| Langing, longing, wishing. Lang-kail, boiled coleworts. Lang-shanket, long-handed or shafted. Langsyne, long ago, old times. Lap, did leap. Lassie, girl, diminutive of lass. Lathron, a lazy, idle person. Lave, the rest, others, remainder. Laverock, a lark. Lawin', a tavern reckoning. Layne, conceal. Leal, true, honest, faithful. Lear, to learn, learning. Leddy, lady. Lee, to lie. Leear, liar. Len', lend, a loan. Let-a-bee, to let alone. Licht, alight. Lichtit, alighted. Lightlie, to undervalue, decry; to make light of. Lift, the firmament. Linn, a waterfall between two rocks. Lint, flax. Lippen, depend upon, trust to. List, agile, active. Lither, sleepy, lazy. Loan, a lane; an open space near a farm or village where the cows are milked. Loe, to love, to be in love. Loof, the palm of the hand. Loon, a clown, a rogue. Loup, to leap. Lout, to stoop, submit. Lowe, a flame. Lowin', flaming. Lown, calm, sheltered. Loose, to loose. Lug, the ear; the handle of an article. Lumm, a chimney. | Lunnun, London. Madge-howlet, an owl. Mailin', a farm. Mair, more. Maist, most. Maister, master; an over-match. Maistry, management, superiority. Mak, make. Makna, make not. Malison, malediction, curse. Manteel, a mantle. Marrow, an equal, a match. Maukin, a hare. Maun, must. Maunna, must not. Maut, malt. Mavis, a thrush. May be, perhaps. Mayna, may not. Mease, to settle; to appease. Mear, a mare. Meltith, a meal. Mends, amends, satisfaction. Mense, manners, discretion. Menseless, unmannerly, ill-bred, forward. Menyie, the follower of a chieftain. Messan, a mongrel dog. Midden, a dunghill. Middlin', moderately. Midge, a gnat. Mim, primness, affectation. Mint, to aim, to endeavour. Mird, jest. Mirk, dark, obscure. Misca', to abuse, to nickname. Misken, neglect, overlook. Mislear'd, mischievous, wild. Misluck, misfortune. Misrid, entangled, confused. |
| Misterfu', needy, begging. Mither, mother. Moaned, lamented. Moistify, to moisten, to drink. Mony, many. Mool, to crumble; the earth of a grave. Moop, to mump, to impair. Mou, the mouth. Moudiewart, a mole. Mouter, grist; a miller's perquisite for grinding. Mow, a heap, as of hay, fuel, &c. Mows, jests. Moyen, influence, interest. Muck, dung. Muckle, great, tall, much. Muckledom, muckleness, greatness in size. Muir, a moor, a heath. Mump, to hint, to aim at. Mune, moon. Muslin-kail, a very poor broth. Mutch, a woman's cap. Mysel, myself. Na, nae, no, not. Naesay, a refusal. Naething, nothing. Naig, a nag. Nancie, Agnes. Nane, none. Neb, a point, a bird's bill; the nose. Neeboor, neighbour. Needna, need not. Neist, next. Neuk, a nook, a corner. Nicher, to neigh, to laugh. Nieve, the fist, the hand. Niffer, to barter, to exchange. Nip, to pinch. Nit, a nut. Nitty-now, a lousy-head. | No, not. Nowte, black cattle. O', on, of. Oe, a grandchild. Olite, active, nimble, ready. Ony, any. Oo, wool. Ool, an owl. Oot, out. Ort, to reject, throw aside; select. Orts, that which is rejected or set aside. Ou, very well; an expression of surprise or indifference. Oursel, ourself. Oursels, ourselves. Ower, owre, over, across, too much, too. Owercome, overcome; the issue, the surplus. Owergang, to overrun, to exceed. Owk, meek. Owsen, oxen. Oxter, the armpit. Paiks, chastisement. Pairt, part. Paitrick, a partridge. Parritch, oatmeal porridge. Partan, the common sea-crab. Pasche, Easter. Pat, pot. Patfu', a potful. Peasweep, the lapwing. Peat, turf, vegetable fuel. Pechan, the stomach, the crop. Penny-wheep, a common kind of beer; small beer. Perfyteness, perfection. Pick, to choose, to select. Pickle, a small quantity. Pig, an earthen pitcher. |
