ground
3. (chf in place-names) a stretch of country of basin formation,
a wide plain bounded by hills, a vale (ex 16- : 'Howe o the
Mearns)
lang, laing, long &c = long
mony, monie &c = many
nae1 = no, not any.
nae2 = not
nae3 = nay, no
nay = nae1 + nor, and not
Noo = now
postie } pas trouvés ds dicos (ni Eng ni Sco), mais dixit Yvonne (Scottish flatmate),
posty } ça se dit, cme diminutifs de 'postman', ça existe... ∆ : ne sais pas si esp. Scottish
or Eng as well...
shite = shit (also English, in some regions or social classes...)
sodger = soldier
swank = I ) Scottish : adj, of persons or animals : lithe, agile
esp. of a young man : smart, well set-up
II ) English : 1vb behave or talk in a boastful way ; swagger (She's swanking
just bec. they said her essay was the best)
2n behaviour or talk that is intended to impress people
swankie &c (only Scottish) = of persons : a smart, active strapping young man
swanky (only English) = (infml derog) : Adj fashionable and expensive in a showy way
(ex : He stays in the swankiest hotels)
tarry (un des sens) = tarry, tarrying (eng) --> vb delay in coming to or going from a place
(ex : 'Tarry awhile at this charming country inn')
thro', throu, thru &c = through
toun = town ( ∆ : cette orthographe est assertée par le Scots dic. + rencontrée écrite en ville à
Aberdeen; mais n'est pas assertée par le dico l'orth 'TOON' par ailleurs
rencontrée imprimée ds des txt de chansons se trouvant ds des bouquins...
toon = see comments at 'TOUN'
trews, trowse &c = 1 close-fitting trousers made of fine usu TARTAN cloth, formely worn by
Highlanders ; later TARTAN trousers worn by certain Scottish regiments
or short TARTAN trunks worn under a kilt
2 trousers [frm Gael triubhas]
troosers = trousers
twa, twae, tway &c = two