Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen: Travellers' Songs, Stories and Tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts

Glossary

365 A aa – all aaready – already aathegither – altogether abeen – above ae, aen (also een) – one aboot – about aff – off affa – awful afore – before ahint – behind ain – own an – and (except where‘and’ is used emphatically) aneth – beneath anither – another aroon – around aul – old aye – always B baet – bet (beaten) baith – both bairn – child be – by beeriet – buried bided – lived bidin – living bit – but bowie – wooden bowl brig – bridge brither – brother bumbee – bumblebee bun – bound C caa – call caaed – called cairt – cart cam – came canna – can’t cauld – cold cause – because chitties – tripod for holding a pot over a fire claes – clothes clartit – spread thickly (e.g. ointment) cleek – metal hook clovin – cloven clout – clout, hit, bash coggie – pail collop – egg and bacon couldna – couldn’t crack – strike, hit croaker – dee (as in die) cry – call D dabber – fancy dae, dee, div – do daurna – daren’t deein – doing deen – dark deid/deit – dead deif – deaf didna – didn’t dinna – don’t dirler-lip – chantey pot lip dizzen – dozen doon – down dose – large quantity or number dother – daughter dree – suffer, put up with duddies – clothes Glossary 366 Glossary E een – one eence – once efter – after es – his F faa – fall fae, fee – from fairmer – farmer fairmhoose – farmhouse feechels – rags feel – fool fit – foot, what flech – flea fleer – floor fleg – tire, a fear fower – four fricht – fright fu – full G gaed – given gan, gaen – going gang – go gaun – gone gaithered – gathered gaitherin – gathering, collecting gale – gable end, side of house geet – baby gie – give geid – gave gey – very gied – gave ging – going girnin – peevish, whining Glesga – Glasgow gloaming – twilight grat, greit – cried growe – grow gwana – a hessian bag from‘Gwana’ gweed – good gyang – go H haa – hall hadna – hadn’t hairt – heart halberdier – halberd bearer, halberd was a combined spear and battleaxe halvers – halved hame – home happent – happened hawkin – trading hed, hid – had heid – head hid – had hidna – hadn’t hiv – have hizzy – hussy hoose – house hurlin – riding I ile o rue – oil of rue (rue is a bitter herb) ilka – every intae – into iver – ever J jaicket – jacket jine – join jist – just K kaimin – combing ken – know kent – knew kept – took, wanted kinda – kind of L lane – (his) alone, on his own lammel-lea – meadow lang – long langward – rural, landward laverock – lark licht – light limmer – anything that is finished or done, ‘they’ve had their day’ looe, looed – love, loved lowse – loose, unharness, set free M mair – more mairriet – married 367 Glossary maist – most mebbe – maybe meen – moon mind – remember minnie – mother mither – mother muckle – great murn – mourn murnin – mourning N nae – now, no naethin – nothing neist – next nicht – night nickum – devil niver – never O ony – any onythin – anything onywye – anyway oor – our oot – out ower – over P peaties – peats pileerachie – carry-on peer – poor pey – pay, pea plooboy – ploughboy Q quine – lassie, girl R richt – right rin – run roon – round S sae – so scrachie – when singing, straining for the note scunnert – disgusted sellt – sold shak – shake sheen – shoes shilluns – shillings shuls – shovel, hoe shult – horse sic – such siccan – such as skweel – school skep – basket, especially used for grain, meal or potatoes smaa – small smited – infected, struck down snaa, snaain – snow, snowing solan – gannet sowens – porridge made from oat husks and siftings spats – thick leggings with elastic straps that went round underneath the feet steen – stone, 14 lbs. stot – bounce (a ball) strae – straw swack – lithe, supple sweer – sad, reluctant syventeen – seventeen T tae – to taen, teen – taken tair – a piece of fun, a spree or lark tats – rags tatties – potatoes tellt – told thegither – together tho – though thocht – thought thrawl – pull? thru – through til – until timmer – wooden tow – rope twa – two U up-castit – cast up to, used against W wally dogs – ornamental china dogs weel-kent – well known weel – well 368 Glossary weel-faurt – comely weel-likit – well liked wey/wye – way whaur – where wheep – whip whit – what whitewash – old name for what is now called‘emulsion’ wi – with wid – would, wood widda – would have, widow widna – wouldn’t wimes – tummies windae, windi – window wint – went wirna – were not wis – was wisna – wasn’t withoot – without worthie – someone who has no home and just tramps about, a known local character wouldna – wouldn’t wrang – wrong wye – way Y yarkit – open yeer, yere – your (also yin, yir, yer) yese – you (plural) yett – gate or grille of latticed iron, used for defence Cant glossary bing – get, fetch chorin – stealing...