20. Introductory handsel
A Scots word and example sentence to learn:
Scule [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
Definition: as English “School”
n., v. Also sc(h)uil, scule, skule, scöl, skuil, skeul (Ork.); shool; skill; s(c)kweel,squeel (ne.Sc.); scheel, skeel (nn.Sc.). [I., m. and s.Sc. skøl, skyl, skjyl, skɪl; ne.Sc. skwil; nn.Sc. skil]
Example sentence: “There a want o guid Scots gettin lairnt at the scule the day.”
English translation: “There is a lack of proper Scots being taught in schools today.”
Activity 2
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There a want o guid Scots gettin lairnt at the scule the day.
Model
There a want o guid Scots gettin lairnt at the scule the day.
Go to the Dictionary of the Scots Language for a full definition of the word.
Related word:
Definition: as English “hand”
n., v. Also haun(d), haand (Sh.), han(n) (Ork., n. and sm.Sc., Uls.), hon (Bch. coast 1891 Trans. Bch. Field Club II. 12). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. hand.
Activity 3
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Hand
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Hand
Example sentence: “She near hand bearit the gree at ilkane her clesses at the scule.”
English translation: “She almost won the prize in every subject in school.”
Activity 4
Click to hear the sentence above read by a Scots speaker.
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Go to the Dictionary of the Scots Language for a full definition of the word.
Transcript
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She near hand bearit the gree at ilkane her clesses at the scule.
Model
She near hand bearit the gree at ilkane her clesses at the scule.
Introduction