fa | faa | faw |
fɑ |
to fall, to happen to one, fall, befall (in blessings/curse - fa fair, fa foul, fa shame) |
in context |
fa's | faws |
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falls |
in context |
fa |
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to come by, to win |
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faa |
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entrails and bits used for sausages |
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fa'n | faan |
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fallen |
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fa aboot |
ˈfɑˈabut |
set about a task |
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factor |
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a property manager or a business agent |
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faddom |
ˈfadəm |
fathom |
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fadge |
fadʒ |
flat round thick loaf or bannock |
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fadmel |
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a weight measure for a lump of lead |
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fae |
fe |
from, foe |
in context |
faem | fame |
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foam |
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faik |
fek |
grasp,grip, fold in a garment, fold out and back as in the mouth of a bag, coil as in rope |
in context |
faik |
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lower, abate, remit (money), spare, let go |
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fail |
fel |
turf for a roof or wall, sod |
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fail dyke |
fel dəik |
turf wall |
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faimish |
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famish |
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faimlie | faimilie |
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family |
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faimish |
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famish |
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fain |
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affectionate, loving |
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fainness |
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joy, liking, love |
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faiple |
fepl |
loose drooping underlip |
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fair |
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fair, complete, utter |
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yer fair done in |
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you're utterly exhausted |
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fair furth the gate |
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candid |
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faird |
ferd |
a hasty movement, impetus |
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fair fa | fairfaa | fairfaw |
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good befall! welcome, bless |
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fairfolk |
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fairies |
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fairin |
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a present from a fair |
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fairly |
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certainly! of course! - emphatic |
in context |
fairmer |
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farmer |
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faither | fallie |
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father |
in context |
faize |
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annoy, ruffle |
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faize-oot |
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fray, become less new through use |
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fallachen |
ˈfalaxan |
a hoard, a concealed store |
in context |
fallae | fallie | falla | fallow |
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fellow |
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falsers |
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false teeth |
in context |
falset |
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liar, lie |
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falset jotters |
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forged papers |
in context |
falset loon |
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charlatan |
in context |
fan | fand |
|
found, put to the test |
in context |
fang |
faŋ |
a capture, booty, stolen goods, heavy bundle |
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fang |
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the power of suction - pump, hoover etc. |
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aff the fang |
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without one's usual power or skill |
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fank |
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sheep pen, rope coil |
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fankle |
ˈfaɳkl |
tangle, become entangled, ensnare, complicate |
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fankling | fangling |
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tangling, complicating |
in context |
fantoush | fantoosh |
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flashy |
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far | fer |
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far |
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far-aff |
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far-off |
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farawa skreed |
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a letter from abroad |
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farawa wi't |
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seriously ill |
