{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/nes/nes32.htm","path":"neu/celt/nes/nes32.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/nes/nes32.htm","text":"A, I, the first personal pronoun\nAbeen, above\nAboot, about\nAe, one\nAfore, before\nAhin, behind\nAifter, after\nAipple, apple\nAlane, alone\nAmon, among\nAmo\u2019 among\nAn, and\nAne, one\nAneth, beneath\nAneuch, enough\nAnither, another\nAthegeethir, altogether\nAtween, between\nAul, old\nAul man, the devil\nAwa, away\nAyont, beyond\nBack, backward\nBaird, the beard\nBairn, a child\nBait-pot, a pot used for boiling turnips with corn or barley dressings as food for horses\nBaith, both\nBank-fou, when the banks of streams and rivers are full\nBannock, a cake made of oatmeal and baked on a gridiron\nBap, a small round loaf\nBarfit, barefooted\nBattenan, becoming stout and strong\nBank, the lower brace of a couple\nBawbee, a halfpenny\nBeenie, a small bone\nBeerial, burial\nBehn, a bone\nBehst, a beast\nBen, inward, towards the fireplace, as, cum ben.\nBench, a sort of open cupboard hung from the wall\nBeuk, to give the names of the affianced for the proclamation of the marriage--banns in church\nBibblie gauger, the nose\nBibbles, mucus from the nose\nBide, to dwell in\nBig, to build\nBirn, a burden\nBit, but, except\nBit, a piece\nBlack, to grow black\nBlack oil, oil made from the milt of white fish\nBleed, blood\nBleedy, bloody\nBlin, blind\nBlissin, blessing\nBocht, bought\nBodie, a person\nBoggie, a small bog or marsh\nBole, a small hole built in the wall of a house\nBonnie, beautiful\nBonnie things, the marriage clothes and ornaments\nBrack, to break\nBrak, to break\nBrae, a slope\nBrae-fou, when the slopes are covered, or when the hollows are filled\nBree, water in which anything is boiled\nBreeks, trousers\nBreest, breast\nBroch, borough\nBrock, to spoil, to waste\nBrod, a goad\nBroo, the brow\nBrook, broke, past of brack\nBrook, spoken of sheep when the face is black or brown\nBroon, brown\nBruckle, a kind of carex.\nBuff, to beat\nBun-bed, a bed made of wood like a large cupboard\nBut, outward\nBut ein, the best room in the dwelling-house\nByke, the hook at the end of the crook by which pots, &c. are suspended over the fire\nCa, to drive\nCaa, to name, to call\nCadger, one who drives fish through the country for sale\nCaff, chaff\nCairry, to carry\nCam, came, past of come\nCan\u2019le, a candle\nCan\u2019le-gullie, a large knife used to split up bog-fir into candles\nCanny, skilful, careful; having more knowledge than ordinary\nCap, a small wooden basin\nCarena, care not\nCarlin, an old woman\nCattie, a small cat\nCaul, cold\nCaunle, candle\nCheep, to chirp\nChirity, charity\nChucken, chicken\nClaid, to clothe, past claid, past participle claid.\nClaith, cloth\nClash, to tell tales\nClash-pyot, a tale-teller\nClatter, to chatter, to speak incessantly\nClippan, a small piece of cloth cut off\nClockin, applied to a bird when hatching eggs\nClum, to climb\nCodlin, a codfish\nCog, a dish made of wooden staves and bound with hoops\nConnach, to make a muddle of\nCoo, a cow\nCoont, to count, to number\nCoordie, a coward\nCorp, a dead body\nCraitir, creature, applied to every living being\nCrap, crop\nCrape, crept, past of creep.\nCraw, a crow\nCrawin, crowing\nCreesch, tallow\nCreenie-crannie, the little finger\nCrook, the small chain with a hook in the lower end that hangs over the fire from which the pots, &c., are suspended when cooking is going on\nCrosst shilling, a shilling having on it the figure of a cross\nCry, to bring forth a child\nCyarlin, a big woman of rude manners\nCudna, could not\nDee, to do; to die\nDeed, dead\nDeel, devil\nDeen, done, past participle of dee.\nDing, to strive, to surpass; to throw, to cast\nDing on, to rain\nDinna, do not\nDirl, to quiver\nDish-clout, a piece of cloth for wiping dishes\nDisna, does not\nDiz, does\nDoggie, a small dog\nDoo, a dove\nDoon, down\nDoonie, down\nDoorie, a small door\nDoup, the end, bottom\nDowie, doleful\nDram, a glass of whiskey\nDrap, drop\nDrappy, rainy\nDreeve, drove\nDrill up, to work steadily and energetically\nDud, a little piece of dress or cloth\nDummy, a dumb person\nDivine, to waste away\nDyvot, a thin turf used for covering roofs, &c.