| ma |
ma |
my |
in context |
| ma ma's |
|
my mother's |
in context |
| maber |
ˈmɑbər |
a marble |
|
| mac |
|
often used as a generic name for a Scotsman |
|
| macClarty |
məˈklartɪ |
cheeky name for a dirty or slovenly person |
|
| machair |
ˈmaxər |
a stretch of fertile well grazed flat or slightly undulating low lying land adjacent to the seashore, in the west mostly (good machair is normally rich in wild flowers as it is calcerious, (PH7 and above)) the similar eastern coastal version called 'links' has a higher mineral content and tends to have more grass than flowers |
in context |
| machreach | michrach |
məˈxrax |
a fuss, outcry, row |
|
| wee mactavish |
|
familiar name for a male person or male child |
|
| wee macwhauchle |
wiᴊmakˈwhɑxl |
humorous name for a toddler |
|
| madder |
ˈmadər |
wooden square container to measure liquor |
|
| madderam | madrim |
|
madness, folly, frantic hilarity |
in context |
| mae |
me |
more numerous than, additional to those already mentioned |
|
| maen | mane |
|
bleat (sheep) |
|
| maffle |
|
procrastinate |
|
| maggie |
|
a magpie |
|
| maggle |
|
hack up, mutilate |
|
| maggot |
|
maggot, a bee in ones bonnet, |
|
| magink |
məˈgɪŋk |
a queer looking object |
|
| maig | meg |
|
large ungainly hand, a paw |
|
| maik |
|
a half penny, or the equal of |
|
| as daft as a maik watch |
|
completely silly |
|
| mailin |
|
sending a letter |
in context |
| mains |
|
home farm of the estate, hence placenames such as mains of 'whatever the estate might have been called' i.e. mains of Murthly |
|
| mair |
mer |
more |
in context |
| mairch | march | merch |
|
march, boundary or frontier |
|
| mairch bauk |
mertʃˈbʌuk |
a strip of land dividing two properties |
|
| mairch dyke |
|
wall or a ditch dividing two properties |
|
| mairchless |
mertʃˈlɛs |
infinite |
|
| mairie | mairrie | merry | mairry |
|
marry |
in context |
| mairiet | mairriet |
|
married |
|
| mairtyr |
ˈmertər |
martyr |
|
| maist |
|
most, almost |
in context |
| maister |
ˈmestər |
master, mister |
in context |
| maistlins |
|
almost, nearly |
|
| maiter | maitter |
|
matter |
in context |
| maithe |
með |
maggot or egg of a bluebottle |
in context |
| major-myndit |
|
haughty, proud, high minded |
|
| mak | mek |
|
make |
in context |
| mak oot |
makˈut |
decipher, comprehend, perceive |
in context |
| makar |
|
maker, term for a scots poet |
|
| makdoun | makdoon |
|
garment made to fit smaller person |
|
| makkit |
|
made |
|
| mal |
|
bad |
in context |
| malafouster | malafooster |
maləˈfustər |
destroy, wreck, ruin. |
in context |
| malagrugrous |
maləˈgrugrəs |
forbidding, gloomy |
|
| malagruize |
maləˈgruz |
dishevel, hurt |
|
| malkie |
|
a weapon, to injure someone, do harm |
in context |
| Malkie Fu |
|
The non esoteric Glaswegian martial art |
in context |
| mallduck | mallimoke |
|
fulmar |
|
| mam | mammie | maw |
|
mother |
in context |
| man | maun |
|
man, used in addressing an unknown male as an indication of surprise, respect, irony etc. sometimes added to the given name of the person - if known |
in context |
| in the name o the wee man |
|
an oath, expression uttered in exceptional circumstances or surprise |
in context |
| ma man, ma maun |
|
my male partner, husband |
in context |
| maun an syre |
|
the whole lot, every person |
|
| mang |
maŋ |
bewilder, become perplexed |
|
| mangrel |
ˈmaŋrəl |
mongrel, also term of abuse |
|
| manished |
|
managed |
in context |
| mank |
|
a flaw, deficient, mutilate, damage, spoil |
|
| mankit |
|
mutilated, corrupt, dirty |
in context |
| manse |
|
minister's house, the big house |
|
| mant |
|
stammer, stutter |
in context |
| manteele |
manˈtil |
a mantle |
|
| map |
|
twitchie lips nibbling, mope |
|
| mappie |
|
pet name for a rabbit |
|
| mappit |
|
stupid, exhausted |
|
| mar |
|
obstruction, obstruct, do bodily harm, injure, maim |
|
| markit |
|
marked |
in context |
| marl | mirl |
|
mottled pattern |
|
| marlie | mirlie |
marˈli |
mottled, variegated pattern |
|
| marrae | marra |