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faran | farran |
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starboard side of the boat |
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fardel |
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a fourth part, a quarter |
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fardel | farl |
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a three conered cake (fourth part of a round cake - triangular) e.g. tattie scones, soda scones, oatcakes, shortbread, treacle scones, mmmmmmm |
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fareweel |
ˈferwil |
farewell tattie scone, doon the hatch... |
in context |
farin | farein |
ferın |
food, fare |
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farkage |
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an untidy bundle or heap |
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farrach |
ˈfarəx |
strength |
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fas |
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a tassel, a thing of little value |
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fash | fasch |
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annoy, irritate, trouble, inconvenience, afflict |
in context |
dinni fash yersel |
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do not worry, do not be troubled |
in context |
fasherie |
|
trouble |
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fashious |
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troublesome |
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fastern's e'en |
ˈfastərnzˈivən |
Shrove Tuesday |
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fatterals |
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ribbon ends |
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fauch | faugh |
ˈfɑx |
a fallow field, the breaking up of such a field, light brown |
in context |
fauchat |
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throw in, give up |
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fauchle | fyachle |
ˈfjɑxl |
work lazily, listlessly, useless worker |
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faucht, focht |
ˈfɑxt |
fought |
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faugh | fauch |
fɑx |
pale brown, yellowish |
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fauld | fald |
fɑld |
fold in cloth, a strand of rope, fold shut, a sheep-fold, animal pen |
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fauld dyke |
ˈfɑld diək |
the wall enclosing such an enclosure |
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faun |
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fallen |
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faur | fer |
fɑr |
far |
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faur back |
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long ago |
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faurdin |
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farthing |
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faurer |
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farther |
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fause |
fɑs |
false, treacherous |
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fause-house |
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props in a cornstack forming a hollow to assist the drying of it |
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faut |
fɑt |
blame, fault |
in context |
fautor |
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transgressor |
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feal |
|
loyal, faithful |
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feardie |
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a person feeling scared |
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feart | feartit |
|
feared, scared |
in context |
feasible | faisible |
ˈfezəbl |
feasible |
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feat | feit |
fit |
adroit, clever, trim |
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fecht | ficht | focht |
fɛxt |
fight |
in context |
ficht wi one's ain taes |
|
be extremely quarrelsome - fight with one's own toes |
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a sair fecht |
|
a struggle, a difficult task |
in context |
feck |
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effect, force, value, the greater part |
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feckfu |
fɛkfu |
powerful, effective |
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feckless |
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weak, incompetent |
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fee |
|
engagement as servant, servants wages |
in context |
feech |
fix |
expressing disgust |
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feechie |
|
disgusting, foul |
in context |
feem | feim |
fim |
get hot and bothered, state of agitation, in a sweat |
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feenish | feinish |
|
finish |
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feeroch | | feeroch | feiroch | feerich |
ˈfirox |
state of agitation, bustle, rage |
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feerochry |
|
a state of great rage |
in context |
feersum |
|
fearsome |
in context |
feeze |
fiz |
a screw, a screwing or twisting motion |
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feff |
|
a bad smell |
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feg |
fɛg |
a fig |
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fegs |
|
truly, faithfully - by my fegs (oath) |
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feide |
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feud |
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feifteen |
|
fifteen |
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feingie | fenzie | fenye |
ˈfɛŋjɪ |
feign, make pretence |
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feir | fere |
fir |
a band, a host |
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fell |
|
cause to fall, stunning blow, kill, injure |
