Transactions of the Philological Society: 1866Wiley-Blackwell, 1866 |
Common terms and phrases
aboot accent act of beating act of walking Additional to Jamieson animal anither awkward bairn blow boat bodie BUSK CH gutt clumsy confused cudna dash Different to Jamieson diphthong dirty manner disgusting manner doon fish fleer gang geed gehn given by Jamieson gossip goth Greek gueede habit haud heavy hehd HENSLEIGH WEDGWOOD hoose horse Hottentot Icelandic Jamieson gives jist keepit kind language Latin lazy liquid or semi-liquid loon meaning muckle neeps niver noise Norse notion noun old Norse on's Orkney oxytone person of small piece preposition semi-liquid substance sharp Shetland silly slovenly manner small quantity small stature sound speaking spoken step syllable thim thing trifling unco Unst v.a. and n v.n. to walk verb violent vowel wark wattir weak weel word