\nEe, eye\nEely, oil\nEely dolly, an oil-lamp made of two pieces or shells of iron\nEemist, uppermost\nEen, eyes\nEer, early\nEest, used, was wont\nEht, to eat\nEmerteen, an ant\nFa, to fall\nFae, from\nFah, who\nFahr, where\nFaht, what\nFaimly, family\nFairt, afraid\nFan, found, past of fin, to find\nFattenan, becoming fat\nFause, false\nFeberwary, February\nFeersday, Thursday\nFehr, fear\nFehst, feast\nFess, to fetch, to bring\nFerra, applied to a cow not under milk\nFey, doomed to die\nFey-crap, a crop betokening death\nFilk, which\nFilthy fa, ill-luck befall\nFin, to find\nFin, when\nFir-can\u2019le, a candle made of bog-fir\nFirst-fit, what is first met\nFit, foot\nFite, white\nFite bread, wheaten bread\nFitin, a whiting, the name of a fish\nFleck, to become spotted with white\nFloor, a flower\nFool, foul, dirty\nForbye, besides\nFore, forward\nForebeers, forefathers\nForenicht, the evening\nForespeak, to bestow excessive praise, the consequence of which is to cause disease in the one so praised\nFou, full\nFouck, folk, people\nFou o\u2019 the meen, full moon\nFreen, a friend\nFremit, strange\nFuh, why\nFun, found, past participle of fin.\nFurl, to whirl\nFushing, a fishing\nFuther, whether\nGab, the mouth\nGae, to go\nGairden, a garden\nGaither, to gather\nGang, to go\nGar, to force, to compel\nGee, to give\nGeed, went, past of go\nGeed wull, lost the way\nGehn, if; gin is another form\nGehr, to become streaked\nGird, a hoop\nGirdle, the round piece of iron on which oaten cakes are baked\nGirnal, the chest that holds the meal\nGirss, grass\nGlaiss, a glass\nGlowr, to stare\nGouckit, foolish\nGoud, gold\nGrais, grass\nGreeance, agreement, betrothal\nGreet, to weep; past, grat; past participle, grutten.\nGreen brees, an open cesspool\nGreethy, greedy\nGrowan, growth\nGueede, good; gueedeman, good man; gueedewife, the mistress\nGueede sake, for God's sake\nGya, gave, past of gee.\nHack, to cut\nHae, to have\nHail, whole\nHaimmer, a hammer\nHairst, harvest\nHalf-wye, half-way\nHame, home\nHan, hand\nHanless, unskilful\nHannie, a small hand\nHopwarm, a comfortable piece of dress\nHarn, sack-cloth\nHarry, to rob\nHathish, a small dry measure; four in a peck\nHattie, a small hat\nHand, to hold\nHeeld, held, kept, past of haud.\nHehd, the head\nHerd, to tend cattle; as a n., one who tends cattle; also hird.\nHicht, height\nHielanman, a Highlander\nHiner, to hinder, to prevent\nHirple, cripple; as a verb to halt in walking\nHogg, a young sheep\nHoosie, a little house\nHorsie, a little horse\nHummil, without horns\nHunn, a hound\nIlky, each\nIm, him\nIncraise, to increase\nIntil, into\nIr, her\nIt, that\nJimp, slender\nJist, just, as an adverb\nKebback, a cheese\nKen, to know\nKintra, country\nKirk-road, the road along which the worshippers go to church\nKirsnin, baptism\nKist, a chest\nKistan, the act of putting the dead body into the coffin\nKittle, to tickle\nKye, cows\nLaan, land, an estate\nLaan-mark, land-mark\nLad, laad, a male sweetheart\nLaid, a load\nLaidie, a lady\nLairdie, a little laird\nLairge, large\nLang, long\nLass, a female sweetheart\nLat, to let; lat oot, to enlarge\nLager-stehn, a flat gravestone\nLeb, a large hurried draught\nLeearie, a liar\nLeuk, to look\nLicht, light\nLit-pot, a pot used for dyeing\nLoon, a boy\nLoup, to jump\nLoupie, a short jump\nLug, the ear\nLuggit, having ears\nLum, a chimney-head made of wood; the whole vent\nLyke, the watching of a dead body\nMa, my\nMailison, a curse\nMair, more\nMak, to mak\nMairidge, marriage\nMaister, master\nMairrit, married\nMaugre, in spite of\nMaun, must\nMaut, malt\nMeels, graveyard mould\nMeen, moon\nMeer, a mare\nMehl-bowie, the cask that holds the meal for the household\nMehr, more\nMeht, meat, used in the sense of food, sometimes, feast; merry meht means feast of joy\nMisgae, for a cow to slip her calf\nMonanday, Monday\nMony, many\nMoo, mouth\nMoofou, mouthful\nMoosie, a little mouse\nMuckle, much, large\nMutty, a small dry measure; four in a hathisch\nMyne, to remember; to pay attention to\nNae, no\nNaither, neither\nNappie, a small nob\nNearie, near\nNeesht, next, the other\nNeist, next\nNeive, the hand\nNestie, a small nest\nNethmest, lowermost\nNeuk, a corner\nNib, a bird's bill\nNicht, night\nNivver, never\nNoo, now\nNout, cattle\nOo, wool\nOo aye, oh, yes\nOok, week\nOot, out\nOr, before\nOrra, spare; orra bawbees, spare halfpennies\nOuer, over\nPannie, a small pan\nPattie, a small pot\nPeat-neuk, a corner or other part of the house used for holding peats\nPeer, poor\nPeer-man, a candlestick\nPeer-page, same as peer-man.