Uiser:Andreas/Shetland wordlist

Shetland	P.o.S.	Subject	Gen. Sc.	English	Notes	Example
a	aux. v.			have	usually after modal verbs	He could a come hed he wantit.
a also: o	prep.		o/ae	of		da boats a Maelie
aa	adj.			every one of		Aa da fock kent aboot it.
aa	n.			everything		I telt him aa I kent.
aa			aa/aw	all
aa right	adj.		aa/aw richt	all right (alright)
aaber /a(ː)bər/ also: aber	adj.			keen, eager		Da fish is aaber da nicht.
aaberknot	n.			knot with magical properties, used when casting spell
aabody	pron.			everyone, everybody		Tell her an tell aabody.
aafil	adj.			awful
aafil	adj.			very		Yun's aafil boanny.
aafil	adv.			awfully
aafil	n.			a great quantity		Yun'll cost dee a aafil o money.
aald also: auld, owld	adj.		auld	old
aald daa	n.	[family]		grandfather
aalie-lamb	n.			a caddy lamb
aamos	adj.			wretched		a pör aamos body
aamos	n.			A gift promised in the hope that a wish will be granted to the donor. The donor is said to lay on an aamos and, if the wish is granted, the person who was presumed to have brought the luck is said to have won da aamos.
aandoo	v.			[1] to row gently against the tide in order to maintain a boat's postion [2] (metaphorically) to walk slowly		[2] He was comin aandooin alang da rodd.
aari	adj.			bitter
aarisay	n.			dislike		I hae an aafil aarisay o mackerel.

