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
bleezin blazing, fiery
blether chat
bogle a spirit, a ghost
breeks trousers
breenge barge, rush
brig bridge
bursten burst
bumbazin amazing, astonishing
byordinar extraordinary, unusual; unusually
chapknock
clarty dirty, grimy
clauts claws, clutches
clype on tell on, inform on
conflummixt confused
dander stroll, walk
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
ettercap spider
ettle try, attempt
fantoosh fancy, swanky
fesh fetch, get
fireball fireball
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
ill-deedie malevolent, wicked
ill-trickit badly behaved, mischievous
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
loon, 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
ootland foreign, alien
oot-throu throughout
orra, orra-like odd, peculiar
plump a clump, a patch
plunk plunge, fall downwards, plop
polis police
pooch pocket
puddock-stool toadstool
ramstam headlong
ratten rat
reek smoke, fumes
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
shivereens smithereens
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
starn star
starn-keeker astronomer, star-gazer
stravaigin wandering
swatch [rhymes with catch] look, glimpse
sweirt reluctant
swither waver, hesitate, dither
syne [rhymes with mine] ago, since; then
taivers tatters, rags
teuch tough
thrid third
througang passageway
tint lost
the tither the other
toom empty
toward towards
tryst-word password
tummle tumble
tyne [rhymes with mine] to lose
ugsome hideous, abominable
unco strange, odd
undeemous enormous, monstrous
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