ugg | ug | loathe |
uggin | | disgusting+ horrible+ annoying |
uggit | | upset+ annoyed+ disgusted |
uggsome | | ugly |
Uil | Yule+ Yuil | Christmas |
uin | une+ oon | oven |
uisage | yissage | usage |
uise | yaise+ eeze+ eese | use v. |
uised | | used |
uiss | | use n. |
uissless | yaisless | useless |
uisst | | used (to) |
uisual | yaiswal | usual |
Ulzie | | oil. |
umberellae | umberella | umbrella |
umwhile | umquhile | late+ deceased |
unbidden | | uninvited |
Unchancy | | dangerous. |
uncle | | uncle |
unco | | very |
Unco | | remarkably |
Unco | | remarkable |
UNCO WHACKS (SIC' UNCO WHACKS) | | such blows as these |
uncolie | | very much |
uncos | | strange or unusual things |
Uncos | | news |
unction | | auction |
undecent | | indecent |
unfarrant | | unattractive+ unpleasant |
unfreend | unfreend | an enemy+ non-friend |
unhonest | | dishonest |
Unkend | | unknown. |
unkent | | unknown+ strange+ unfamiliar |
unkiver | uncuiver+ unkivver | uncover |
unner | | under |
unnerstaund | unnerstan | understand |
unraivle | | untangle |
UNROWES | | unrolls |
unsert | unserred | unserved |
unsiccar | | unsteady |
Unsicker | | uncertain. |
Unskaithed | | unhurt. |
unsneck | | unlatch |
unsnib | | unbolt |
unsteek | unsteik | unfasten |
unweel | unweill | ill |
unwicelike | unwyce | unwise+ foolish+ indiscreet |
up | | up |
upbring | | bring up+ rear+ upbringing |
upby | | up there+ heaven+ upstairs |
uphaud | | uphold |
uphauden | | upheld |
uplift | | pick up |
upo | | upon |
upredd | | a cleaning+ tidying |
upreddin | | a scolding |
upstaundin | | regular (wages) |
upsteer | upsteir | stir up+ turmoil |
uptail | | leave in a hurry |
uptak | | intelligence |
ure | | damp mist+ drizzle+ haze |
us | uz+ iz | us |
Usquabae | | usquebae |
utmaist | ootmaist | utmost |
v (vowe) | vau | v+ the 22nd letter of the alphabet |
vacance | | holiday |
vaig | vage | wander |
vainish | | vanish |
variorium | | decoration+ trinket+ ornament |
vauntie | | proud+ boastful |
vause | vawse | vase |
veecious | veicious | vicious |
veenegar | veinigar | vinegar |
veesion | veision | vision |
veesit | veisit | visit |
veet | veit | vet |
veeve | vieve+ veive | life-like+ bright+ clear |
veige | veege | voyage |
vennel | | alley |
vent | | chimney flue |
ventur | venter | venture |
Vera | | very. |
verra | | very |
veshel | | vessel |
vex | | fret grieve+ be sorry + trouble |
view | vyow | view |
Virls | | rings. |
virr | | force+ strength |
Vittle | | victual |
vizzie | | study+ examine closely |
Vogie | | vain. |
vou | voo | vow |
vyce | vice | voice |
Wa' | | waw |
WA' | | wall |
'WA' | | awaywad |
waa | waw | wall |
wab | | web+ weave |
wabbit | | exhausted+ weak+ feeble |
wabble | | wobble |
wabblie | | wishy-washy+ thin |
wabster | | weaver |
wad | | would+ wed+ bet+ wager+ wedded |
Wad | | to wed. |
Wad | | would |
Wad'a | | would have. |
waddin | | wedding+ cotton wool |
Wadensday | | Wednesday |
wadge | | wedge |
wadna | | wouldn't |
Wadset | | a mortgage. |
wae | | woe+ woeful+ sorrowful+ vexed |
Wae | | woful |
Wae | | wo; wae's me = wo is to me. |
Wae worth | | wo befall. |
waerifu | | troublesome+ annoying+ sad |
WAE'S ME | | woe is me |
waesome | | sorrowful+ causing sorrow |
Waesucks | | alas! |
waff | | wave |
wagitie | | pied wagtail |
Wair | | v. ware. |
waird | | guard |
wairm | werm | warm |
wairn | | warn |
walcome | | welcome |
wale | | choose+ choice |
Wale | | choice. |
Walie | | wawlie |
walk | wauk+ waak | walk |