Shetland			Gen. Sc.	English	Notes	Example
aathing	pron.			everything		Aathing is jöst gien in bruck aboot me.
abön	prep.			above		Der aye a man abön a man (p).
aboot	prep		aboot	about
aboot	prep			during		He wis wint to come ta wiroos aboot da nicht (during the evening).
ach	interj.			exclamation of rejection or exasperation		Ach! Awa wi dee!
acht	n.			a valuable possession		My Jeannie, du's a acht ta hae.
acht	v.pt.			owned		Wha acht yun coo at's jöst bön selt?
acquant	adj.			acquainted		I'm weel acquant wi him.
admire	v.			to surprise		Hit admired me ta hear yun.
aer	n.			an oar; a very small quantity		I'm pitten a aer a tae ida pot.
aer				little amount
aert	n.			earth
aert-bark	n			roots of tormentil	Potentilla sylvestris
aert-bile	n			a quagmire		Da yowe wis gien in a aert-bile an smored.
aert-fast	adj			fixed firmly in the ground, as a stone
aert-kent	adj			known very widely		Boy, du's shörly heard o him - he's jöst aert-kent.
aeshins	n			top of side wall of house, inside roof		I'm shör I laid da sharpen-stane apo da aeshins o da barn.
aestard	n			an easterly direction		Da wind göd ta da aestard.
aester	v			to shift towards the east, as wind
aesy	adj			easy
aesy	adv			easily
aet	n			agitation, eagerness		Shö wis in an aafil aet to hear da news.
aet	v			eat
aet	v			to eat
aetmell	n			oatmeal
aets	n			oats
aff	adv			off	CONTAIN DERIVATIONS COMPLETE WITH EXAMPLES
aff			aff	off
affbidden	adj			forbidding, off-putting		He's datn a affbidden craeter at I dunna laek to ax him.
affcuttins	n			hocks of cattle		Weet? Wir aald coo was gyaan to da affcuttins.
afflay	n			volubility		Shö hed a graet afflay wi her.
affroad	v			to dissuade		I wiss du wid try an affroad him fae buyin yun aald boat.
affront	v			to feel ashamed		I wis black affrontit ta see his onkerry.
affrug	n			reflux of waves after having broken on the shore		I wis awaar o twartree göd bits o wid bummlin aroond ida affrug.
afftak	n			sarcastic remark		He wis jöst taen til for his skyimp an afftak.
afore	adv			before
afore	prep			before
afore				before
aft	adv			often
aftest	adv			most often		Hit wis Willie at aye cam for aftest.
ageen	adv			again	‘Again’ also written, pronounced ‘agenn’
aggle	n			a mess		Eftir da rain dastreen da rigs is in wan aggle o dirt.
aggle	v			to dirty, to soil		I wiss du widna aggle dee haands i yun fish brucks.
agment	n			unrest, anxiety		He's aye in a agment aboot something.
ahint	prep			behind
ahint				behind
aidge o a time	adv			occasionally		You'll maybe see him oot o da hoose at da aidge o a time.
ain	adj		ain	own
airm	n			arm
ajee	adj			ajar		Da door wis staandin ajee whin I cam.
akkadör	v			to put up with; to endure		I doot du'Il jöst hae to akkadör wi him.
akker	n			fragments, ruin		Da coarn wis laid in akker wi da gale.
alamootie	n	[bird]		storm petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus
alan	n	[bird]		arctic skua	Stercorarius parasiticus
alane	adj			alone
alang				along
aless	conj			unless
almark	n			a sheep that jumps over or breaks through fences
ammerswak	n			state of unrest or agitation		For sic a ammerswak as he was in.
amp	n			state of watchfulness or anxiety		He lay apon a amp aa nicht.
an	conj		an	and
an aa	adv			as well		I telt him an aa.
anidder			anither	another
anker	n			liquid measure - 8 1/3 gallons
anns	n			heavier part of chaff left behind when winnowing
anse	v			obey
anse	v			to obey		Yun dog never seems to anse onybody aless aald Jeemie.
ant	v			to heed, pay attention to		Never ant what yun aald haethin says ta dee.
antrin	adv			occasional		We got twartree score o haddocks an a antrin ling.
anunder	prep			underneath
anunder	prep			under
anyatwart	adj			contrary, awkward in nature; unpredictable, particularly with weather		He's bön blaain anyatwart fir a start noo.
anyister	n			a young ewe which has not had a lamb
anyoch	adj			enough
anyoch/enyoch			eneuch/enouch	enough
apo/apö/apon/apun	prep			upon
appearance	n			indication		Der a appearance o snaa I da Nort sky.
apper	v			to detain, to put off		A sweerie dog is shön appered (p).
applöse	v			offer; make available, make known		I never applösed it to onyane.
argie-bargie	n			dispute, quarrel
ark	n			originally a large meal-chest; subsequently extended to mean anything big of its kind, e.g. a graet ark o a coo.
arl	v			to crawl or move feebly		Da por sowl wis jöst arlin aboot.
arvi	n	[plant]		chickweed	Alsine media
as	conj			than		He's a lok bigger as his faider.
ask	n			haze, mist		Da ask is tick at da back o Vaila (Vagaland, Voar Wadder).
asoond	adv			unconscious		He fell asoond.
at	prep			at
at	rel pron			that, who		Dunna believe aa at du's telt. Dem at comes 'll be wylcome.
at	rel. pron.		that, 'at	that		"da best rabbit at ever I saa– the best rabbit that I ever saw
dis is da een at brook... – this is the one that broke..."
at				that		dat mony books at... – so many books that...
atfirts	n			antics, behaviour		Sees du da atfirts o yun craeter.
athin	prep			in
atil	prep			in
atteri	adj			bitterly cold, as weather		Dis atteri wadder is fairly keepin da girse aback.
atween	prep			between
atween da bed an da fire	adv phr			in a semi-invalid condition
ava	adj			at all		I got naethin ava for me wark.
awaa	adv			away
ax	v			ask		Du'd better ax him.
ax(ed)	v			ask(ed)
aye	adj			always
aye				yes		Aye, dat'll be richt.
aye aye				a form of greeting; indication of agreement but, depending on tone of voice can convey scepticism, especially if followed by I hear dee.
ayre	n			a beach
aze	n			blaze		Da nordern sky wis a aze o licht wi da Mirrie Dancers.
azin	adj			blazing		Hit's fine to come in til a azin fire.

References

John J. Graham's Shetland Dictionary