Author : Margaret G. Dareau
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,72 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 : Pauline Cairns Speitel
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,60 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 : Amanda Thomson
Publisher : Saraband
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 36,4 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 :
Publisher : Scots Language Dictionaries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Scots language
ISBN : 9781474432313
First published in 1985, the new edition of the Concise Scots Dictionary has been revised throughout to reflect modern Scots usage, alongside extensive coverage of older Scots. Combining accessible style, clear layout and a durable hardback format, this is a user-friendly and robust dictionary that you can turn to for reference and enjoyment.
Author : Sir William Alexander Craigie
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 1937
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780198613039
"The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700, when the Scots language merged with standard English. It touches every facet of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society and supplies a wealth of illustration in the form of quotations accompanying every word and meaning it discusses. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, medicine, agriculture, and all other aspects of Scottish society. This "Scots OED" is published in paper-bound parts (fascicles) and also as volumes, each containing several parts"--Publisher description.
Author : John Jamieson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Scots language
ISBN :
Author : Sir William Alexander Craigie
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release :
Category : Scots language
ISBN :
Author : Sir William Craigie
Publisher : Aberdeen University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,94 MB
Release : 1993-10-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780080306445
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700, when the Scots language merged with standard English. It touches every facet of medieval and renaissance Scottish life and society and supplies a wealth of illustration in the form of quotations accompanying every word and meaning it discusses. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, medicine, agriculture, and all other aspects of Scottish society. This 'Scots OED' is published in paper-bound parts (fascicles) and also as volumes, each containing several parts. The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue is unique and has no competition.
Author : Iseabail Macleod
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,98 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 : Christian Kay
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 37,62 MB
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Dictionary of the older Scottish tongue
ISBN : 1474469701
This volume celebrates the completion of the monumental Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue.
