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mooritoog : earwig
muckle : big – as in Muckle Roe, the big red island. Vikings were very literal in their names, and almost all Shetland names come from the Norse.
muckle biscuit : large water biscuit, for putting cheese on
na : no, or more emphatically, naa
needna : needn’t
Norroway : the old Shetland pronunciation of Norway
o : of
oot : out
ower : over
park : fenced field
peat : brick-like lump of dried peat earth, used as fuel
peerie : small
peerie biscuit : small, sweet biscuit
peeriebreeks : affectionate name for a small thing, person,or animal
piltick : a sea fish common in Shetland waters
pinnie : apron
postie : postman
quen : when
redding up : tidying
reestit mutton : wind-dried shanks of mutton
riggit : dressed, sometimes with the sense dressed up
roadymen : men working on the roads
roog : a pile of peats
rummle : untidy scattering
Santy : Santa Claus
scaddy man’s heids : sea urchins
scattald : common grazing land
scuppered : put paid to, done for
selkie : seal, or seal person who came ashore at night, cast his/her skin, and became human
shalder : oystercatcher
sho : she
shoulda : should have, usually said sooda
shouldna : shouldn’t have
SIBC : Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company, the independent radio station
sixareen : double-ended six oared boat, around twenty-five foot in length
skafe : squint
skerry : a rock in the sea
smoorikins : kisses
snicked : move a switch that makes a clicking noise
snyirked : made a squeaking or rattling noise
solan : gannet
somewye : somewhere
sooking up : sucking up
soothified : behaving like someone from outwith Shetland
spewings : piles of vomit
splatched : walked in a splashy way with wet feet, or in water
swack : smart, fine
tak : take
tatties : potatoes
tay : tea, or meal eaten in the evening
tink : think
tirricks : Arctic terns
trows : trolls
tushker : L-shaped spade for cutting peat
twa : two
twa-three (usually twa-tree) : a small number
vee-lined : lined with wood planking
voe : sea inlet
voehead : the landwards end of a sea inlet
waander : wander
waar : seaweed
wand : a fishing rod
whatna : what
wasna : wasn’t
wha’s : who is
whitteret : weasel
wi : with
wir : we’ve – in Shetlan grammar, we are is sometimes we have
wir : our
wife : woman, not necessarily married
wouldna : would not
yaird : enclosed area around or near the croft house
yoal : a traditional clinker-built six-oared rowing boat.
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