| lab |
lab |
a lump, a portion |
|
| labber |
labər |
slobber |
|
| laberlethin |
ˈlebərˈlɛθən |
a rigmarole, rambling discourse |
in context |
| lacer |
ˈlesər |
a boot lace, a lace |
|
| lad | laddie |
|
boy, serving boy |
|
| lade | lead | leid |
led |
a channel bringing water to a mill, a mill race |
in context |
| laden | laiden |
|
loaded |
|
| ladinar | ladister |
ˈladənər |
washerwoman |
|
| laed |
|
laid |
|
| laft |
|
loft |
|
| lag |
|
lingering, slow |
|
| lagamachie |
ləˈgamaxɪ |
long winded discourse |
|
| laggen |
|
the bottom angle of a wooden dish |
|
| lagger | laiger |
|
make wet or muddy, mud - not a proper beer |
|
| laggin | leggin |
ˈlagɪn |
the edge or bottom of a barrel, the projection of the staves beyond the bottom, the bottom hoop of a barrel |
|
| frae lug to laggin |
|
from top to bottom |
|
| laggin |
|
crest of a hill |
|
| laib | leb | laip | lep |
leb |
lick up, gobble, a mouthful of liquid |
|
| laich | lache | laigh |
lex |
low |
|
| laid | lade |
|
load, a measure of load (varies) |
|
| laidron | ladrone |
ˈledrən |
a rascal, loafer |
|
| laif | lafe |
lef |
loaf |
|
| laig | lyaag |
leg |
gossip |
|
| laik |
lek |
a stake (in a game) |
|
| laip | lape |
lep |
lap |
|
| lair | lear | laer | lairin | lair | lairn |
ler |
the act of teaching, learn, knowing |
|
| lair |
|
one's bed, where animals lie down or occupy |
|
| lair |
|
burial place, a reserved burial spot, mud, mire |
|
| laird |
lerd |
lord, landowner |
in context |
| lairge |
lerdʒ |
large |
|
| lairing |
|
sticking or sinking in moss or mud. |
|
| lairnit | lair | lernt |
|
learned |
in context |
| laish |
laʃ |
slack, negligent |
|
| lait |
leθ |
outward appearance of one, manners, seek. look for |
|
| laith | lathe |
|
loath, scorn, detest |
in context |
| laithfu |
|
reluctantly |
|
| laithsome |
|
loathsome |
in context |
| laldie |
ˈlaldɪ |
a thrashing, punishment |
|
| gi it or them laldie |
|
to do vigorously or exuberantly, severely punish, vigorously beat |
in context |
| lallan | lalland |
ˈlalən |
lowland |
|
| lallans |
|
the Scots language |
|
| lamb |
|
affectionate term of address to a child, ma wee lamb |
|
| lamgabblich | lamgammachie |
lamˈgablɪx |
long rigmarole, long rambling discourse |
|
| lamiter | lameter |
|
lame person |
|
| lammer |
|
amber, the fossilised resin |
|
| lamp |
|
stride along quickly, take long springing steps |
|
| lampin |
|
beating or thrashing enthusiastically, defeating soundly |
in context |
| lamper |
|
a lamprey eel |
|
| lan | laun | laund |
lan |
land |
|
| lan-afore |
|
the foremost horse on the unplowed land side |
|
| lan-ahin |
|
the hindmost horse on the unplowed land side |
|
| landart | landwart |
|
landward |
|
| landimare | landimere |
|
in or from the country as opposed to the town |
|
| lanbirst | lanbrist |
|
breaking waves |
|
| lane |
len |
lone, solitary |
|
| lanely |
|
lonely |
|
| lang |
laŋ |
long, for long |
|
| lang drachtit |
laŋdraxtɪt |
scheming |
|
| lang syne |
laŋˈsəin |
long ago |
|
| lang | langer |
|
long, longer |
|
| lang-luggit |
ˈlaŋˈlʌgət |
long-eared, shrewd |
|
| lang-nebbit |
ˈlaŋˈnɛbət |
nosy |
|
| langle |
|
hobble, tether animal |
|
| lang may yer lum reek |
|
