angered, grieved, annoyed
awa’ wi’ ye, go away
ben, within, through, inside
birsey, (birsie) hot-tempered, passionate
body, a person (sometimes used contemptuously)
bogles, ghosts, spectres
bonny, pretty, beautiful
cannae, cannot
dunt, blow, knock
feared, (feart) afraid, frightened
forbye, as well as, besides, in addition to
gallus, (gallows) wild, bold, daring, rascally
gey, rather, very
greeting, weeping, lamenting
havering, talking nonsense
heids, heads
heilans, highlands of Scotland
joco, merry, lively, pleased with oneself
kelpies, water demons haunting rivers in forms of horses
ken, know
kirk, church
longsyne, (lang syne) long ago
messages, shopping
mixty-maxty, jumbled together; a jumble
peely-wally, sickly, ill-looking
skelp, smack, slap
sneck up, shut up, hold one’s tongue
thingummy, something one cannot give a name to
thrapple, windpipe, throat
tuilzie, (tulyie) quarrel, fight, wrangle or dispute
unchancy, unlucky
vexed, distressed, grieved