|
|
A Glossary of the Scots Dialect |
| Rab | Rob, Robert. |
| Rad | afraid |
| Rade | rode. |
| Raep | a rope. |
| Ragweed | ragwort. |
| Raibles | rattles nonsense. |
| Rair | to roar. |
| Rair't | roared. |
| Rairin | roaring. |
| Raise | rose. |
| Raize | to anger, to inflame. |
| Ram-stam | forward, precipitate. |
| Ramblin | rambling. |
| Ramfeezl'd | fatigued. |
| Ramgunshoch | surly. |
| Ramgunsock | rugged. |
| Randie | quarrelsome (Reif randies = roysterers.) |
| Randy | a vixen. |
| Rant | jollification. |
| Ranting | noisy, full of animal spirits. |
| Rants | merry meetings; rows. |
| Rape | a rope. |
| Raploch | coarse cloth. |
| Rash | a rush. |
| Rash-buss | a bush of rushes. |
| Rashes | rushes. |
| Rashy | rushy. |
| Rask | a rush. |
| Rattan | a rat. |
| Ratton | a rat. |
| Ratton-key | the rat-quay. |
| Raucle | rough, rash, sturdy. |
| Raught | reached. |
| Raw | a row. |
| Rax | to stretch. |
| Ream | cream. |
| Ream'd | frothed, stirred up. |
| Reaming | creaming, frothing. |
| Reave | to cause mischief. |
| Rebute | a rebuke. |
| Red | advised, afraid. |
| Red-wat-shod | red-wet-shod. |
| Red-wud | raving mad. |
| Rede | counsel. |
| Reek | smoke. |
| Reekie | reeky, smoky. |
| Reekin | smoking; steaming. |
| Reekin' | smoking; steaming. |
| Reekit | smoked. |
| Reestit | smoke-dried; stood restive. |
| Reif | theiving. |
| Remead | remedy. |
| Remuve | remove. |
| Rew | to take pity. |
| Rickle | stock of grain. |
| Rickles | small stacks of corn in the fields. |
| Rief | plunder. |
| Rig | a ridge. |
| Riggin | rafters. |
| Rigwoodie | withered. |
| Rin | run. |
| Rink | course of the stones in curling. |
| Rinnin | running. |
| Ripp | a handfull of unthrashed grain. |
| Ripple | weakness in the back. |
| Ripplin-kame | a flax comb. |
| Riskit | made a tearing sound. |
| Rive | to burst. |
| Rock | a distaff. |
| Rockin | a social gathering, a spinning bee. |
| Roon | round. |
| Roose | to praise. |
| Roosty | rusty. |
| Rottan | a rat. |
| Roun' | round. |
| Roupet | hoarse. |
| Routh | v. rowth. |
| Routhie | abundant. |
| Row | rowe, to roll; to flow, as a river; to wrap. |
| Rowe | to roll, to flow. |
| Rowte | to bellow. |
| Rowth | abundant. |
| Rowtin | loving. |
| Rozet | rosin. |
| Ruefu' | rueful. |
| Run-deils | downright devils. |
| Rung | a cudgel. |
| Runkl'd | wrinkled. |
| Runt | a cabbage or colewort stalk. |
| Runts | the stems of cabbage. |
| Ryke | reach. |
The Works of Robert Burns are in the Public Domain.
The HTML layouts of the Works of Robert Burns, plus all other material on this site (unless otherwise noted) is Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 The Robert Burns Club of Milwaukee. Permission is granted to freely use this material for educational and non-profit purposes. All other rights are reserved.
The banner advertisement seen at the top of this page has been placed there by our hosting service. The Robert Burns Club of Milwaukee is neither associated with nor in any way endorses the products or services mentioned in such advertising.
Page last updated 02-NOV-2000