| a’ | all |
| ae | one |
| bannock | a round flat cake, often made with oats and baked over the fire |
| birled | whirled around |
| braw | fine |
| brig | bridge |
| byres | cow sheds, barns |
| burn | a stream |
| cappy | cup, used to rhyme with happy. If your cup is never dry you are well off |
| clotis | clots |
| corbie | raven |
| dirk | a short dagger, part of Highland dress |
| drap | drop |
| each uisge | Gaelic, meaning water horse |
| faem | foam |
| fra | from |
| gae | go |
| garris | from gar, meaning to make |
| glen | a narrow valley |
| gloaming | twilight |
| gowd | gold |
| guidman | a polite way to address a man – the head of a household |
| guidwife | a polite way to address a woman – mistress of a house |
| haif | have |
| hame | home |
| hinnie | honey |
| ill | ‘ill woman’; troublesome; ill pretts – mischievous pranks |
| ken | know |
| kirk | church |
| kist | a large storage box |
| lang | long |
| laird | lord of an estate |
| lassie | an unmarried girl |
| mester | master |
| nightis | nights |
| orra | unskilled or casual worker |
| peat | rotting material dug from moorland to be dried for use as fuel for fires |
| piece | food, usually a snack or sandwich |
| plaid | a length of woollen cloth worn as clothing |
| pretts | pranks or tricks |
| quern | a hand mill made of stone |
| quhare | where |
| quhat | what |
| sault | salt |
| scantlie | from scant, meaning a small amount; Scantlie Mab – Little Mab |
| shape | cut a pattern or material for clothes |
| shew | sew |
| smiddy | blacksmith or blacksmith’s workshop |
| spaeman | wise man |
| stoor worm | a wild or ferocious dragon |
| sweit | sweat |
| thrapple | windpipe |
| trews | trousers |
| womyne | woman |
| wynd | a narrow street |
| yer | your |