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fell |
fɛl |
a steep rocky hill (moor) |
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fell |
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remarkable or considerable of its kind, fierce |
in context |
fell |
|
of cruel disposition, ruthless (person), inclement, severe (weather) |
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felter |
|
tangle |
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feltieflier |
ˈfɛltɪˈfliər |
the fieldfare |
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fenceless |
|
defenseless |
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fend |
|
defend, shelter, guard |
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fendin |
|
provision, support |
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fent |
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opening in garment |
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ferdy |
ferdɪ |
strong, active |
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fere | feir | feer |
fir |
healthy, sturdy |
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fere for fere |
|
equal in every respect |
|
hale an fere |
|
unimpaired |
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ferlie | ferly |
ˈfɛrlɪ |
wonder, marvel, a strange sight |
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ferm | fairm |
ˈfɛrm |
farm |
|
fermer | fairmer |
|
farmer |
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ferntickled |
ˈfɛrnˈtɪklt |
freckled |
in context |
fernyear |
|
the preceding year |
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ferrier |
|
farrier, vet |
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fesh | fech | fess |
ˈfɛʃ |
fetch |
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fest |
|
fast |
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fettle | fettil |
ˈfɛtl |
strength, condition, to repair, to set about or to work, neat, trim, well made, suited |
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feuch |
|
to puff - at a pipe, a draw, a puff |
in context |
feuch |
|
a resounding blow, in a state of rage |
|
feuchter |
ˈfjuxtər |
a slight fall of snow |
|
fey |
fe |
doomed, cursed by the fairies |
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ficher |
ˈfixər |
fumble, fiddle nervously with ones fingers |
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fickle |
|
difficult |
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fickler |
|
a problem, puzzle |
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fidder |
|
flutter, excited |
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fiddle | feedle |
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fiddle |
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fiddler |
|
fiddler |
|
fiddler's biddin |
|
a last-minute invitation |
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fidge |
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fidget |
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fidgin' fain |
|
extremely impatient, too eager |
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fiel | felde |
fild |
field |
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fieldie | fieldy |
|
hedge-sparrow |
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fient | feint | feent |
fint |
devil, fiend |
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fift |
|
fifth |
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fillebeg |
|
kilt - but originally meant the whole plaid which formed the kilt and with spare to wrap the torso and at night the whole thing could double as a wrap when in the open on the hill to act like a sleeping bag |
|
filschach |
ˈfɪlʃəx |
greedy untrustworthy person |
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fine |
|
comfortable, had sufficient, |
|
fine that |
|
indeed, certainly |
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finger-neb |
|
finger tip |
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finnd | fin |
|
find |
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finnicky |
ˈfɪnɪkɪ |
fussy pernickity |
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finkel |
|
fennel |
|
fir-tap | fir-yowe |
|
fir-cone |
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fire | fyre |
|
ignite, fire |
|
fire-flaucht |
fəirflɑxt |
lightning bolt |
|
firlot | ferlot |
|
dry volume - the fourth part of a boll - lippies, pecks, firlots, bolls and chalders varied depending on what was being measured |
|
firr |
|
state of agitation or excitement |
|
firris |
|
excitement, rage |
|
firth |
fɪrθ |
a wide inlet of the sea, an estuary - not a translation, that's their name - if narrow then a sea loch |
in context |
fisherin |
|
fish eating |
in context |
fush | fisch |
|
fish |
|
fishies | fischies |
|
fish |
in context |
fissle |
|
make a rustling , scuffling noise, fuss |
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fit | fuit | fute |
|
foot |
in context |
ilka fit an fur |
|
every detail |
|
fitbaa | fitba | fitbaw |
|
football |
|
fitlike |
fɪtləik |
how are you, similar to, just as so, such as |
in context |
fits a' dae |
|
what is happening here then, what's wrong |
in context |
fittie-lan |
|
the near horse of the hind-most pair in the plough |
|
fittock |
|
stocking with the foot cut off |
|
fittiefie |
ˈfɪtɪˈfaɪ |
a whim |
|
fiver | fivver |
ˈfɪvr |
fever |
|
fixins |
|
repairs |
in context |
fizzin |
|
making a fuss, be in a great rage |
in context |
flaff | flaf |
|
flap, flutter, palpitate |
|
flaffin |
|
flapping, making innefectual undirected progress with a task |
|
flag |
|
a large snowflake |
|
flae |
fli |
a flea, a fly |
|
flaich | flech |
flɛx |
a flea, a restless person, to scratch oneself vigorously (to move the flea (dog)) |
in context |
flainin |
|
flannen |
in context |
flair | fleer | fluir |
ˈflər |
floor |
in context |
flait | flate |
flet |
scolded |
|
flamagaster |
flaməˈgastər |
a stunning shock of surprise or dissapointment |
|
flang |
|
flung |
|
flannen |
|
flannel |
|
flaucht |
ˈflɑxt |
flash, burst of lightning, weave intertwine |
|
flauchter |
ˈflɑxtər |
pare turf from the ground |
|
flaunter |
|
tremble excitedly |
|
fleckit |
|
dappled, flecked |
|
