Author : Margaret G. Dareau
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 2001-12-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780198605423
The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, and social history.
Author : Collins Dictionaries
Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Goidelic languages
ISBN : 9780007538454
A popular and informative guide to the Scots language in the best-selling Gem format. Contains words and phrases from both literary and everyday language, this is the perfect wee dictionary of Scots for native and non-native speakers alike. First published in 1995, the Collins Gem Scots Dictionary is by far the most popular guide to the language of today's Scotland, with nearly 1800 everyday words and phrases from all over Scotland clearly explained and with lots of helpful examples of usage. Colour text makes this best-selling dictionary even more user-friendly. With its durable and eye-catching cover, this is a must for every bookshelf!
Author : James A.C. Stevenson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1474247202
This dictionary covers a multitude of Scots words and expressions, some of which have entered into English worldwide, some of which are peculiarly Scottish and communicate much about Scotland's unique culture and society. Often light in tone, it offers valuable insight into the linguistic development of Scots.
Author : John Jamieson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,99 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Scots language
ISBN :
Author : Amanda Thomson
Publisher : Saraband
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1912235757
Scotland is a nation of dramatic weather and breathtaking landscapes – of nature resplendent. And, over the centuries, the people who have lived, explored and thrived in this country have developed a rich language to describe their surroundings: a uniquely Scottish lexicon shaped by the very environment itself. A Scots Dictionary of Nature brings together – for the first time – the deeply expressive vocabulary customarily used to describe land, wood, weather, birds, water and walking in Scotland. Artist Amanda Thomson collates and celebrates these traditional Scots words, which reveal ways of seeing and being in the world that are in danger of disappearing forever. What emerges is a vivid evocation of the nature and people of Scotland, past and present; of lives lived between the mountains and the sky.
Author : Iseabail Macleod
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,66 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781902930046
This comprehensive dictionary of words and phrases is for all who want to use the Scots language.
Author : Pauline Cairns Speitel
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 15,29 MB
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1910022381
affront • baffies • capercailzie • dingie • elderitch first fit • glaikit • hogmanay • jalouse • laldie • mar numpty • onding • pawkie • scunner • thrapple wean • yeukie • and mony mony mair tae whet yer thrapple... What is your favourite Scots word? Have you heard of a stushie or a stairheid rammy? Do you know a numpty who talks a lot of mince? For over a decade, The Herald has published the Scottish Language Dictionaries' Scots Word of the Week. This wee book gathers 100 of our favourites, showing the breadth and diversity of the Scots language over time, ranging from lesser-known Older Scots to formal language to contemporary slang. Uncover the surprising origins of well-known words such as numpty and wean, discover unusual ones like onding and gowan, and savour evocative gems like Robert Burns' 'blethering, blustering, drunken blellum'.
Author : R. W. Renton
Publisher : Hippocrene Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780781803168
Provides 8,500 entries, a list of abbreviations and irregular verbs, and a grammar guide.
Author : John Jamieson
Publisher :
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 1808
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Susan Rennie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019963940X
The first account of the making of John Jamieson's pioneering Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language first published between 1808 and 1825. Susan Rennie describes Jamieson's work and methods interweaving her account with biography and linguistic, social, and book history to present a rounded picture of the man, his work, and his times.
