English / Ulster-Scots Glossary

Letter B

SourceEnglish / Ulster-Scots Glossary: A Core Vocabulary Wordlist with Verb Tables
AuthorPhilip Robinson (compiled and edited by)
PublisherUllans Press
EditionFirst Edition
Date2013
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B

baby n ba, babbie, wean, bairn

back n bak, (loc.) bek; exclamation (horse command) bik!; (on / to the b~) a-bak

bad adj ill; (sick) bad

bag n baag

ball n baa

band n ban

bank n bank, (loc.) benk; (peat) bink, broo

bar n (door) boult, bar

base n fit; (building foundation) foonds, fittins

basic adj main

bat n bat

be v be; (habitual, emphatic) bes; (habitual, unemphatic) bis (see also was, is, are etc.)

beach n shore

bear v (endure) thole; (carry) cairry; (fruit) cum oot

beard n baird

beast n beece

beat v bate, thong; (severely) battèr, whale

beautiful adj bonnie, bricht, guid lukkin, beautyfu; (hist.) lovesome

because conj acause, fur, seein, because; (b~ of) fur, oot o, ower tha heid o, on accoont o

become v get; v pt got; (becoming) got

bed n bed

been v pp bin

before adv afore, in front o, or; (b~ ever) or iver

began v pt begood, begun

begin v stairt, join

behind adv ahint, behin; (b~ a person's back) ahint baks

believe v heed, credit, tak (it) in; (hist.) trow

bell n bell

belong v belang

below adv alow, unnèr

beneath adv unnèr, aneath, in alow

beside adv aside, agin

besides conj aside frae, forbye

best adj best

better adj bettèr; v (get the b~ of) get tha best o

between adv atween: (hist.) aqweest; (b~ now and then) (hist.) atween an

beyond adv ayont

big adj bïg, muckle

bird n burd

bit n bït

black adj blak, (loc.) blek

blind adj blin

block n block, jorr

blood n bluid

blow n bat, blarge, bleech, bleenge, booch, dig, kep, leenge, mell, reeve, skite, sleenge, snirt, sother, sowse, sugh; (heavy) keb, stemisher; (severe) whizeek

blow v blaa, blaw

blue adj blue, (loc.) bue; (in compounds) blae-; (b~berry) n blaeberrie; (b~bottle) n maggot-flee

board n boord

boat n boat, (local) bóat

body n bodie

bog n boag; (peat) moss

bold adj boul

bone n bane

book n buik

boot n buit

born v boarn

both adj baith

bottom n (base) fit; airse

bought v pt bocht

bowl n bowle

box n box

boy n lad, gossoon, weefla, wee fella, weetchil

branch n brench

bread n breid; (b~ roll) bap

break v brek

bridge n brig

bright adj bricht

bring v bring; (put one's way) throw

broad adj braid

broken v pp broke, (loc.) brok, bust, bustit

brother n brither

brought v pt brocht, brung

brown adj broon

build v big

bull n büll

burn v burn, (hist.) brun

bush n büsh

busy adj bizzie, (be) aa go

but conj bot, but; (but for) onlie fur

buy v buy; (b~ for) trait

by prep bi, by; wi, gin; (b~ the time) agin, gin; (b~ way of) in tha wye o

by adv bye

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