flee | flie |
fli |
a fly, to fly, also move at speed |
in context |
flees |
|
storms into, takes off |
in context |
a close mooth catches nae flees |
|
watch it, idle gossip causes trouble |
|
flee-aboot |
|
being restlessly busy all over the place |
|
flee-intae |
|
attack with vigour |
in context |
let that flee stick tae the wa |
|
leave that subject or topic for another time |
|
nae flees on him/her |
|
a person who is alert, clever and quick witted |
|
fleein |
|
hilariously drunk, flying |
in context |
fleech | fleetch | flietch |
flitʃ |
wheedle, coax, cajole |
|
fleem |
fløm |
phlegm |
|
fleep |
flip |
a lazy oaf |
|
fleesh |
fliʃ |
fleece |
|
fleet | fleit |
|
float, scold |
|
fleet |
|
fast, quick of foot |
|
fleet dyke |
|
a wall to prevent flooding |
in context |
fleg |
flɛg |
fright, to frighten |
in context |
gie us a rare fleg |
|
give us a really good fright |
in context |
flesh |
|
meat |
|
flesher | fleshour |
|
butcher |
|
flet |
|
a flat |
|
fleth'rin |
ˈflɛðərɪn |
flattering |
|
fleuk | fluke |
fljuk |
a flounder, flatfish |
|
flew | fleu |
|
flew |
|
flewit |
fljuıt |
a sharp lash |
|
fley |
fləi |
frighten, scare, a frightening person |
|
flicher |
ˈflɪxər |
giggle |
|
flicht |
ˈflıxt |
flight |
in context |
flichter |
ˈflɪxtər |
flutter, fly awkwardly - (of light ) flicker |
in context |
flichtermoose |
ˈflıxtərmus |
bat |
|
flinders | flitters |
|
shreds, splinters |
|
fling |
|
a Scottish dance, the act of kicking out |
|
flinty |
flɪntɪ |
sharp, keen |
in context |
flird |
|
flaunt |
|
flisk |
|
whisk, frisk |
|
flit |
|
shift, move home |
|
moonlicht-flit |
|
moving at night to avoid rent etc |
|
flittit |
|
moved away |
|
flocht |
floxt |
the act of fleeing |
|
flodge |
flodʒ |
walk clumsily |
in context |
flooer | flo'er | floor | flour | flouer |
flur |
flower, flour |
in context |
flotter |
|
overflow |
|
flow |
|
a bog, a morass |
|
flozent |
|
swollen, puffed up |
|
fluff |
|
blow, puff, move in the breeze |
|
fluffer |
|
excite, agitate |
|
flunge |
|
caper |
|
flunkie |
flʌnkı |
servant |
|
flumgummery |
flʌmˈgʌmərɪ |
any foolish thing, action or carry on |
|
flunner |
flunər |
flounder |
|
fluther |
flʌðər |
confusion, agitation |
|
flype | flipe |
ˈfləip |
fold back, flop down heavily for a short rest |
|
flyte | flite |
ˈfləit |
scold |
|
focht | fochten |
ˈfɑxt |
fought |
in context |
fodge |
fodʒ |
fat clumsy person |
|
fodgel |
|
plump, buxom |
|
fog | fogg |
|
moss, lichen |
|
foldie |
|
foldable |
in context |
follae | folla |
|
follow, accompany |
|
foo | fow |
fu |
how, for what reason |
in context |
foo istye ca'm |
|
what is it you call him |
|
foo istadae wi ye |
ˈfuˈɪstəˈdeˈwijɪ |
what is the matter with you |
|
foond |
|
found |
in context |
foonder | founder |
|
collapse |
|
foonds | founds |
|
foundations |
|
foongil |
ˈfundʒəl |
work shy person |
|
foor |
|
fared |
|
foorich |
ˈfurəx |
bustle, confusion |
|
foosh |
|
soot, dust, light powdery substance, mouldy, smells mouldy |
|
for | fur | fir | fur |
for |
for, because of, as a result of |
|
for aa that |
|
notwithstanding |
|
for fear |
|
lest |
|
foraye |
forəi |
forever |
|
forbears |
|
forefathers |
|
forby |
forˈbaɪ |
beyond, besides, in addition to, except |
|
fordlel | fordell |
ˈfordl |
lead, advancement |
|
forder | further |
ˈfordər |
further |
|
fordone |
ˈfordrøn |
exhausted |
|
fordullit |
|
made stupid |
|
fore |
|
before |
|
fore-caddie |
|
going ahead of the player to observe where the golf ball landed |
|
foregang |
ˈforˈgjaŋ |
an omen or wraith thought to foretell death |
|
forehaimer |
ˈforˈhɛmər |
sledge-hammer |
|
foreheid |
ˈforˈhid |
forehead |
|
foreland |
|
beach |
|
foremaist |
ˈformest |
foremost, first |
|
forenent |
|
before, in front of |
|
forenicht |
ˈforˈnɪxt |
evening |
|
forenuin | forenune |
ˈforˈnøn |
forenoon |
|
foreside |
|
front |
|
forfairn |
|
worn out, forlorn |
|
forfecht | forfochen | forfochten | forfauchlet |
fərˈfoxtən |
be overcome, exhausted, done in, at the end of one's tether |
in context |
forfend |
|
to prevent, forbid, to defend |
in context |
forforn |
|
worn out |
|
forgain |
|
opposite |
|
forgaither | forgather |
ˈfərˈgeðər |
assemble |
|
forgie |
ˈforgi |
forgive |
|
forgoat |
|
forgot |
in context |
forgrutten |
|
tear-stained |
|
forhou | forhoo |
fərˈhu |
forsake |
in context |
forjaskit | forjeskit |
fərˈdʒɛskɪt |
fatigued, jaded |
|
forker | forky tail |
|
earwig |
|
forleet | forleit |
|
forsake |
|
forloppin |
forˈlopən |
renegade, deserting one's duty |
in context |
fornacket |
fərˈnakət |
a hard slap |
in context |
fornyaw |
forˈnjɑ |
worn out, tired |
|
forrit |
|
forward |
in context |
back an forrit |
|
backwards and forwards |
|
forritsome |
|
bold, impudent |
|
forsay |
|
deny |
|
fotch |
|
swop one for another, flinch |
|
fother |
|
fodder |
|
fothersome |
|
rash |
|
fou | fu | foo | fow |
fu |
full, drunk |
in context |
stottin fou |
|
extremely drunk |
in context |
foughten |
|
troubled |
|
foumart | thumart |
|
polecat, ferret |
in context |
fousome |
|
loathsome, dirty |
|
foust | foost |
|
rot, mould |
|
foustie | foostie |
ˈfustɪ |
decayed, mouldy |
in context |
fouter | footer |
ˈfutər |
bungle, exasperating behaviour,work in an unskilled way |
in context |
fouth | footh |
fuθ |
abundance |
|
fouthless |
|
barren |
|
foutie | footie |
ˈfutɪ |
mean, despicable |
in context |
fow |
fʌu |
a pitchfork, a restless tossing movement (feet) |
|
fower | fouer |
fʌur |
numeral four |
in context |
fower-neukit |
|
four cornered |
|
fower-oors |
|
afternoon meal (tea) |
|
fowert |
|
fourth |
|
fowerteen | fowerteent |
|
fourteen |
|
fowertie |
|
forty |
|
fowertiet |
|
fortieth |
|
fowk | folk | foak | foke |
fʌuk |
people, folk |
in context |
foy |
|
a leaving celebration |
in context |
fozie |
|
soft spongy, flabby, dull, stupid |
|
foziness |
|
ponginess, flabbiness, stupidity |
in context |
frae | fi | fra |
fre |
from |
in context |
fraik | frake |
|
a whim, an odd notion, flattery, a flatterer, coax |
|
frail |
frel |
a rush basket |
|
frammle |
|
gobble up, confused mass |
|
fraucht |
frɑxt |
freight, load |
|
frawart |
|
contrary, perverse |
|
freelie | freely |
|
completely |
|
freend | freen | freend | frein | frien |
frind |
friend |
|
