Animal Ferm selectit glossar
I’v waled oot a wheen o the wirds that fowk micht no ken frae my Scots translation of Animal Farm and pit them in a glossar:
- abeich
- tae ae side; aluif
- aefauld
- single mindit
- agrouf
- flet on the face
- airtit
- directit
- assail
- attack (noun and verb)
- atweesh
- atween
- awes
- sails o a windmill
- bejan
- beginner
- belive
- at ance, immedently
- besturtit
- disturbit
- beuch
- limb
- biddenable
- tractable, controllable
- biddins
- orders
- bieldit
- teuk refuge
- binna
- except, apairt frae
- birselt
- reproached
- braws
- bonnie or guid things
- breese
- crush
- byes
- compared wi
- cadgy
- affectionate, freendly
- cairt-trink
- cairt-track
- camshauchelt
- distortit, thrawn
- cantrips
- acts o mischief
- cast aboot
- detour
- caur
- calfs
- cavie
- confined, closetit
- champ
- mash
- channer
- grumble, complain
- clocher
- wheezing hoast
- compesced
- repressed, subdued, hauden doun
- confeerin tae
- in accordance wi
- couartiness
- cowardice
- coukit
- secludit
- crulged
- slunkit
- cuddum
- train, tame, domesticate
- denzie
- deign
- dern
- hide, conceal
- devauled
- stoppit
- discoorse
- speech
- docht
- ability
- dosan
- forelock
- doutsome
- vague
- e’en
- even; quite, indeed; juist, semply; evenin
- easedom
- leisure; comfort, luxury
- failzies
- failures
- feid
- emnity
- feingit
- forged
- fit-dunt
- fitprent
- flindrikin
- flimsy
- fliskit
- capert
- flist
- explosion
- flytin
- quarrelin
- frauchty
- generous, liberal
- furthcastin
- expulsion
- furthie
- generous, liberal
- gaig
- crack, chink
- gibble
- tuils, implements
- gin
- if
- girsin
- grazin
- greeshoch
- enthusiasm
- growen-up
- ower-growen
- gryce
- young pig(s)
- haint
- saufed
- hauflins
- partially
- hechle
- a difficulty
- hecht
- promise
- homologate
- ratified
- huilied
- pause, tak a breith
- hurdie gig
- governess cairt
- hyter
- stagger, lurch
- ill-wysin
- manipulatin
- insnorlt
- involved
- keen
- drivin a hard bargain
- kep
- prevent
- lea
- a pastur, clearin in a forest
- licht on
- attack
- limmer
- scoondrel, rogue
- limn
- a portrait
- luit (‘loot’, ‘leet’) ken
- revealt
- maks
- forms
- malafoostert
- destroyed, in ruins
- maumie
- ripe
- menzie
- retinue, band o followers
- merle
- blackbirds
- mintit
- planned, arranged
- moyen
- influence
- muse
- a study
- navis-bore
- knot-hole
- nicher
- whinny
- nochtie
- guid for naething
- nochtless
- ithoot wirth
- onstaundin
- persistent
- oo
- we (in Borders dialect); wool
- or
- afore (in time)
- pail
- hearse
- perqueir
- by hert, frae memory
- pile
- a blade or stalk o hey
- pinch
- critical maument
- pirr
- licht wind
- pleppit
- limp
- priggin
- pleadin
- pyoty
- piebald
- pyned
- torturt
- pyntitly
- punctually
- quader
- square, agree
- ragglish
- wild
- reamy
- creamy, frothy
- redd up
- resolve, sattle (a tulzie)
- reestie
- inclined tae jib
- retrocess
- reinstate
- rowthie
- substantial, abundant
- ruckit
- stackit
- scart
- scrape
- shauchelt
- worn oot
- shaw
- a smaa wid, thicket
- shouthert
- walked in a heavy wey
- sib-like
- freendly, as kinsmen
- sichtit
- examined, inspectit
- sklentie
- oblique, cryptic
- skrime
- leuk close at
- sonse
- guid fortune, prosperity
- soond
- rumour, widespreid talk
- sorny
- parasitic
- sortin
- sallying
- speaned
- weaned
- speirins
- information, news
- spelderin
- sprawlin
- splores
- controversies
- stank
- a pond, puil
- stell
- distill
- straucht
- richt awa
- streekit
- exaggeratit
- swine-crue
- pigsty
- syver
- a field-drain
- tae wyte
- at faut
- thrummed
- purred
- trew
- believe
- trigly
- neatly
- trystin
- conciliatory
- tulzie
- disagreement, dispute, quarrel
- unprovised
- unforeseen
- vantage
- benefit
- vauntie-like
- in a vain wey
- vire
- a great beauty, prized specimen
- vogie
- imposing
- weesh aff
- a caa til a horse in a harness tae turn richt
- weird
- fate
- whimpelt
- complicatit
- yammert
- complained, grummelt
- yerkit
- fastent ticht
- yirdit
- buirit