English / Ulster-Scots Glossary
Letter B
Source | English / Ulster-Scots Glossary: A Core Vocabulary Wordlist with Verb Tables |
Author | Philip Robinson (compiled and edited by) |
Publisher | Ullans Press |
Edition | First Edition |
Date | 2013 |
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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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