Scotty the engineer's precursor to Spock's 'live long and prosper' |
|
| lang-shankit |
ˈlaŋˈʃankət |
long legged (male) |
|
| lang-sin-syne |
|
long established |
|
| langsome |
ˈlɑŋsəm |
slow, tedious |
in context |
| lank | lankie |
|
lean, long and thin |
in context |
| lankie leggit |
|
long legged |
in context |
| lap |
|
parcel up |
|
| lap |
|
leaped |
in context |
| lapper |
|
clot, curdle, freeze, lap ripple |
|
| lappie |
|
small pool of water |
|
| lapster |
|
lobster |
|
| larach |
|
a site or foundation of the remains of an abandoned or ruinous building |
in context |
| lardon |
|
a gibe, a piece of sarcasm, a bit of larding bacon |
|
| larick |
ˈlarɪk |
larch tree |
|
| larkie |
|
hide and seek, the game |
|
| lary |
|
the laurel |
|
| lass | las | lassie |
|
girl |
in context |
| lash |
|
lash, a great splash of water - lashing rain (heavy) |
|
| lashangallaivie |
ˈlaʃengəˈlevɪ |
abundance |
|
| lat |
|
let, lath |
|
| lat abee | lat be |
|
leave alone |
|
| latch |
|
loop or catch, bog, wet, boggy stream, muggy, delay |
|
| latchet |
latʃət |
small loop of thread, string |
|
| late | leat |
|
late |
|
| lath | laith | lauth |
|
lath |
|
| lauch | lach | leuchen | leucht |
lɑx |
laugh, a reckoming in a tavern, bill |
in context |
| laud | lawd |
lɑx |
praise, high commendation, celebrate |
in context |
| laurean | lawranw |
|
laurel |
|
| laum | lamm |
lɑm |
lamb |
|
| laup |
|
lap |
|
| lave | lafe | leife |
lev |
remainder, the rest |
|
| lavellan |
ləˈvɛlən |
water shrew |
|
| laverock | lavrock | laverloo |
ˈlevrək |
skylark |
|
| lavie |
ˈlɑvɪ |
guillemot |
|
| lavvy |
ˈlavɪ |
toilet, lavatory |
in context |
| law |
lɑ |
law, a rounded or conicall hill, not high but often isolated and conspicious, sometimes artificial |
|
| lawin |
|
a session of drinking, (tavern) bill, reckoning for the session |
|
| lawlands |
ˈlɑlənds |
low lying area, parts of Scotland South of the Highlands |
|
| lay |
le |
put, place, flatten crops by wind and rain, re-steeling of a cutting edge |
|
| laylock |
|
lilac |
|
| lea | ley |
ləi |
fallow, left to grass, left untilled |
|
| lea rig |
|
strip of grass left untilled in a ploughed field |
|
| lead | leid |
|
(curling) the first player on each side, |
|
| leak |
|
leak |
|
| leal |
|
legally valid, loyal, faithful |
|
| leal-heartit |
lilˈhartət |
faithful |
|
| lealtie |
|
loyalty |
|
| leam | leme |
lim |
gleam, radiance, husk a nut |
|
| lear |
|
lore, teach, instruct |
|
| leather |
ˈlɛðər |
tear into (prey) as in a hound, give a beating (probably with a belt), thrash, do something fast and with energy |
in context |
| leave |
liv |
permission |
|
| leck |
lɛk |
a leak, a flat stone or slab, often as a ledge in the sea |
|
| leckerstane |
|
a conspicuous stone or stone heap indicating a burial or a place to rest a coffin on its journey |
|
| leckie |
ˈlɛkɪ |
lackie |
|
| lecturi |
|
numeral six in a counting rhyme |
|
| lede | leed | leide |
lid |
a man or people land or nation |
in context |
| ledder, lether |
ˈlɛdər |
ladder |
in context |
| leddie | leddy |
|
lady, laird's wife |
|
| leddy |
|
lady |
|
| lee | lie |
li |
lie (fib) tell a falsehood |
in context |
| lee |
li |
shelter |
|
| lee lane |
|
quite alone |
|
| lee-lang |
|
