Glossary 1
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1 Aʼ, a. [aw] all
Aboon, prep. above
Absteen, v. abstain
Ae, a. [yae] one
Aefauld, a. single; sincere
Aefauldness, n. sincerity
Agley, adv. oblique; aside
Aʼgate, adv. everywhere; all ways
Ahint, prep. behind
Aiblins, prep. perhaps
Ainsel, n. oneʼs own self
Airn, n. iron
Airt, n. and v. direction; to direct
Airtit, v. directed
Airt or pairt, n. anything at all
Allenar, allenarlie, adv. solely, exclusively
Aiss, assis, ase, n. ashes
Aiqual, aqual, a. equal
A-low, adv. on fire, blazing
Alane, alone, only
Als, conj. [alz] also
An, prep. if
Anent, prep. concerning
Ance, adv. [yence] once
Argle-bargle, n. wordy disputation
Arles, n. “deposit,” advance payment
Aschet, n. platter
Askins, n. the thing asked
Athort, prep. across
Attent, n. attention
Assoilzie, v. to acquit on trial
Aucht, a. (gutt.) eight
Aucht, v. own, possess
Auchth, a. (gutt.) eighth
Auchty, a. (gutt.) eighty
Auld, a. old, elder
Aumoneries, n. presses for storing alms
Ava, adv. at all
Avisement, n. advice
Avoutrie, n. adultery
Awa, prep. away
Awesome, a. awful
Awmous, n. alms
Awmoners, n. almoners
Awn, v. owing
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Translated by Rev William Wye Smith. Published in Paisley, Scotland in 1904.