Look out for these Scots words in
The Adventurs o Tintin:
agin against
aiblins perhaps
alowe on fire, ablaze
antrin odd, peculiar
argy-bargy argue, quarrel
atween between
atweenwhiles meanwhile
awthegither altogether
backarts backwards
bide live, stay
biggin building
biggit built
blether chat
bogle a spirit, a ghost
breeks trousers
breenge barge, rush
brig bridge
bumbazin amazing, astonishing
byordinar extraordinary, unusual; unusually
chapknock
clarty dirty, grimy
clauts claws, clutches
clype on tell on, inform on
dookin bathing
dottelt absent-minded, confused
dover doze, nap
dreich miserable, gloomy
dumfoonert dumbfounded, flabbergasted
dunner rumble
dunt a blow, a bump
dwam nap, doze; day-dream
eejit idiot, fool
ettle try, attempt
fantoosh fancy, swanky
fesh fetch, get
fleg scare, frighten
foostie mouldy, musty
forby as well, besides
frichtsome frightening, scary
gallus bold, daring
gey, gey an very
gie give
gie ower give up, abandon
girn complain, grumble
glaikit daft, bumbling
gown fool, idiot [literally = ‘cuckoo’]
grip, grip on catch, catch up with
haivers nonsense
heeze raise, hoist
howk dig, rummage
jalouse suspect, guess
jink dodge, evade
jouk [rhymes with hook] dodge, evade
joukery-pawkery trickery, deceit
jyne [rhymes with mine] join
keek look, peek
leet list
limmer rascal
loun fellow
lowe [rhymes with cow] fire, flame
lowp leap, jump
lowse release, free
mak til make for, head for
merk mark, symbol
mirk darkness
mishanter mishap, accident
muckle great, big
neb nose
numptie fool, idiot
onbeast a frightening monster
oorie eerie and strange
oot-throu throughout
orra, orra-like odd, peculiar
plump a clump, a patch
polis police
pooch pocket
ramstam headlong
ratten rat
rive [rhymes with hive] tear, rip
saicont second
scootie wee very wee, tiny
scouk [rhymes with hook] skulk, lurk
scunnersome annoying
scunnert fed up, disgusted
shangies handcuffs, shackles
sinsyne since then
skaith harm, hurt
skellochin yelling, screaming
skellum rascal
skirlin pan frying pan
skirt elude, evade
sklent swerve, veer
smoch thick fog
sneck fasten, lock
sned cut, chop
snochter-dichter handkerchief
snowk [rhymes with fowk] hunt, search; sniff out
speugie [rhymes with buggy] sparrow
steekit closed, jammed
stoater a great example, a cracker
stooshie commotion
stramash crash, wreckage
stravaigin wandering
swatch [rhymes with catch] look, glimpse
sweirt reluctant
swither waver, hesitate, dither
syne [rhymes with mine] ago, since; then
teuch tough
thrid third
througang passageway
tint lost
the tither the other
toom empty
tryst-word password
tummle tumble
tyne [rhymes with mine] to lose
unco strange, odd
unfleggit not scared, not frightened
vizzie a view, a vista
waur [rhymes with for] worse
wheech whizz, speed
a wheen a few, some
whiles sometimes
whummle overturn, capsize; overpower
yaise, yiss use
yestreen yesterday
yett gate
yonner by over there