live-long |
|
| leed | lede | leid |
lid |
a language, a manner of speaking |
in context |
| leemit | leemit |
|
limit |
|
| leen |
lin |
pieces of grassy land in a moor or by a river, natural pasture |
|
| leep | leip |
|
heat or cook partially, parboil, sit lazily by a toasting hot fire |
|
| leerie | leirie |
|
a lamp lighter, one who lights lamps |
|
| leerie stoup |
|
a lamp post |
in context |
| leerup |
|
smack or sharp blow, a lash |
|
| leeshence |
ˈliʃəns |
licence and why we sound drunk all the time |
|
| leesome |
|
pleasant, loveable, fine, balmy weather |
|
| leesome |
|
lawful |
|
| leet |
lit |
a stack of peats |
|
| leet | leit |
|
a list, the selected candidates, make a pretence |
|
| leeterarie | leiterary |
|
literary |
|
| leeteratur | leiteratur |
ˈlitəratør |
literature |
|
| leeve | leeve |
liv |
live |
|
| left-fitter |
|
a catholic |
|
| leid | leed |
lid |
lead (metal) |
in context |
| leip |
lip |
parboil |
|
| leish |
liʃ |
active, athletic |
|
| leister | leester |
|
a pronged barbed spear for salmon poaching |
|
| lempit |
|
the limpet |
|
| len |
lɛn |
to lend |
|
| lench |
lɛnʃ |
launch |
|
| lenth |
lɛnθ |
length |
|
| lentren | lentrin | lentron |
ˈlɛntrən |
soup made with vegetables only, no meatstock |
|
| lesart |
|
lizard |
|
| lettin in |
|
leaking, water getting through |
in context |
| leuk | luik | luke |
luk |
look |
in context |
| leukit |
|
looked |
|
| lew | loo |
lu |
lukewarm, warmth inside |
|
| lewder | louder |
′ludər |
beat, batter |
in context |
| lib |
|
to geld, castrate |
|
| libber-lay |
ˈlɪbərˈle |
cudgel |
|
| lichnin's |
ˈlɪxtnəns |
lightning flashes |
|
| licht |
lɪxt |
light as in from the sun, electric, oil or candles |
in context |
| licht |
lɪxt |
kindle, to set alight |
in context |
| licht |
|
light as in weight |
in context |
| lichts, lighs |
ləixs |
the lungs |
in context |
| licht set |
|
light footed, nimble |
in context |
| lichtit |
|
lighted, lit |
in context |
| lichtlie |
lixtlɪ |
disparage, light on the feet, the will o the wisp (omen of death) |
|
| lichtly |
|
lightly |
|
| lichtsome |
|
delightful |
|
| lick |
lɪk |
a small amount, the least particle |
in context |
| lick |
lɪk |
a hard blow, quickness, move at speed |
in context |
| licks |
|
a beating |
|
| lie |
|
to sleep with |
in context |
| lie lane | lief alane |
|
all alone, solitary |
|
| lief | lefe | leve |
ˈlif |
pleased, willing, allow or allowance to be |
|
| lift |
|
sky, the heavens, pick up, raise the spirits, steal, nick |
|
| liftit |
ˈlɪftət |
lifted, stolen, arrested |
in context |
| lig | ligg |
|
lie, recline, rest in the grave |
|
| liggat | leggit |
|
a self closing gate |
|
| light |
|
to disparage |
|
| like| lyke |
ləik |
like, the like of, is agreeable |
in context |
| like | lyke |
|
as an intensifier - so to speak, as it were |
in context |
| like eneuch |
|
likely, possibly, enough |
|
| lillilu |
|
lullaby |
|
| lilt |
|
sing softly, hum |
|
| lime | lyme |
ləim |
lime mortar |
|
| limmer |
ˈlɪmər |
mischievous, a rascal, villain, a mistress |
|
| limn |
lɪm |
portrait, a likeness |
|
| ling |
lɪŋ |
heather, a line, a rope |
|
| lingel |
|
shoemakers waxed thread, fasten with thread |
|
| lingie |
ˈlɪŋgɪ |