wall | | well |
wall girse | | watercress |
wallae | wallie+ walla | wallow |
wallie | | porcelain+ china+ pleasant+ |
walloch | | violent heavy movements |
Wallop | | to kick; to dangle; to gallop; to dance. |
walth | | wealth |
walthie | | wealthy |
Waly fa' | | ill befall! |
wame | | womb+ belly |
Wamefou | | bellyful. |
wan | | won |
WAN | | one |
wanawnt | | unclaimed |
wanchancie | | unlucky |
Wanchancie | | dangerous. |
wannd | | wand+ stick+ rod |
wanndert | | lost+ confused+ senile |
wanner | waunder | wander |
Wanrestfu' | | restless. |
wanshapen | | deformed |
wansonsie | | mischievous |
want | waant | need+ short of |
wantin | | short of / lacking |
wap | | wrap+ fold |
wappin | wapin+ wappen | weapon |
wappinshaw | wapinschaw | shooting competition |
war | wur | were |
WAR | | were |
war the | | were there |
ware | | spring (season) |
ware | | kind of seaweed |
ware | | spend money |
Ware | | wair |
Ware | | worn. |
Wark | | work. |
wark n. wirk v. | wurk | work |
Wark-lume | | tool. |
warks | | works |
Warl' | | warld |
warld | | world |
warldlike | | normal in appearance |
Warlock | | a wizard |
WARLOCK | | wizard+ male witch |
Warl'y | | warldly |
warna | warny | weren't |
warnish | | warn |
WARP+ WARPIN | | weave+ weaving |
Warran | | warrant. |
Warse | | worse. |
warsh | | tasteless |
warsle | warstle | wrestle+ struggle+ strive |
warslin | | struggling |
warst | | worst |
WARST | | worst |
wase | | bundle or band of straw |
wash | waash | wash |
washt | | washed |
wast | | west |
wastart | wastert | westward |
wasteid | | website |
waster | | farther west |
wastmaist | | westernmost |
wastrie | | wasteful+ extravagant |
Wat | | wet. |
Wat | | wot |
wat(en) | | wetted |
Water-fit | | water-foot (the river's mouth). |
Water-kelpies | | v. kelpies. |
wather | | weather |
watter | | water |
watter brash | | heartburn |
wattergaw | | incomplete rainbow |
Wauble | | to wobble. |
wauchelt | | perplexed+ bewildered |
wauchle | wachle | walk clumsily |
waucht | | a gulp of air or drink |
wauges | | wages |
Waught | | a draft. |
wauk | | wake+ awake+ watch+ moist |
wauk | waulk | cloth making process |
wauken | | awake+ waken |
Waukin | | awake. |
Waukit (with toil) | | horny. |
waukrif | | wakeful+ sleepless+ watchful |
Waukrife | | wakeful. |
WAUKRIFE | | sleepless |
Waulie | | jolly. |
waur | | worse |
Waur't | | worsted |
waux | | wax |
waux claith | | oilcloth |
we | | we |
weak | waik | weak |
wean (wee ane) | | baby /child |
Wean (wee one) | | a child. |
Weanies | | babies. |
weary | | weary+ depressing+ annoying |
Weason | | weasand. |
weave | | weave |
wecht | | weight+ weigh |
Wecht | | a measure for corn. |
wechten | | make heavier |
wechtie | | weighty |
wechts | | a pair of scales+ large amount |
wee | | small+ tiny+ little |
Wee | | a little; a wee = a short space or time. |
Wee things | | children. |
weed | | a plant in the wrong place |
weed | weid | sudden high fever |
weedae | weeda+ weidae | widow |
week | ook | week |
weel | weill | well |
WEEL FAURED | | well favoured |
WEEL STOCKET MAILIN+ HIMSEL FOR THE LAIRD | | well stocked farm landlord |
weel-a-whit | | certainly |
Weel-faured | | well-favored. |
Weel-gaun | | well-going. |
Weel-hain'd | | well-saved. |
weemen | weimen | women |
weeng | weing | wing |
weeoors | | early morning |
Weepers | | mournings (on the steeve or hat). |
weet | weit | wet |
weetit | | wet |
weetit | | wetted |
weidger | weedger | wager |
