| Scots Words |
Alt. Scots Words |
English Meanings |
| o |
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of |
| o' |
|
of |
| o'er |
|
over |
| o'erword |
|
the refrain; catchword. |
| o't |
|
of it |
| oan |
|
on |
| obleege |
obleige |
oblige |
| ochone |
|
woe is me! |
| ocht |
|
anything+ nothing+ ought |
| October |
|
October |
| offisher |
|
officer |
| on |
|
on / upon |
| oncairie |
oncairrie+ onkerry+ oncairry |
a fuss+ carry-on |
| oncome |
oncum |
the beginning+ |
| onding |
|
downpour |
| onfaa |
onfaw |
rain+ snow+ attack+ beginning |
| ongaun |
|
behaviour |
| ongauns |
|
goings on |
| onie |
ony |
any |
| onie ither bodie |
|
anyone else |
| oniebodie |
|
anyone |
| oniegate |
|
anyway |
| oniething |
|
anything |
| oniewey |
|
anyway |
| oniewey |
|
at least+ at any rate+ anyhow |
| onieweys |
|
anywhere |
| onions and oatmeal |
|
boiled in a sheep's stomach. |
| only |
onlie |
only |
| oo |
ou |
wool |
| oor |
hoor |
hour |
| oor |
|
our |
| oorie |
|
chill+ sad |
| oors |
|
ours |
| oorsel(s) |
|
ourselves |
| oose |
ooze+ oos+ ouse+ ouze+ ous |
woollen fluff+ dust |
| oot |
|
out |
| oot o |
|
out of |
| oot-stair |
|
oustside staircase |
| ootby |
|
outside |
| ootby |
|
outlying+ distant |
| ootcast |
|
a quarrel |
| ootcome |
|
result+ effect+ profit |
| ooten |
ooton |
out of |
| ootgane |
|
past time+ fully |
| ootgang |
|
an outgoing+ departure+ expense |
| ootgate |
|
exit |
| ootgaun |
|
outgoing+ removing+ leaving+ |
| oother |
outher |
fluff from frayed wool |
| ootland |
ootlan |
a stranger+ outcast |
| ootlin |
|
alien+ outsider |
| ootmaist |
|
outermost |
| ootower |
atour |
beyond+ across+ outside |
| ootpassin |
|
termination |
| ootrel |
ooteral |
a stranger |
| ootset |
|
an ornament |
| ootunner |
|
from under |
| ootwye |
|
outweigh |
| op'd |
|
opened |
| open |
apen |
open+ free to do |
| or |
|
ere+ before+ till+ early |
| or |
|
or |
| oranger |
|
orange |
| ordein |
ordeen |
ordain |
| ordinar |
ordnar+ ornar |
ordinary |
| orp |
|
grumble+ complain |
| orra |
|
odd |
| Orra |
|
extra. |
| orral |
|
a scrap+ fragment |
| orrals |
|
bits and pieces+ odds and ends |
| ort |
|
waste |
| oubit |
oobit |
caterpillar |
| ouf |
oof |
small unimportant+ a fool |
| ought |
|
aught. |
| oughtlins |
|
aughtlins |
| ouglie |
oogly |
ugly |
| oul(et) |
ool(et) |
an owl |
| ourichie |
oorichie |
dismal+ gloomy+ strange |
| ourie |
oorie |
dismal+ gloomy+ strange |
| ourie |
|
shivering |
| ourit |
oorit |
cold+ shivery+ tired |
| ourlich |
oorlich |
miserable looking |
| outler |
|
unhoused |
| ower |
|
over+ across+ farther off |
| ower |
|
excessively+ too |
| owerby |
|
over the way |
| owerend |
oweren |
turn up+ set on end |
| owergae |
|
surpass+ overflow |
| owerhail |
|
overtake |
| owerset |
|
translate(d) |
| owertaen |
|
made helpless+ overcome+ |
| owerturn |
|
repeat a song+ story+ turnover |
| owerwird |
owerword |
chorus of poem or song |
| owre |
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over |
| owsen |
|
oxen |
| owthor |
|
author |
| oxter |
|
armpit |
| oxter'd |
|
held up under the arms |
| Pace |
|
Easter |
| Pack an' thick |
|
confidential. |
| packman |
|
a travelling merchant |
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