|
marrow |
|
| marrot |
|
razor bill |
|
| marrow | morrow |
|
companion, partner |
|
| marrowless |
marəˈlɛs |
matchless, unequalled |
|
| mart |
mɛrt |
a market, auction building |
|
| maschle |
ˈmaʃl |
mixture, muddle |
|
| mash |
|
a heavy two faced hammer for breaking stone, mesh of a net |
|
| mashlum |
ˈmaʃləm |
mixed grains and pulses grown and ground up |
|
| mask |
|
infuse (tea), brew beer |
|
| maskin-pat |
|
the teapot |
|
| masloch |
ˈmasləx |
mixed grain, mixed grain bread |
|
| massacre | massacker |
məˈsakər |
massacre |
|
| massie |
|
bumptious, proud |
|
| mat |
|
mat, thick bed cover |
|
| mattle |
|
nibble (like a young animal) |
in context |
| matrass |
məˈtras |
mattress |
|
| mauchle |
ˈmɑxl |
bungle |
|
| maucht | micht |
ˈmɑxt |
ability, might as in great power, strength |
in context |
| mauchty | michtie |
|
powerful, mighty |
in context |
| mauchtless |
|
helpless, powerless |
|
| mauger | maugre |
ˈmɑgər |
notwithstanding, ill-will, despise |
in context |
| mauk |
mɑk |
maggot |
in context |
| mauk flee |
|
bluebottle |
|
| maukie |
|
maggoty, filthy |
in context |
| maukin | malkin |
mɑkən |
the hare, an awkward young girl |
|
| maukit |
|
maggoty or filthy sheep |
|
| maumie |
|
ripe |
|
| maun | mun | mon |
|
must, necessity, of compulsion, also a large basket of wicker slats |
in context |
| maun-be | mun-be | mon-be |
|
an unavoidable necessity |
in context |
| maun-dae | mun-dae | mon-dae |
mɑnˈde |
necessity, compulsion (in a powerful way ) 'will (in a very definite sense) do' |
in context |
| maundae hammer | the mundy |
|
the big hammer that WILL get the job done |
|
| mauner |
|
gossip |
|
| maunna |
|
mustn't |
|
| maunt |
|
was able |
|
| maut |
|
malt |
in context |
| mavis | mavie | mavies |
ˈmevɪs |
song-thrush |
|
| maw | maa |
|
mow, cut, seagull |
in context |
| mawsie |
|
warm, thick, comfortable, a maw broon type woman |
|
| meal | mail | male |
mil |
oatmeal, also a meal |
|
| mealie puddin |
|
white pudding - oatmeal, onion, lard, and lots of seasoning in a stomach skin, grilling it is my favourite or you can get it battered and fried with chips - a white puddin supper |
in context |
| mear |
mer |
a mare |
|
| mease |
miz |
assuage |
|
| measles | maisles | meisles |
|
measels |
|
| meat | mait |
mit |
food |
in context |
| there's baith meat an muisic here, quo the dug when he ett the piper's bag |
|
tmake the best of what you can get - there's both food and music here said the dog when he ate the piper's bagpipes |
|
| mebbe | mibbe | mebbies | mibbies |
ˈmɪbɪ |
perhaps |
in context |
| mebbe aye mebbe no |
|
perhaps perhaps not |
|
| meechie | meichie |
ˈmixɪ |
stingy |
|
| meddle | middle |
|
meddle |
|
| medicinar |
|
physician |
|
| meenister | meinister |
ˈminəstər |
minister |
|
| meenit | meinit |
|
minute |
in context |
| meeserable | meiserable |
ˈmizərəbl |
miserable |
|
| meffin |
mɛfən |
cozying in front of the fireplace with the legs spread - I thought perhaps my mate was winding me up but I looked it up and there it was - in the dictionary |
in context |
| megrim |
|
a crazy idea, a whim |
|
| meidae | meedow | meedie |
|
meadow |
|
| meikle | mickle |
ˈməkl |
big, huge, great, same as a muckle |
in context |
| meschant |
mə′ʃɑnt |
wicked, bad, evil, offensive |
in context |
| mony a mickle maks a muckle |
|
supposed to mean 'look after the pennies and the pounds look after themseves', but if translated properly means - 'many a big lump makes a big lump' so what the original phrase is, is anybodys guess |
|
| mickle a do |
|
a great deal to do |
|
| meissle | meesle |
misl |
crumble |
|
| meisur | meesur | maisur |
|
measure |
|
| meith | methe | meath |
|
a boundary marker, a point of reference |
|
| melder |
|
a grinding corn |
|
| mell | mall |
mɛl |
a club, a very heavy hammer, to hit hard, a big heavy fist |
|
| cock yer mell |
|
raise your fists, spoil for a fight |
in context |
| a muckle or mickle mell |
|
an even bigger heavier hammer |
|
| mell |
|