weir | weer | wear+ wire+ guard+ defend |
weird | wierd | fate |
weizer | weezer | ooze |
welter | | overturn+ upset+ confused noise |
went | | gone |
Werena | | were not. |
WERENAE | | were not |
werrock | | a corn+ a bunion |
wersh | | tasteless |
We'se | | we shall. |
Westlin | | western. |
WESTLIN | | westward+ western |
wey | wye | way |
wha | whae | who |
WHA(S) | | who (whose) |
whaal | | whale |
whaizle | | wheeze |
whalp | | a whelp |
Whalpet | | whelped. |
Wham | | whom. |
whan | | when+ while |
Whang | | a shive. |
Whang | | flog. |
Whar | | whare |
WHAR+ WHAUR | | where |
Wha's | | who is. |
Wha's whose. | | |
whase | whause | whose |
What for | | whatfore |
What reck | | what matter; nevertheless. |
Whatna | | what. |
Whatt | | whittled. |
whauk | | whack+ a cut+ great number |
whaup | | curlew |
whaur | | where |
whaurawa | | whereabouts |
whaure're | | wherever |
wheem | wheim | whim |
wheen | whein | a few |
wheenge | wheinge | whinge |
Wheep | | v. penny-wheep. |
Wheep | | jerk. |
wheeriorum | wheeriorum | toy+ thingamajig |
wheesht | wheisht | be quiet+ silence |
wheich | wheech | stench+ disgust |
wheimer | wheemer | mutter+ whimper |
wheip | wheep | squeak |
wheiple | wheeple | whistle |
whid | | lie+ exaggeration |
Whiddin | | scudding. |
Whids | | gambols. |
whiffle | | play the flute |
whigmaleerie | whhigmaleirie | whim+ whimsical |
Whigmeleeries | | crotches. |
while | whyle | while+ until |
whiles | whyles | sometimes |
whilk | whulk | which |
whin | whin | basalt+ flint |
whinbuss | | gorse or furze |
Whingin | | whining. |
Whins | | furze. |
whip | | whip |
WHIPPERT | | hastily |
whirl | whurl | whirl+ wheel+ trundle+ cart |
Whirlygigums | | flourishes. |
whirrie | | whirl away |
whissle | whussle | whistle |
Whissunday | whutsunday | 28th May+ Whitsunday |
Whist | | silence. |
whit | | what |
white | whyte | white |
whiten | | what kind of+ which+ what sort of |
whitfor | | why |
whither | | whether |
whitrat | whitret | weasel |
Whitter | | a draft. |
whittle | whuttle | knife |
whitwey | | how? why? |
whowe | whow | wow |
whud | | fib+ lie |
whummle | whammle | overturn+ turn inside out |
whurligig | | spinning top |
why | | why |
wi | | with |
Wi' | | with. |
WI' | | with |
wice | wyce | wise |
wicelike | | sensible+ respectable |
wicht | | person |
Wick a bore | | hit a curling-stone obliquely and send it through an opening. |
wickit | | wicked+ bad tempered+ angry |
wid | wuid+ wude | wood |
WID | | would |
widdershins | | anti-clockwise+ opposite way |
widdie | wuidie | twig of flexible wood+ willow |
Widdifu' | | gallows-worthy. |
Widdle | | wriggle. |
WIDNAE | | would not |
WIE | | with |
Wiel | | eddy. |
Wight | | strong |
Wighter | | more influential. |
wild | wile+ willd | wild |
will | wull | will |
Willcat wildcat. | | |
WILLNAE+ WILTNAE+ WINNAE | | will not |
Willyart | | disordered. |
wilt | wult | wilt |
Wimple | | to meander. |
WIMPLIN' WAY | | winding road |
win | | reach / won |
WIN' | | wind |
winch | | wench |
wind | wund | wind |
windae | winda+ windie | window |
WINDAE | | window |
windlestrae | winnlestrae | withered grass |
winkers | | eyelids |
Winn | | to winnow. |
winna | | won't |
winnd | | wind |
winner | wunnwe | wonder |
Winnin | | winding. |
winnock | windock | window |
Winnock-bunker | | v. bunker. |
winsome | | charming |
Win't | | did wind. |
winter | wunter | winter |
wintle | | stagger+ reel+ wriggle |
Wintle | | a somersault. |
Winze | | a curse. |