long rambling story |
|
| link |
|
joint of the body, lock of the hair, move fast and easily, briskly |
|
| links |
|
a term for a golf course, a stretch of open undulating sandy ground, covered in rough grass and gorse, normally near the sea shore (the similar western version called machair is more calcerious with lower mineral content). The places where golf got its beginnings in Scotland and the world |
in context |
| links | link sausages |
|
string of regular sausages as opposed to the slices off the block lorne sausages |
in context |
| linn | lin |
ˈlɪn |
waterfall, cataracts, erosion by water, a deep and narrow gorge |
in context |
| linn | lin |
|
the pool below the waterfall |
|
| lint |
|
flax plant, linen thread, recline relax |
|
| lintel | lentell |
|
mantelpiece, threshold of door |
in context |
| lintie |
|
the linnet, one who is good at singing, a sprightly gay person |
|
| lintwhite |
ˈlɪntˈhwəit |
the linnet |
|
| lip |
|
cheekiness, taste, edge, boundary |
in context |
| lippen |
ˈlɪpən |
trust, depend on, anticipate, take one at one's word |
in context |
| lipper | lippir |
|
ruffled water, almost overflowing, leper, to lap up |
in context |
| lippie |
ˈlɪp |
quarter of a Scots Peck, a wooden box shaped to this measure |
|
| lippin-fou |
|
full to the brim |
|
| liquorie | lickerie |
|
liquorice |
|
| lire |
|
flesh, also complexion |
|
| lirk | lurk |
|
to crease, fold, wrinkle, also shrink, cower |
in context |
| lisk | leisk |
lɪsk |
the groin |
|
| liss |
|
to relieve a person of pain or suffering |
|
| lith | leth |
|
joint in finger or toe, segments of an orange |
|
| lither |
ˈlɪðər |
idle, lazy |
|
| lithock |
|
oatmeal gruel |
|
| lithry |
ˈlɪðrɪ |
mob of disreputable characters |
|
| littlin |
|
child |
|
| little | littler | littlest | little-wee |
|
in order: small, smaller, smallest, tiniest |
|
| little-boukit |
ˈlɪtlˈbukət |
shrunken |
|
| loan |
lon |
grassy cattle track through arrable land leading to common grazing, a lane |
|
| loanin |
|
field, paddock, the private road leading to a farm |
|
| loch | louch | sea-loch |
ˈlox |
lake, fjord - only the loch with the name of 'Lake of Menteith' in Scotland is not named a loch - so loch doesn't really have a translation, it is the name for any sizeable inland body of water in Scotland (sea lochs (fjord) and firths (estuary) are joined to the sea) |
in context |
| lochaber |
|
a kind of long handled battle axe |
|
| lochan |
ˈloxan |
a little loch |
|
| lochgelly |
ˈloxˈgɛlɪ |
a leather strap or tawse for punishing schoolchildren. The one I was on the receiving end many a time was two inches broad and a quarter inch thick with the business end split into three, and would only sting mightily if applied with skill. |
|
| lockfast |
|
under lock and key |
|
| lockerstrae |
|
reed or pointer used to keep one's place while reading aloud or learning to read |
|
| lodesman | lodisman |
ˈlodzmən |
guide, a pilot |
|
| lofe | lof | luv |
lof |
praise, honour, value highly |
|
| logan |
|
collection of small things of the same kind, scatter coins at a wedding for the children |
|
| lokkit | lokit | lockit |
ˈlokət |
locked |
in context |
| lood |
lud |
loud |
|
| loom |
|
red throated diver |
|