to meddle, blend, mix, you can use a big hammer to do it if you want to |
in context |
| mell-heid |
|
stupid, a dull oaf, heedless, careless |
in context |
| melmot | melmet |
|
juniper |
|
| melvader | malvader |
məlˈvadər |
stun with a heavy blow of the fist |
|
| melt |
|
the spleen, fish milt |
|
| melvie |
|
powdered with meal-dust or flour |
|
| mense | mensk |
|
common sense, honour, respect, courtesy, intelligence |
in context |
| mensefu |
mɛnsˈfu |
sensible, good mannered |
|
| menseless |
|
unmannerly, stupid, foolish |
in context |
| menyie | menzie |
ˈmɛŋjɪ |
a family, a group of people, tribe or nation |
|
| merble |
|
marble |
|
| mercat | merket |
ˈmɛrkət |
market |
|
| mergh |
mɛrx |
marrow |
in context |
| merk |
|
unit of weight of ⅔lb, a silver coin at ⅔ of a Scots pound |
|
| merk up |
|
enrol, enter |
|
| merl | merle |
|
blackbird |
|
| merse |
ˈmɛrs |
flat fertile piece of ground by a river, lookout platform on a mast |
|
| mersk |
|
marshland |
|
| mertrick |
|
the pine martin |
|
| mervaill |
mıxt |
A marvellous act executed by divine or other supernatural means or agency, a marvel |
in context |
| messages |
ˈmɛsadʒəz |
the shopping |
in context |
| message bag |
|
shopping bag |
|
| messan | messin |
|
a small pet dog, cur - or a such a person |
|
| mettle |
ˈmɛtl |
spirited, lively |
|
| meuggle |
ˈmjugl |
bespatter with dirt |
|
| micht |
mıxt |
might as in maybe, perhaps, may have |
in context |
| michtna |
|
mightn't |
|
| midden |
|
dunghill, slovenly person |
in context |
| midden dub |
|
midden seepage puddle |
|
| midden-creels |
mɪdənˈkrils |
manure-baskets |
|
| midden-hole |
|
a gutter at the bottom of the dunghill. |
|
| on the moon or in the midden |
|
bliss or missery |
|
| midge | mige | midgie |
ˈmıdʒi |
midge; clouds and clouds of the effin wee buggers |
in context |
| midlin | middlin |
|
of medium size or quality, meddling |
|
| midnicht |
ˈmɪdˈnɪxt |
midnight |
|
| mids |
|
middle, a medium, centre |
|
| mile | myle |
|
mile |
|
| milking shiel |
|
the milking shed |
|
| mill | mull |
mɪl |
mill |
|
| mill-lead | mill-lade |
mɪlˈlid |
channel bringing water to mill |
in context |
| milygant |
|
rascallion |
in context |
| mim |
|
prim and proper, affected |
|
| mim-mou'd |
ˈmɪmˈmuːd |
prim-lipped. |
|
| mimp |
|
speak or act affected |
in context |
| min |
|
mind, man, small mother |
in context |
| mince |
|
minced beef, to render a person inoperable or damaged |
in context |
| mind |
|
remember, recollect |
in context |
| minents |
|
minutes of meeting |
|
| mines | myne |
|
mine |
|
| ming |
|
blend, a smell, to smell, a bad smell |
|
| mingin |
ˈmɪŋən |
be stinking, very drunk |
|
| minnie |
|
mother |
|
| minnin | minnen |
|
minnow |
|
| mint |
|
intend, attempt to do, aspire to |
|
| mird |
|
meddle with, have dealings with |
|
| mire-deuk |
|
a wild duck, mallard |
|
| mirk | murk |
ˈmɪrk |
dark, black, gloomy |
in context |
| mirken |
|
darken or darkened, obscure or obscured, dimmed |
in context |
| mirknicht |
|
the dead of night |
|
| mirkie |
mərkɪ |
merry, mischievous, playful |
|
| mirligaes | mirligoes |
ˈmɪrlɪgoz |
vertigo, dizziness |
|
| misca | miscaa |
mɪsˈkɑ |
to miscall |
|
| mischaunce |
mɪsˈtʃɑns |
misfortune |
|
| mischief |
|
injury, misfortunate, trouble |
|
| misdout | misdoot |
mɪsˈdut |
disbelieve, suppose what is |
|
| misert | mysert |
ˈmaɪzərt |
a miser, miserly, mean |
|
| misfortunate | misfortunat |
|
unfortunate |
|
| misguide |
|
treat badly, waste, mismanage |
|
| mishanter |
ˈmɪsˈʃantər |
misfortune, accident |
|
| misken |
mɪsˈkɛn |
be ignorant or unaware of, not know |
|
| mislairt | mislearit |
|
misinformed, ill-bred |
|
| mismak |
|
make badly, make wrongly, dismantle |
|
| misrestit |
mɪsˈrɛstɪt |
suffering from lack of sleep |
|
| missive |
|
formal letter |
|
| misslie |
ˈmɪslɪ |
alone, lonely |
|
| mistaen |
|
mistaken |
|
| mistak |
mɪstak |
mistake |
|
| misteuk |
|
mistook |
|
| mistryst |
mɪsˈtrəist |
fail to meet, let down |
|
| mither |
ˈmɪðər |
mother |
in context |
| mittle |
|
mutilate |
