FOOTNOTE:
[1] Said by Burns, at the request of the Earl of Selkirk.
- Aa. I.
- Aboon. Above.
- Ae. One.
- Aff. Off.
- Afit. Afoot.
- Aiblins. Perhaps, possibly.
- Ain. Own.
- Ane. One.
- A'thegither. Altogether.
- Auchteenpence. Eighteenpence.
- Aught. Eight.
- Auld. Old.
- Ava. At all.
- Awn. Own.
- Aye. Always.
- Babble-ment. Confusion.
- Bairns. Children.
- Baith. Both.
- Bane. Bone.
- Bauld. Bold.
- Bawbee. A half-penny.
- Begond. Began.
- Belyve. Immediately, quickly.
- Ben. Towards; towards the inner; the inner room of a house.
- Blate, blait. Bashful.
- Blinkit. Flashed, glanced.
- Birkies. Lively young fellows.
- Blude. Blood.
- Bobshanks. Knees.
- Braes. The sides of hills.
- Braik. Break.
- Braw. Fine, gay, worthy, handsome.
- Bree. Soup, sauce, juice.
- Brig. Bridge.
- Brocht. Brought.
- Brose. A kind of pottage made by pouring hot water on oatmeal, and stirring while the water is poured.
- Bucky. Hind quarters (of a hare).
- Buits. Boots.
- Buss. Kiss.
- Canny. Cautious, Prudent.
- Cantrip. Charm, spell, trick.
- Carle, carl. A man, as distinguished from a boy.
- Carline. An old woman.
- Cauld. Cold.
- Caup. Cup, wooden bowl.
- Chapping. Striking.
- Chau'ders. Denoting large quantities.
- Cheekit. Entrapped.
- Chiel. A stripling, a fellow, a servant.
- Chwat. What.
- Clachan. Clan.
- Claes. Clothes.
- Clan. Tribe.
- Con'le-licht. Candle-light.
- Coo. Cow.
- Cuddy. Donkey.
- Crackit. Cracked.
- Crand. Grand.
- Craw. Crow.
- Crouse. Boldly, lively, brisk.
- Custrin. Silly.
- Cutties. Short spoons.
- Dae. Do.
- Daft. Foolish, gay, giddy, wanton.
- Daunder. To wander.
- Deavin'. Deafening.
- Dee. Die.
- Deil. Devil.
- Ding. To beat.
- Dinna. Do not.
- Dittha. Do they.
- Dochter. Daughter.
- Douce. Sedate, sober.
- Doit. Numskull.
- Doup. The breech, the bottom or extremity of anything.
- Dour. Bold, inflexible, obstinate, stern.
- Drap. A drop; to drop.
- Drookit. Soaked.
- Droon't. Drowned.
- Dub-shouper. Gutter-cleaner.
- Durdham. Squabble.
- E'e. Eye.
- E'en. Eyes; even.
- Eer. Air.
- Eneuch. Enough.
- E'enow. Even now.
- Extrornar. Extraordinary.
- Faa'. Fall.
- Fack. Fact
- Far eist? Where is it?
- Far was't? Where was it?
- Fash. Trouble.
- Fat? What?
- Faud. Found.
- Faut. Fault.
- Fecht. Fight.
- Feck. A term denoting space, quantity, number; the feck o' them means "the most part of them."
- Feckled. Made weak.
- Feine. Fine.
- Ferry. Very.
- Fifish. Somewhat deranged.
- Fleg, fley. To frighten.
- Flit, flyt. To change, to remove, to transport. Commonly used of changing one's residence.
- Fluir. Floor.
- Flyte, Flytings. To scold, scolding.
- Fog. Moss.
- Forebears. Ancestors.
- Forrit. Forward.
- Fortnicht. Fortnight.
- Foo'. A fool, through being drunk.
- Fou, fu'. Drunk, full.
- Fouk. Folk.
- Freens. Friends, relatives.
- Fremit. Strange.
- Fules. Fools.
- Fund. Found.
- Gaed. Went.
- Gait. Way.
- Gang. Go.
- Gars. Causes, makes.
- Gash. Ghastly.
- Gav'd. Made, induced.
- Gey, gay. Moderately.
- Gied. Gave.
- Gin. If.
- Glint. Sight, glimpse.
- Gowd, goud. Gold.
- Gowk, golk. Cuckoo, fool.
- Greetin', greitin. Crying, the act of.
- Grit. Great.
- Grond. Grand.
- Grup. Grip.
- Gude, guid. Good.
- Gully. A large knife.
- Hae. Have.