freenge | freinge |
frindʒ |
fringe |
|
freit | freet |
|
superstition, sayings |
|
fremd | fremmit |
frɛmd |
foreign, unfamiliar, uncommon, alien |
|
freuch |
frjux |
dry and brittle |
|
awa tae Freuchie |
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go to blazes - also there is such a place as Freuchie and turns out that it was not too far from where I was as a kid when I first heard that term but didn't know it was a place |
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fricht |
frɪxt |
fright, frighten |
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frichtsome |
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frightful |
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frizzel | frezel |
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the steel to get sparks with when you hit a flint |
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fro |
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froth, foam |
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froun | froon |
frun |
frown |
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frump |
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the sulks |
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fruize | fruze |
fruz |
froze |
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frush |
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crisp, short, crumbly, bold |
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fruster |
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bring to nothing, make useless |
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fryne | frine |
frəin |
fret |
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fu |
fu |
full |
in context |
fu-han't |
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full-handed |
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fud |
fʌd |
buttocks, a short tail (of a rabbit or hare), pubic hair (girl) |
in context |
fudder |
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hurry |
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fuff |
fʌf |
emit puffs of smoke, puff, huff or rage |
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fuffle |
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dishevel, ruffle, rearrange, fuss |
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fugie |
fjudɪ |
fugitive |
in context |
fuid | fid | fude |
fød |
food |
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fuil | fil | fule |
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fool |
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fuird | foord | furde |
førd |
ford |
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fuirday |
ˈføˈde |
late in the day |
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fuish |
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fetch |
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fulmart |
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bird, a type of petrel |
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fulyie | fuillie |
ˈfuljı |
dirt, filth, garbage |
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fum |
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disagreeable smell, awful aroma |
in context |
fummle |
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fumble |
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fund | fun |
fʌnd |
found |
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fung | funk |
fʌnk |
kick, throw up the legs (horse) get upset, fly into a temper |
in context |
fupperty jig |
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a trick, a dodge |
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fur | for |
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for |
in context |
dinni worry, whit’s fur ye’ll no go past ye |
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do not be disappointed by whatever has not gone your way, whatever is meant for you will not pass you by, have no fear |
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fur, furr |
fʌr |
furrow made by a plough |
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fur-ahin |
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the hindmost plough-horse in the furrow |
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fure |
før |
carry, convey - by sea |
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furlie |
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a piece of machinery or equipment, esp. one that revolves or has wheels |
in context |
furlie-majigger |
ˈfʌrlɪˈməˈdʒgər |
whirliegig, a cheap showy ornament |
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furm | firm |
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a wooden form |
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furrin |
fʌrın |
foreign, abroad |
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furst |
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first |
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furth | foorth |
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forth, out of doors, - gang furth an multiply |
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fushion |
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plenty, vigour, the sustaining goodness in food, energy |
in context |
fushionless |
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insipid, without vigour, lacking in nourishment, without energy |
in context |
fy |
faɪ |
hurry, or a calling to notice |
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fy aye |
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yes indeed no question! |
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fyke | fike |
fiək fık fɛk |
fuss, fidget, fret, vex |
in context |
fykerie |
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fussing over trifling matters, fidgety |
in context |
fyle | file |
fiəl |
defame, to defile, make dirty, foul |
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fyooack |
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tiny quantity of anything, next to nothing |
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fyoonach |
fjunax |
a light dusting of snow |
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