|
| mixtie-maxtie |
|
confused |
|
| mixtur | mixter |
|
mixture |
|
| mixtur-maxtur | mixter-maxter |
|
a jumble |
|
| mizzle |
|
vanish, melt away |
|
| moch |
mox |
a moth, warm moist weather |
|
| mochie | muchtie |
ˈmoxtɪ |
moth infested, humid weather |
|
| mochiness |
|
dampness |
|
| moger | mooger |
ˈmogər |
work slovenly, botch |
in context |
| moggan |
ˈmogən |
leg of a stocking, footless stocking |
in context |
| moidert |
|
confused, dazed |
|
| moldewort |
|
mole |
|
| moligrants |
ˈmolɪˈgrants |
a fit of sulks |
|
| molligrant | mulligrumph |
|
a complaint, complainant, lamentation |
in context |
| monie | mony | mauny |
ˈmonɪ |
many |
in context |
| mony a ane / yin |
|
many a one |
|
| mony's the time |
|
often |
|
| moniment |
ˈmonɪˈmənt |
monument, a rascal |
|
| moose | mouss |
mus |
mouse |
in context |
| moose-wab |
|
cobweb |
|
| the morn |
|
tomorrow, the following day |
in context |
| morn |
|
morning |
in context |
| moss |
mos |
boggy ground, moorland |
|
| moss bluiter |
mosˈblutər |
snipe |
|
| moss cheeper |
|
meadow pipit |
|
| mosscrap | mosscrop |
|
cotton grass |
|
| mote |
|
a round hillock |
|
| mottie |
|
spotty |
|
| mou | moo |
ˈmu |
mouth |
in context |
| moudie | moudiewort | mowdie | mowdiewarp | mowdiewart |
ˈmʌudɪˈwʌrt |
mole |
in context |
| mowdieskin |
|
moleskin, used to be hard wearing weatherproof trousers from moleskins |
in context |
| mougre |
ˈmugər |
hang around making a shadow |
|
| moulit |
|
mouldy |
|
| mouser | mooser | moutach |
ˈmʌusər |
moustache |
|
| mout | moot |
mut |
moult |
|
| moutit | mootit |
muʔət |
moulted, untidy, scruffy |
in context |
| moutch | mootch |
ˈmuʃ |
loaf about |
|
| mouter | mooter |
|
to fret, a miller |
|
| mouth | mou | mooth |
ˈmuθ |
mouth |
in context |
| whit fizzes in the mooth disni aye fill the wame |
|
what fizzes in the mouth does not always fill the belly |
in context |
| moothie |
ˈmuθɪ |
mouth organ |
in context |
| mouthfu | moufu, moothfae | moufae |
|
mouthful |
|
| movir |
ˈmʌvər |
quiet, gentle |
|
| mowd |
|
clothes moth |
|
| mowp | moup | moop |
mʌup |
twitch the lips, nibble, pet name for a rabbit |
in context |
| mowrie |
ˈmʌurɪ |
gravel mingled with sand |
in context |
| moyen |
ˈmoiən |
power to exert influence, means, to direct |
|
| mozie |
mozɪ |
decayed, mouldy |
|
| muck |
|
dung, manure |
|
| muck oot |
ˈmʌkˈut |
clean out the dung from the byre or hen house or hamsters cage |
|
| mucked intae |
|
to get messily mixed into |
in context |
| muck-flee |
|
dung-fly |
|
| muckle | mickle | meikle |
|
large, much, huge |
in context |
| lord an lady muck |
|
referring to a couple who think too much of themselves |
|
| moyen does muckle, but money does mair |
|
power does a huge amount but money does more (politics, then as now) |
|
| muckle-boukit |
ˈmʌklˈbukɪt |
big broad and burly |
in context |
| muggins |
|
mugwort |
|
| muggins |
|
a term for oneself as the one who's just been taken advantage of |
|
| muid | mude |
mød |
mood |
|
| muild |muld | moold | muils | moul | mool |
mul |
soil, earth, mould, a chilblain |
in context |
| muilit | moulit |
|
mouldy |
|
| muils | mools |
|
crumbed earth broken up in the process of cultivation |
|
| raik'd i the mools |
|
buried, dragged through the dirt |
in context |
| muin | mune |
|
moon |
|
| muitt |
|
To exhaust, tire out |
in context |
| munelicht |
|
moonlight |
in context |
| munelicht flit |
ˈmunˈlixtˈflɪt |
moving house in the middle of the night to dodge the rent collector |
|
| munsie | munsey | muncey | muncie |
ˈmʌnsɪ |
odd looking person, person in a sorry state who has been knocked about, person rendered useless, one who invites ridicule |
in context |
| mak a munsie o |
|
reduce to a sorry state |
in context |
| a month o munes |
|
an impossibly long time |
|
| muir | mure |
ˈmør |
moor |
|
| muir cheeper |
|
meadow pipit |
|
| muir foul | muir fowl |
|
red grouse |
|
| muircock |
|
male red grouse |
|
| muirhen |
|
female red grouse |
|
| mulberrie | mulberry |
|
whitebeam |
|
| muldone |
