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halt, haltit, holt, howlt, hult,
halt [halt]
v. To halt.
pt. pp. haltit.
altagongi, haltagonga, haltagongi, haltugonga, haltugonga, haltugongga, haltugongga,
haltugonga [I.Sh. ˈhaltʌgɔŋə]
n. A fishermen's tabu-language expression used as a kind of spell to check the running of a big fish after it has been hooked.
hailie, hailiness, haillie, hailyness, haley, haliday, halidays, halie, haliness, hally, hallyday, hallydays, haly, halyday, halydays, halyness, halysome, helli, hellie, hellisom, helly, hellysome, hoalidae, hoalidaes, hoaliday, hoalidays, holiday, holidays, holidey, holideys, holydey, holydeys, unhalie, unhaly, up_haly_day, uphaili, uphailiday, Uphailie, Uphailie_Day, uphaillie, uphali, uphaliday, uphalie, uphalie, uphalieday, uphalieday, uphallie, uphallieday, uphaly, uphaly_nicht, up-haly-aw, uphalyday, up-haly-day, uphalynicht, up-haly-nicht, uphelli, uphellia, uphelliaa, uphelliday, uphellya, uphellya, uphellyaa, uphelyaa, upphellia, upphelliaa,
haly [ˈhele, ˈhɛli]
adj. Holy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
haliday: A holiday pl. halidays.
haliness: Holiness.
halysome [-səm]: I. Pleasant in manner, amiable.
haly stane: I. The name given to small round quartz pebbels in the belief that they had fallen from the sky.
unhaly: Unholy.
up-haly-aw (I.Ork.), up-haly-day: The feast of the Epiphany on January 6 marking the end of the Christmas holidays, twelve days from Christmas.
up-haly-nicht: The evening of the Epiphany, twelfth-night.
Halieruid, Hallyrood, Hallyrude, hallyruid, Halyreed, Halyrood, Halyrude, Halyruid, Holieruid, Hollyrood,
Halyruid [ˈhelerød, C. ˈhelerɪd, N. ˈhelerid]
pn. Holyrood (Edinburgh).
From haly + ruid.
Halywid, Halywud, Halywuid,
Halywid [ˈhelewɪd, ˈhelewʌd]
pn. Holywood (Dumfries and Galloway, County Down).
am, ham,
ham [ham]
n. Bacon.
v. To cure meat, especially hind-quarters of beef, pork or mutton, by salting and smoking them.
Compounds and phrases etc.
Gourock ham: A salt herring.
ahame, doon_hamers, doonhamers, doun_hamers, dounhamers, eym, haem, haemaboot, haemly, haim, haimal, haimald, haimalt, haime, haimil, haimilt, haimle, haimly, haims, haimuld, hamald, hame, hame-aboot, hamecomin, hame-comin, hamefare, hame-fare, hamefarin, hame-farin, hamefer, hamefir, hamefir, hameil, hameilt, hamel, hamel, hameld, hameldaeme, hameless, hamelie, hamelldaeme, hamelt, hamely, hames, hamespun, hame-throu, hame-trod, hame-trowe, hamit, hamle, hamled, hammal, heem, heemfare, heemfer, hemelt, hemfer, hemmit, hiem, hjem, hom, homm, hyim, hyimm, hyimmalt, hyimmly, yam, yhim,
hame [hem, S. hjɛm]
n. A home, a settlement.
pl. hames
adv. At home.
hamely [hemli, S. hjɛmli]
adj. Homely. Plain, unaffected. Kind, courteous, friendly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
ahame [əˈ-]: adv. At home.
doun hamer: A native of Dumfries. pl. doun hamers A nickname for Queen of the South football club.
hame-aboot I.Ork.: Homely.
hame-comin: A coming or return home. The festivities on a bride's arrival in her new home. A birth.
hame-fare: I. The journey of a bride to her new home after the wedding.
hame-farin: I. A homecoming festival for expat Shetlanders.
hame-gaun: A return (journey), the act of going home. Death or to the burial of the dead.
hamit [hemət, S. hjɛmət]: adj. Home-produced, home-grown. Homely, familiar. Uncouth, untidy.
hameless: Homeless.
hamle [heməl, S. hjɛməl]: adj. Homely, belonging to home, plain, without ceremony.
hamelt [heməlt, S. hjɛməlt]: adj. Belonging to home, domestic, internal, made or grown at home or native to one's country. Of speech: vernacular, in the native tongue. Homely, familiar, plain, unaffected, simple.
hame'll dae me: Home will do (for) me.
hame-made: Home-made, rustic.
hamespun: Homespun. A native of a place.
hame-throu [-tru, -trʌu]: I.Sh. adv. Homewards.
hame-trod: I.Sh. adv. Towards home.
haudin hame: Going home.
win hame: To get home.
hameower, hame-ower, hameowre, hame-owre,
hameower [hem, S. hjɛm]
adj. Of speech: homely, everyday, simple. In the vernacular (Scots). Of habits or manners: plain, simple, natural, unaffected, without reserve. Of food: plain, homely.
adv. Homewards, towards home.
From hame + ower.
haimart, hamart, hameairt, hameart, hamearts, hameward, hameward, hamewart, hamewart, hame-wart, hame-wart,
hamewart [ˈhemwərt, S. ˈhjɛmwərt]
also hameart [ˈhemərt, S. ˈhjɛmərt] MN. hamewith [ˈhemwɪθ, -wʌθ]
adv. Homeward(s).
adj. Home-made, home-grown, of native manufacture. Native, homely, plain, without ornament. Of speech: homely, vernacular, Scots. Of things: plain, simple, without ornament. Of people: unpolished, unsophisticated.
From hame + -wart.
Hailtoun, Haimilton, Hamilton, Hamiltoun,
Hamilton [ˈheməltən]
pn. Hamilton (South Lanarkshire).
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