| Pike, to pick, to scratch with the finger nails. Pintstoup, a pint measure. Pirn, a reel, a bobbin. Pit, to put. Plack, two bodles, one-third of the English penny. Pliskie, a mischievous trick. Ploom, a plum. Ploy, a merry meeting, an excursion. Pock, a bag, a sack. Poind, to distrain for rent. Poortith, poverty. Pouch, the pocket. Pouse, to despoil. Pow, the head. Powther, gunpowder. Pree, to taste. Preen, a pin. Prent, printed. Primsie, precise, demure. Puddin, pudding. Puddock, a frog. Pund, a pound weight. Quaich, a small, shallow, drinking cup of wood or metal, with two handles. Quat, to quit, to relinquish, to give over. Quey, a young cow. Quire, the choir of a church. Quo', quoth, said. Raible, a rhapsody of nonsense. Raggit, ragged. Raip, a rope. Rash, a rush. Ravelled, confused. Raw, a row or line. Rax, to stretch. Reavers, robbers, thieves. Red-wud, stark mad. | Redd, to put in order, to counsel, to caution. Rede, afraid. Ree, half-drunk, tipsy. Reek, smoke. Reeky, smoky. Reem, cream, froth. Reik, to reach, to stretch out the hand. Reird, a scolding or noisy tongue. Remede, remedy. Reive, reeve, to rob, to steal. Riggin', the ridge of a house. Rin, to run. Rip, a handful of unthrashed corn. Rippling-kame, a flax-comb. Rive, a tear, a rent. Rock, a distaff. Roon, a selvedge, a shred. Rooser, a boaster. Roupy, hoarse. Routh, plenty, abundance. Row, to roll up. Rowan tree, the mountain ash. Rowte, a roar, a lowing of cattle. Royt, forward, rude, disorderly. Ruse, to praise, to commend. Sab, to sob. Sae, so. Saft, soft. Sair, sore, sorely. Sairy, poor, silly. Sang, a song. Sap, a sop. Sark, a shirt. Sauch, saugh, a willow-tree. Saucht, peace, ease. Saunt, a saint. Saut, salt. Saw, a proverb, an old saying; salve, plaster. Sawn, sown. |
| Sax, six. Sca'd, scabbed, scared. Scambler, "a bold intruder upon one's generosity at table." Scant, scarcity, want. Scart, a scratch, to scratch. Scaur, to scare, to be scared. Schule, school. Sclate, a slate. Scone, a common flour cake. Scouth, ease, liberty, freedom to say or do anything. Scouther, to scorch, to singe, to burn slightly. Scrimpit, straitened, oppressed. Scunner, to be disgusted, to loathe. Sea-maw, a sea-gull. Seil, happiness, salvation. Sel, self. Selgh, a seal. Ser', to serve. Shae, a shoe. Shairney, befouled with dung. Shank, to travel on foot. Shanks, the legs, the feet. Shanna, shall not. Shauchle, to go slip-shod, to walk lazily. Shaup, a husk. Shaw, to show. Shear, to reap, to cut close. Shearer, a reaper. Shears, scissors. Sheeled, shelled. Shent, confounded, blamed, disturbed, ashamed. Shoo, force, persuade. Shool, a shovel. Shoon, shune, shoes. Shore, to threaten. Shot, a stroke in play, a move in chess or draughts. Shouther, shoulder. | Shute, to push. Sib, akin, related. Sic, such. Sicker, sure, certain. Siller, silver, money. Simmer, summer. Sindle, seldom. Sindry, separately. Skail, to disperse, to scatter. Skaith, harm, injury. Skeel, skill. Skelp, to whip, to slap. Skink, a strong soup made of cows' hams. Skreigh, to shriek. Skyte, to shy, to fly off or against anything. Slabber, to besmear. Slid, slippery; wheedling, cunning. Sliddry, slippery. Slocken, to quench. Sma', small. Smit, to infect. Smoor, to smother. Snapper, to stumble, to err. Snaw, snow. Snawba', snowball. Snite, to blow the nose. Snodder, neater, tidier. Sodger, a soldier. Sonsy, stout, healthy, thriving. Sooking, sucking. Soom, to swim. Soop, to sweep. Soor, sour. Sooth, true. Souck, wile, persuade. Sough, the low, mournful sound of wind. Souter, a shoemaker, a cobbler. Souther, to solder. Sowens, pottage made of the dust in oatmeal seeds steeped and soured. |