Unit 7, Appendix 4, Words unique to Scots


Here is a collection of some words drawn from responses to this exercise from Michael’s teaching.


ablins

corbie

guiser

oose

slabber

abuin

coupon

gutties

orra

slater

affski

couthie

gype

oxter

sleekit

agley

couthy

gypit

pap

slever

anent

cowp

haar

partan

slitter

ashet

crabbit

hackit

pauchle

slunge

baffies

crannie

harl

pech

smeddum

baggie

creeshie

haunches

peedie

smiddie

bahookie

crowdie

haver


smirr

bairn

cuddy

hirple

peenge

smoor

ballop

cundie

hirple

peenie

smowt

bam

cuttie

hoachin

peerie

snash

bampot

daud

hoast

peever

sneck

bannock

dauner

hoolet

pend

snell

barkit

deek

hoolie

perjink

snib

barkit

dicht

howff

perjink

sonsie

barrie

ding

howk

pet

soutar

bauchle

dinger

huckle

pickle

spaewife


dirk

huckle

pinkie

spaiver

bawbee

dirl

hudgie

plook

speir

beelin

docken

humph

plooter

sploonge

beezer

doo

hunkers

plouter

sprachle

besom

dook

hurdies

plump

spurran

bide

dook

ilk

plunk

spurtle

bielin

dottled

ilka

poind

squeeb

birk

douce

jag

poke

squintie

birl

dout

jaggie

poultice

steamie

blae

dowp

jake

puddock

stob

blether

dreep

jalouse

puggie

stookie

blooter

dreich

jannie

puggled

stoon

boak

drookit

jeelie

purvey

stoor

boggin

drooth

jessie

quaich

stooshie

bogle

droothy

jiggert

quine

stoter

bonnie

dub

jouk

radge

stowit

boorach

dunny

keech

raivel

stramash

bosie

dunt

keek

rammie

stravaig

bosie

dwam

keeker

ramstan


bottlin

eejit

keelie

randan

swedger

bowf

eident

kegs

redd

sweir

bowly

ettle

kelpie

reekin

swither

brae

fankle

ken

reiver

syboes

brae

fankle

kep

rhone pipe

syne

bramble

fash

kirkin

rickle

tackities

brammer

feart

kittle


tait

braw

feart

laddie

rodden

tammie

bree

ferlie

laldie

roup

tassie

breeks

ferntickle

lallans

sannies

tawse

breenge

firth

laroch

sark

teuchter

brock

fleg

lassie

scaffie

thole

bruck

foosty

lavrock

scart

thrapple

bumfle

footer

leal

schemie

thrawn

bumfle

fou

leet

scoobie

thrum

bumph

fykie

leet

scud

tinker

buroo

gadgie

leid

scunner

tint

byre

gallus

linn

scutter

toorie

cadge

gansey

lintie

semmit

totie

cailloch

gant

lippen

shairny

tousie

canny

gantry

loon

sharger

trauchle

carnaptious

gar

loup

sharn

tron

causey

gawkit

lum

shebeen

trow

champit

gean

machair

sheilin

trowie

chanty

geg

malkie

sheuch

tumshie

chanty

geggie

maukit

shilpit

unco

chauve

gey

menage

shirrack

wabbit

chib

gigot

mense

shoogle

wallie

chitter

girn

messan

shuch

warmer

chitter

glaikit

midden

siccar

wean

chuckie

glaur

midgie

siller

wersh

claik

golach

mindin

skelf

whaup

clart

goonie

ming

skellie

wheech

clarty

gowan

mow

skelp

wheen

clattie

gowp

mowdie

skiddle

wheesht

cleek

gralloch

muckle

skirl

whiles

cleg

gravit

nebbie

skirlie

winch

cludgie

greet

ned

skite

wulkies

clype

grosset

neep

skitter

wynd

coggle

grue

nip

skliff

yatter

collop

grumph

nippie

sklim

yett

coorie

guddle

numpty

skoosh

yistreen

cop

guddle

nyaff

skoot



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