- Haggis. A pudding, made in a sheep's stomach, with oatmeal, suet, the heart, liver and lungs of the sheep, minced down and seasoned with salt, pepper, and onions, and boiled for use.
- Haist. Haste.
- Hale. Whole.
- Haudin'. Holding, keeping.
- Haveril. One who talks habitually in a foolish manner.
- Heck, hech, high. To pant, to breathe hard; an exclamation which expresses a condition of breathlessness.
- Heid. Head.
- Hemmel. A cow without horns.
- Het. Hot.
- Hielans. Highlands.
- Hirple. To move in a halting manner, as if crippled or momentarily injured, as by a blow.
- Hoo. How.
- Hunner. Hundred.
- Hurdham. Squabble.
- Hustrin. Lascivious.
- Ilka, ilk. Every, each.
- Intil, intill. In, into.
- Intil't. Into it.
- Jalouse. Expect, guess.
- Jaud. Jade.
- Keeking, keiking. Looking with a prying eye, peeping.
- Kame, kaim. To comb, comb, honeycomb.
- Ken. To know; to be acquainted; to understand.
- Kintra. Country.
- Kirk. Church.
- Kirsen. To christen.
- Laird. A man of superior rank; the owner of a property.
- Lang. Long, to long or yearn.
- Langsyne. Long since.
- Lawin'. A tavern bill.
- Leear. Liar.
- Lees. Lies.
- Leeve. Live.
- Leeving. Living.
- Lippened. Trusted, depended.
- Li-thall. Lethal, deadly, mortal.
- Loon. Clown, fool.
- Lugs. Ears.
- Lum, lumb. Chimney.
- Louring drouth. Thirst.
- Mair. More.
- Mairret. Married.
- Maun. Must.
- Meikle. See "[Muckle]."
- Micht. Might.
- Misca'. Miscall.
- Modiwarts, modywarts, moudicworts. Moles.
- Mon. See "[Maun]."
- Muckle. Much, great.
- Mune. Moon.
- Nit. Nut.
- Noo. Now.
- Ocht. Ought.
- Oot. Out.
- Parritch. Porridge.
- Pawkily, paukily. Slily, artfully.
- Pawpish. Popish.
- Poother. Powder.
- Pow. The head; a slow rivulet—one moving on lands nearly flat.
- Provost. The mayor of a burgh or township.
- Puir. Poor.
- Rale. Real.
- Reekit. Smoked.
- Reestit. Smoke-dried.
- Richt. Right.
- Rippet. A difference of opinion such as to estrange; a quarrel.
- Sair. Sore.
- Scart. To scratch; to scrape money together; to scrape a dish with a spoon.
- Sclate, sclait. Slate.
- Scoonril. Scoundrel.
- Sheltie. A Shetland pony.
- Shoost. Just.
- Sic. Such.
- Sicht. Sight.
- Siller. Silver.
- Sink. Think.
- Skalin'. Dispersing, retiring, spilling.
- Skelpin'. Clapping, applause.
- Skirl. To cry shrilly, shriek.
- Sleekit. Smooth, shining, oily.
- Sma'. Small.
- Smiddy. A smith's shop, smithy.
- Sneeshin'. Sneezing.
- Sooming. Swimming.
- Sorners Spongers, loiterers.
- Southrons. Those who live in the south.
- Spier, speir. To ask.
- Spigot. Peg, vent-peg.
- Spune. Spoon.
- Stane. Stone.
- Strae. Straw.
- Strathspeys. A dance tune for two.
- Steekit. Soon.
- Suppone. Suppose.
- Syne. Since.
- Tacket. A nail of a shoe.
- Tae. The toe.
- Taes. Toes.
- Taigle. Confound.
- Tauld. Told.
- Thae. Those (just referred to).
- Thocht, thoucht. Thought.
- Thrang. Busy, pressed, crowded, thronged.
- Tift. Coolness, estrangement.
- Tint. Lost.
- Toom. Empty.
- Trow. To believe.
- Twa. Two.
- Unco'. Unknown, very, extra.
- Wad. Would.
- Wadna. Would not.
- Wanse. Once.
- Ware. Trouble, fuss.
- Wast. West.
- Wean (wee-ane). A child, little one.
- Wee. Small, little, a short time.
- Weed. Wild.
- Wersh. Insipid to the taste.
- Wha. Who.
- Whaur. Where.
- Wheen. A number, quantity, division.
- Whets. What is, that which is.
- Whilk. Which.
- Worilt. World.
- Wot. To know.
- Wowf. Half-mad.
- Wud. Would.
- Wull. Will.
- Wunnering. Wondering.
- Yestreen. Last night.
- Yirth. Earth.