wioot | | outside+ except |
wir | | our |
wird | word+ wurd | word |
wirm | wurm | worm |
wirr | | growl+ snarl |
wirrie | wirry | worry |
wirs | | ours |
wirsel(s) | | ourselves |
wirsit | | worsted |
wirth | warth | worth |
wis | wus+ wiz+ wuz | was+ were |
Wi's | | with his. |
WIS | | was |
wisna | | wasn't+ weren't |
wiss | wuss+ weish | wish |
wisses | wheeshes | wishes |
wisst | weesht | wished |
wit | wut | sanity+ reason+ wisdom |
Wi't | | with it. |
WIT | | what |
witch | | bewitch+ witch |
wits | wuts | wits |
wittins | | knowledge+ news+ information |
wizzen | | wither(ed)+ dry(ed) |
Won | | to dwell. |
wone | | dwell |
Wonner | | a wonder. |
Woo' | | wool. |
Woodie | | woody |
Woodies | | twigs |
Wooer-babs | | love-knots. |
Wordy | | worthy. |
worn | | worn |
Worset | | worsted. |
worth | | to befall |
Worth | | v. wae worth. |
worthed | | befell |
worthed | | befallen |
wrack | vrackNE | wreck |
Wraith | | ghost. |
wranch | runch | wrench |
wrang | | wrong |
wrat | | wart |
wrat | cf. wrate | wrote |
wratch | vratchNE | overstrain+ fatigue+ wretch+ miser |
wrate | | writ |
wreath | wraith | wreath |
wricht | | wright |
write | | write |
wrocht | | worked |
wrutten | | written |
wud | | mad |
Wud | | wild |
wuish | | washed |
wuishen | | washed |
wulk | wilk | whelk+ periwinkle |
WULLIE WAUGHT | | a hearty draught |
Wumble | | wimble. |
wumman | | woman |
wun | | win |
wund | | wound |
wundit | | wound |
wure | | wore |
wurn | | complain |
wyde | | wade+ weed |
wye | | weigh |
wyliecoat | | under frock+ under petticoat+ |
Wyliecoat | | undervest. |
wynd | | a narrow winding street |
WYND | | wind |
wynt | | allow to go bad or sour |
wyse | wise+ wize | lead+ entice |
wyte | wite | blame+ accuse |
Wyte (weight) | | blame. |
yaff | | bark+ yelp+ chatter |
yair | | fish-trap |
yaird | | yard |
yairn | | story+ yarn |
yall | | yell+ howl |
yallae | yalla+ yella | yellow |
yallae lintie | | goldhammer |
yallochie | | yellowish |
yammer | | lament+ harp on |
Yard | | a garden; a stackyard. |
yatter | | chatter |
Yaud | | an old mare. |
yauld | yaul | active+ alert+ vigorous |
yaup | | bawl |
ye | | you |
YE | | you |
Yealings | | coevals. |
yeld | | barren |
Yell | | dry (milkless). |
yelloch | | yell |
yer | yur | your |
YER | | your |
Yerd | | earth. |
YERDS | | yards (shipyards) |
yerk | | jerk |
Yerkit | | jerked. |
yerl | | earl |
Yermooth | | Yarmouth |
yerp | | grumble+ fret |
yers | | yours |
yersel | | yourself |
yersels | | yourselves |
yese | yeeze | you pl. |
Ye'se | | ye shall. |
yestreen | | last evening+ yesterday |
yett | | gate |
Yettum | | Yetholm |
yeuk | | itch |
yill | | ale |
Yill-Caup | | ale-stoup. |
YIN | | one |
yird | | earth+ bury |
yirdit | | buried |
yit | | yet |
yoke | | grip+ deal with |
Yokin | | yoking; a spell; a day's work. |
yon | | yonder |
YON | | yonder+ that |
yon time | | that time |
yonder | | yonder |
yont | | along+ through |
'Yont | | beyond. |
yonwey | | yonder way |
yorlin | | yellow hammer |
you | | you |
your | | your |
YOUR LANE | | alone |
yours | | yours |
yoursel | | yourself (emphatic) |
yoursels | | yourselves (emphatic) |
youse | youz | you pl. |
YOUSE | | you plural |
youthheid | | youth+ adolescence |
yowdendrift | | snow driven by the wind |
yowe | | sheep+ ewe |
Yowie | | dim. of ewe; a pet ewe. |
yowl | | howl |
yowt | | howl+ yell+ cry |
Yule | | Christmas. |
yung | | young |
yungker | younker | youngster |
yunk | | a stake marble |