|
basking shark |
|
| mull |
mʌl |
a headland, |
|
| mummle |
mʌml |
mumble |
|
| mump | mamp |
|
nibble, complain, mope |
|
| mumpin oan |
|
continuously complaining |
in context |
| mundheri | methery |
|
numeral four as in sheep counting or counting rhymes for children |
|
| mundy |
|
a heavy hammer - the story I heard from a man that worked in the Clyde shipyards was that it is actually called the maun dae hammer. Maun dae meaning 'will (in a very definite sense) do'. So the maun dae hammer means the biggest hammer in the shop to tackle a job that has been thwarting other means. The Thy Will be Done Hammer. And so that is the name of the biggest heaviest hammer in every workshop. |
|
| munge |
mundʒ |
grumble, sulk |
|
| munk | mink |
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a noose, loop, a tether |
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| munn |
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short handled horn spoon |
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| munro |
mʌnˈro |
any scottish peak at or over 3000 feet, 914.4m |
in context |
| munt | mont |
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mount, prepare to depart, a hill |
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| murle | muil | mule |
mʌrl |
crumble, pulverise |
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| murle |
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murmur, babble |
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| murlin |
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round narrow necked basket used in fishing |
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| murmichan |
ˈmʌrmɪxən |
bogle or fairy referred to to frighten children |
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| murmle |
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murmur |
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| murn | murne |
mʌrn |
mourn |
in context |
| murr |
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purr |
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| muslin-kail |
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beefless broth |
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| murther |
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murder |
in context |
| mutch |
mʌtʃ |
a kind of hood most often worn as a nightcap |
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| mutchkin | muschkin |
mʌtʃˈkɪn |
quarter of a Scots pint |
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| muttie |
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grain measure, third or quarter of a peck |
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| myave |
mjɑv |
stomach, maw |
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| mynd | mind |
ˈməind |
to remember, do recall |
in context |
| myndin | mindin |
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remembering |
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| mynd ye |
ˈməindˈyi |
mind you |
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| mynd the first step it's a muckle yin |
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(of a precipice) watch out for the first step it's a big one |
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| myndin | mindin |
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a small gift, a memory |
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| mynt | mint |
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minded, remembered |
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| mype | mipe |
ˈməip |
chatter, be diligent |
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| myrthus |
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myrtle |
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| mysel | massel |
masɛl |
myself |
in context |
| myting |
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a dwarf, a runt |
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Scottish Words Glossary: M from A-Z