| loom o' morn |
|
first signs of day |
in context |
| loorach |
ˈlurəx |
cloth tattered or trailing |
|
| lorimer |
|
maker of small metal parts |
|
| lorne sausage |
|
sausage meat in a flat rectangular format |
in context |
| losel |
ˈlozl |
scoundrel |
|
| lotch |
|
fat lazy person |
|
| lough |
lux |
die down - the wind |
|
| loun | loon |
lun |
youth, boy, a young farm worker, fellow of the lower orders |
in context |
| lounie | loonie |
|
young boy, little lad |
in context |
| lounder | loonder |
|
deal heavy blows on, work with vim and vigour, skulk |
|
| lourach | loorach |
lurax |
tattered or trailing, |
|
| lourd |
lurd |
sluggish, heavy |
|
| lour |
|
glower, frown, dull, overcast |
|
| lout | loutch |
|
stoop, slouch |
|
| low | lowe |
|
a flame, ardour, burn with brightness |
|
| tak low |
takˈlo |
catch fire |
|
| lowden |
ˈlʌudən |
to lull, abate |
|
| lowder |
ˈljʌudər |
loiter, walk as if weary, plod |
|
| lowin |
|
lowing |
|
| lown |
ˈlʌun |
calm, serene, softly, stillness |
|
| lowp | loup |
ˈlʌup |
leap, spring, jump, jump to one's feet, jump from fright, also cascading (water), |
in context |
| lowpen |
|
jumped, leap |
in context |
| lowper |
|
a jumper |
|
| lowpit | loupit |
ˈlʌupɪt |
jumped, riddled with fleas |
|
| lowse |
ˈlʌus |
loosen, free, unrestrained |
in context |
| lowsed |
ˈlʌuzd |
loosened, finished from work |
|
| lowsin |
ˈlʌuzɪn |
letting go, releasing, ending |
in context |
| lowsin time |
|
end of working day |
|
| lubbart | lubbard |
|
a lout |
|
| lucken | lukkin |
|
closed tight, the foot or hand clenched |
|
| luckenbuith | luckenbooth |
ˈlʌkənˈbuθ |
a lockable booth or stall |
|
| lug |
lʌg |
the ear, any projecting part of an object |
in context |
| lugget | luggit |
|
having ears, having handles |
in context |
| luggie |
|
a porringer a bowl with two handles, bucket used to collect rasperies for pulping |
in context |
| luif | loof | lufe |
løf |
palm (hand), paw or foot of animal |
in context |
| crack luifs |
|
shake hands in friendship |
|
| luiffie | laifie |
|
a hit on the palm with a belt or cane for punishment, a mitten, a fist sized kind of flat bread roll |
|
| lum | lumb |
lʌm |
chimney; lang mae yer lum reek = live long and prosper; Scots to Vulcan |
in context |
| lumber |
|
get a date on a night out |
in context |
| lume | leem |
løm |
an instrument of any kind, loom |
|
| lummed |
lʌmt |
thwarted |
|
| lunk |
|
close sultry weather |
|
| lunkart | longart |
ˈlʌnkərt |
a small temporary shelter |
|
| lunt |
|
a light, a match, a fuse, prepared for ignition, kindle, a column of smoke or steam |
|
| lunt |
lʌnt |
walk with a springy step, briskly walk |
in context |
| lurdan | lordane |
ˈlʌrdən |
villain, lazy, loutish or stupid, rascally |
|
| lurgy | the dreaded lurgy |
lʌrgɪ |
a spike milligan goon show word meaning an infestation or virus now a common word here in Scotland - too good to leave out |
in context |
| luttard |
|
bowed, bent |
|
| luve | lufe |
lʌv |
love |
in context |
| lyam |
laɪəm |
a leash for hounds |
|
| lyart |
ˈlaɪərt |
greyish haired, grizzled, silvery - like me |
|
| lyke | leek |
ləik |
corpse, an unburied body |
|
| lythe |
laɪð |
the pollack |
|
Scottish Words Glossary: L from A-Z