Scottish Words tagged with: roast - 3 posts.

Monks at breakfast with their pet dragon using its breath to try and make toast.

Scottish Word: Hivna.

Tags: bread, burnt, coal, dragon, fork, hoods, monk, roast, toaster

“Yiv gi’in him oer much coal hivni ye! Ye ken it scowders the toast an cracks the flair.” Translate: hivna, havna, haivena: have not. “You have given him too much coal have you not! You know … Continue reading Hivna. →

bread, burnt, coal, dragon, fork, hoods, monk, roast, toaster

A couple hidden from the sun at the bottom of a barren scorched dry sea and a red cloudless sky.

Scottish Word: Luve.

Tags: boat, canvas, heat, roast, sand, sunshine

“As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And … Continue reading Luve. →

boat, canvas, heat, roast, sand, sunshine

Early hunters make a start on honing the skills of male barbecue - burnt on the outside, raw in the middle.

Scottish Word: Tottie.

Tags: ancestors, barbecue, caveman, cavemen, cook, cooking, fire, food, hunting, knife, loincloth, meat, roast, spear, spit, tattoo

“Go oan, a tottie bit’ll nae dae ye oanie herm.” Translate: tottie: tiny, small. “Go on, a tiny bit will not do you any harm.” The Scottish Word: tottie with its definition and its meaning illustrated … Continue reading Tottie. →