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aal, awl,
awl [ɑːl, ɔːl, N. I. aːl]
n. Awl.
n. Awl.
aamichtie, aamichty, almichtie, almichty, amichtie, amichty, awmichtie, ilmichty,
awmichtie [ɑːmɪçtɪ, ɔː-, N. I. aː-]
adj. Almighty.
adj. Almighty.
Compounds and phrases etc.
The Awmichtie: God, The Almighty.
From aw + michtie
aan, ann, annie, anns, annse, anny, aun, aunie, awn, awnie, awnless, awns, awny, ouwn, raun, yaain, yaavin, yaavins, yavin, yawin, yawins, yewns,
awn [ɑːn, ɔːn, N. I. aːn]
n. The beard or bristle of barley or oats. The refuse of grain blown away in winnowing.
pl. awns I.Sh. The outer husks of corn, chaff.
also yawin usually pl. yawins [ˈjɑː(w)ɪn, ˈjɔː(w)ɪn, N. I. ˈjaː(w)ɪn, MN. ˈjaːvɪn]
n. The beard or bristle of barley or oats. The refuse of grain blown away in winnowing.
pl. awns I.Sh. The outer husks of corn, chaff.
also yawin usually pl. yawins [ˈjɑː(w)ɪn, ˈjɔː(w)ɪn, N. I. ˈjaː(w)ɪn, MN. ˈjaːvɪn]
awnie
adj. Bearded.
adj. Bearded.
Compounds and phrases etc.
awnless: Awnless.
aan, aaner, aans, aen, aens, ain, ained, ainer, ains, ane, aner, anes, aun, auner, auns, awn, awned, awner, awns, awnt, ayn, ayns, disain, disawn, onawnt, own, owns, wanawnt,
awn [ɑːn, ˈɑːʌn, ɔːn, ˈɔːʌn, S. ɑːnd, N. (j)aːn, I. aːn]
v. To own, to possess, to admit, to acknowledge as one's own, as an acquaintance or as right or approved.
pt. pp. awnt
v. To own, to possess, to admit, to acknowledge as one's own, as an acquaintance or as right or approved.
pt. pp. awnt
Compounds and phrases etc.
awner: The owner of something.
awns: Owns.
disawn: To disown, repudiate.
wanawnt: Unclaimed.
awns: Owns.
disawn: To disown, repudiate.
wanawnt: Unclaimed.
awp,
awp [ɑːp, ɔːp, N. I. aːp]
n. arch. The Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula.
n. arch. The Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula.
a$sae, aasae, alsa, alsae, awsae,
awsae [ˈɑːseː, ˈɔːseː, ˈaːseː]
adv. This seems to be a contempory calque on Standard English also, meaning in addition to, where idiomatic Scots would employ a collocation using and aw or forby.
adv. This seems to be a contempory calque on Standard English also, meaning in addition to, where idiomatic Scots would employ a collocation using and aw or forby.
Older Scots did have alswa or alsa.
ateill, atteal, atteille, attileduck, awteal,
awteal [I. ˈaːtil]
n. The pochard Aythya ferina.
n. The pochard Aythya ferina.
Aavis, Auvis, Awvis,
Awvis [ˈaːvɪs]
pn. Alves (Moray).
pn. Alves (Moray).
ae, aidh, ay, aye, eh, iy, ya, yaa, yaase, yae, yass, yea,
ay [aɪ, DD. ɛ]
adv. Yes.
int. Yes.
adv. Yes.
int. Yes.
Compounds and phrases etc.
hech ay: Indeed!
hoot ay: Indeed certainly.
och ay [ox-]: Oh yes! Yes right!
hoot ay: Indeed certainly.
och ay [ox-]: Oh yes! Yes right!
a$e, aa, ae, ae$ways, aei, aewis, aie, aiways, allas, allus, alwis, alwyes, aweys, awis, awise, awweys, ay, ay$s, ay$ways, aye, aye$s, aye_an_on, aye_and_on, aye_and_on, aye-an-oan, ayee, ayeways, ayeweese, ayewes, ayeweys, ayeweys, ayewis, ayewiz, ayewyes, ayewys, ayways, ayweys, aywis, aywise, aywiz, ei, eiways, eiwis, eiwiz, eiy, ey, eye, eyewes, eyewis, eyewiz, eyh, eyways, eywis, eywiz, for_aye, foraye, i$_wyes, i$wyes, iwis, iwiz, iwys, iy, iye, iyways, iywiz,
aye [əɪ, eɪ]
adv. Always, ever, continually, on all occasions. Still, all the same. Ever afterwards, henceforward.
col. ayeweys [ˈəɪ, wəz] Always.
adv. Always, ever, continually, on all occasions. Still, all the same. Ever afterwards, henceforward.
col. ayeweys [ˈəɪ, wəz] Always.
Compounds and phrases etc.
aye and on: Yet, nevertheless, notwithstanding, all the same, for all that.
aye as contracted aye's [əɪ az, -əz əɪz, eɪz]: Always as.
for aye: For ever.
Yours Aye: In letters: Yours Truly or Sincerely.
aye as contracted aye's [əɪ az, -əz əɪz, eɪz]: Always as.
for aye: For ever.
Yours Aye: In letters: Yours Truly or Sincerely.