Ah canni thole this torture onie longer John. Dae yer duty.

Tie yer unbrakable cord fast tae this damned tuith ahn kick the bricks oer the cliff.

Dinni look sae worried MAN!

Ahm no goin anywhere I’m weel yokit tae this chair by stout rope, cos for tae quote the Bard.
“Where’er that place be priests ca’ hell,
Where a’ the tones o’ misery yell,
And ranked plagues their numbers tell,
In dreadfu’ raw,
Thou, Tooth-ache, surely bear’st the bell,
Amang them a’!”

Translate:

thole: To suffer, to be subjected to or afflicted with, to have to bear or endure.

I cannot bear this torture any longer John. Do your duty.

Tie your unbreakable cord fast to this damned tooth and kick the bricks over the cliff.

Don’t look so worried MAN!

I’m not going anywhere I’m well tied to this chair by stout rope, because to quote the Bard.
“Where’er that place be priests ca’ hell,
Where a’ the tones o’ misery yell,
And ranked plagues their numbers tell,
In dreadfu’ raw,
Thou, Tooth-ache, surely bear’st the bell,
Amang them a’!”.

θo:l
The Scottish Word: thole with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

Robert Burns’ Address to the Tooth-ache.

You can read the full poem here with translations which contains the verse quoted above.

(This is a Scotstober 2024 Word.)

All of the Scotstober words illustrated for week two are available to scroll through on a single page here.