Scottish Word: Sodger.
Wid jist the sodger’s graith hingin on a stob nae serve jist as weel tae test yer new crossbow Cooncillor? Ah mak it a dizzen o my guid tap wicht men sent tae their maker noo … Continue reading Sodger.
Scottish Words tagged with: armour - 17 posts.
Scottish Word: Lamp.
We aw ken a unicorn’s aye gonna lamp a lion. It’s scrivand. What girnels my kirn is thon sook oan its back thinkin he’s Erchie. Ahn the same goes fur the tumfie dirlit frae the shouders … Continue reading Lamp.
Scottish Word: Nacket.
Weel Devitt, ye ken yer nithin but a nacket. Ahn a peedie een at that. Whit d’ye think ye can dae agin sic a slee sicker o a sodger as the muckle Goliath yonder. An whit’s … Continue reading Nacket.
Scottish Word: Croon.
Hey! Hey! Hey huv ye heard the yin aboot the reid neb cat that cut aff its ain croon? Ahn got a plester o blue? Aw because she sterted an set hersel her ain red lines … Continue reading Croon.
Scottish Word: Growk.
Whit for are ye growkin at me for? I thoucht ye were tae be the same size as the rest o us reid nebs? Whaurs awbuddy else oniewye? Ahn whit are ye daein wi them hats? … Continue reading Growk.
Scottish Word: Lether.
Lether thon waw lads ahn get intae them meschants abune us like a dug leatherin a bawd ahn we’ll finish this seige the-day. Translated: lether, ledder: ladder. Get the ladders up all over that wall lads … Continue reading Lether.
Scottish Word: Grunded.
Yiv been warned Senga. Noo get yersel tae the gym ah’n work-oot or yir drapped frae the armed fairy flying squad. Ye’ll end up grunded permanently ah’n that’s nae life fur a war fairy. Translation: grunded, … Continue reading Grunded.
Scottish Word: Buddy.
“Dae ye no think it’s lookin like there’s nae buddy in it?” Translated: buddy: a human being, person, body. “Do you not think that it is beginning to look like it does not have a person … Continue reading Buddy.
Scottish Word: Forloppin.
“Ah wonder if that counts as forloppin especially when we were jist efter a bowl o drinkin sowans for the ship’s cat.” Translated: forloppin: runaway, renegade (of priests, friars or monks). “I wonder if that counts … Continue reading Forloppin.
Scottish Word: Moger.
“Aff yer erse an get that moger redd up an intae the kists. Ye ken we’ll no get oor deposit back if the shell cases are no in the boxes.” Translated: moger: mess, muddle, a job … Continue reading Moger.