\nPiece, a piece of cake given to a person\nPistol, a pistol\nPit, to put\nPit fae, to push away\nPlack, a small coin\nPlew, to plough; as a n., a plough\nPlinisan, furniture of all kinds\nPoother, powder\nPoddock, a frog\nPottie, a small pot\nPree, to taste\nProvidan, a marriage outfit\nPuir, poor\nPan, a pound\nPyock, a bag, a sack\nQuarter, to lodge\nQuarterer, a lodger\nQueentry, country\nQuite, a coat\nQuo\u2019, quoth, said\nRaid, rode, past participle of ride\nRaip, a rope, commonly applied only to ropes made of straw or rushes\nRaither, rather\nRantle-tree, the beam over the fire from which the crook hangs\nRashin, made of rushes\nReam, cream\nReam-bowie, a small barrel open at one end for holding cream\nReam-pig, a jar for holding cream\nRedd, to open what is shut, or stopped up\nReed, red\nReef, roof\nRicht, right\nRin, to run\nRinnin, running\nRoon, round\nSaands, sands\nSae, so\nSaft, soft\nSain, to bless in the name of God\nSair, haud sair, hold tightly\nSaitirday, Saturday\nSaiven, seven\nSannie, Alexander\nSauch, a willow\nSaut, salt\nSaw, to sow\nScrog, a rugged branch\nSeal, what binds cattle to the stall\nSehr, painful, grievous\nSennin, sending\nSens, the two men sent to bring the bride to be married\nSettle, a kind of sofa without any covering or stuffing\nShaave, to sow\nShall, a shell\nShee, a shoe\nSheelin coug, a wooden dish for holding the fishing bait when taken from the shells\nSheen, shoes\nShillicks, the dressings of corn and here\nShoeie, a little shoe\nShoor, a shower\nShot, a catch of fish\nShot-a-dead, killed by a fairy dart\nShouther, the shoulder\nSicker, sure, firm, steadfast\nSiller, silver; money\nSilly hoo, a holy cap; the caul which some children have, on their head when born\nSin, the sun\nSkeel, skill\nSkull, an oblong basket with round ends and a round bottom\nSma, small\nSneaw, snow\nSodger, a soldier\nSoo, a sow\nSpang, a long jump\nSpeer, to ask\nStaa, stole, past of steal.\nStan, to stand\nStap, to step\nStar, a kind of carex.\nSteed, stood, past of stan.\nSteek, to close, to shut\nSteer, a bull, an ox\nStehn, a stone\nStent, allotted work\nStoup-fou, a full stoup or tankard\nStrae, straw\nStret, tight; hard, when applied to a bargain\nStrin, as much milk as comes from a cow's dug by once pressing it\nStryke, to stretch; to lay out a dead body; to put the plough into the soil for the first time after harvest\nSud, should\nSwallit, swallowed\nSwypit, swept, past of swype.\nSyne, then; sinsyne, since that time\nTackit, a small iron nail with a broad head for driving into the soles of boots and shoes\nTae, a toe\nTack, to take\nTak, to take\nTap, top\nTap-puckle, the grain on the top of the ear\nTaul, told, payed; past of tell.\nTead, a toad\nThe streen, yestreen (yester even), last night\nThig, to beg\nThir, their\nThoosans, thousands\nThree-girded, bound with three hoops\nThrew, twisted, past of thraw, to twist; to thraw the moo at one, to make a wry mouth\nThroo, through\nThunner, thunder\nTippen, the hair that binds the hook to the line\nTither, other\nToon, town\nTow, a rope\nTrance, a passage in a dwelling-house\nTrushter, useless stuff\nTung, tongue; hand yir tung, keep silence\nTwa, two\nTwal owsen plew, a plough drawn by twelve oxen\nTyesday, Tuesday\nUmman, woman\nUncanny, dangerous\nUnceevil, uncivil\nUnco, very before an adjective, as unco caul, very cold\nVrang, wrong\nVrang wye, wrong way, from left to right\nWa, a wall\nWaan, a wand\nWaicht, weight\nWaicht, a small sieve\nWan, gained, reached, past of win, to gain, to reach; to win hame, to reach home\nWardle, the world\nWark, work\nWarna, were not\nWarst, worst\nWattir, water\nWee, with; also wi.\nWee, small\nWeel, well\nWeen, wind\nWicht, strong\nWin, wind\nWin, to reach; to gain; see wan.\nWin on, to mount\nWinkie, the eye\nWinna, will not\nWint, to want, to wish for\nWintin, without\nWir, were\nWis, to wish\nWissin, wishing\nWithoot, without\nWiz, was\nWob, a web\nWud, would\nWyme, the belly\nWye, way\nYeel mairt, an ox killed at Christmas for home consumption\nYett, a gate\nYir, yer, your\nYit, a gate\nYoul, a howl\nYow, a ewe","title":"Folk-lore of the North-East of Scotland: Glossary","type":"page"}