Some Guid Scottish Words

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Gab: to chat, or someone who’s a bit too fond of chatting.

Gallus: bold, cheeky with a touch of daring.

Gowan: A daisy

Grumph: A grumpy person

Guddle: A muddle, a mess (a second meaning refers to trying to catch fish with bare hands).

Some Fine Scottish Words – F

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Fankle: a tangle

Fash: be troubled, irritated

Feckless: careless, rash

Flitting: moving house

Foostie : mouldy or spoilt

A Dauner Through Some More Scots Words - D

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Dauner: a walk or stroll

Dirk: a short knife / sword

Doughty: steadfast, resolute

Driech: gloomy as in weather

Drookit: drenched, wet through

Drouth: a thirst

 

 

Some Canny Scottish Words – C

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Cairn:  a stone pile used as a marker or monument, a Cairn Terrier is a small Scottish breed of dog.

Canny: in Scots usually means careful or cautious
Chuckie: (or a chuckie-stane) is a pebble
Corbies : crows
Couthie: comfortable, friendly, homely
Crabbit: bad tempered, grumpy

 

Some Braw Scottish Words – B

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Belter: excellent, standout

Ben: lots of Scots meanings for this from a mountain e.g Ben Lomond, a  room, or as a verb; into, e.g. “I’m goin ben the room.”

Blether: talk, particularly chat or gossip

Bothy: a wee cottage or shelter

Braw: good, fine

Brock: a badger

Scottish Words – A

Here is the first of a series of occasional posts on Scots or dialect words commonly used in Scotland.

• Aiken for oaken, which is still seen in place names.
• Ashet for a shallow dish; now usually refers to a type of meat pie made in it.
• Auld for old.
• Aye for yes.