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Glossary of Scottish Words, D-E

If you darena read an old Scottish poem because you feel doited and draunting, the glossary below will make you deleeret. You will make your friend’s e’ebries lift. That is enow to make you feel like a real genius; just don’t become dreigh about it.

You can translated what I said using the glossary below. I hope you will have as much fun discovering the old Scottish words as I have had.



D
Dad, daddie= father.
Daez't= dazed.
Daffin= larking, fun.
Daft= mad, foolish.
Dails= planks.
Daimen icker= an odd ear of corn.
Dam= pent-up water, urine.
Damie= dim. of dame.
Dang= pret. of ding.
Danton= v. daunton.
Darena= dare not.
Darg= labor, task. a day's work.
Darklins= in the dark.
Daud= a large piece.
Daud= to pelt.
Daunder= saunter.
Daunton= to daunt.
Daur= dare.
Daurna= dare not.
Daur't= dared.
Daut, dawte= to fondle.
Daviely= spiritless.
Daw= to dawn.
Dawds= lumps.
Dawtingly= prettily, caressingly.
Dead= death.
Dead-sweer= extremely reluctant.
Deave= to deafen.
Deil= devil.
Deil-haet= nothing (Devil have it).
Deil-ma-care= Devil may care.
Deleeret= delirious, mad.
Delvin= digging.
Dern'd= hid.
Descrive= to describe.
Deuk= duck.
Devel= a stunning blow.
Diddle= to move quickly.
Dight= to wipe.
Dight= winnowed, sifted.
Din, dun= muddy of complexion.
Ding= to beat, to surpass.
Dink= trim.
Dinna= do not.
Dirl= to vibrate, to ring.
Diz'n= dizzen= dozen.
Dochter= daughter.
Doited= muddled, doting; stupid, bewildered.
Donsie= vicious, bad-tempered; restive; testy.
Dool, wo= sorrow.
Doolfu'= doleful, woful.
Dorty= pettish.
Douce, douse= sedate, sober, prudent.
Douce, doucely, dousely= sedately, prudently.
Doudl'd= dandled.
Dought (pret. of dow)= could.
Douked= ducked.
Doup= the bottom.
Doup-skelper= bottom-smacker.
Dour-doure= stubborn, obstinate; cutting.
Dow, dowe= am (is or are) able, can.
Dow= a dove.
Dowf, dowff= dull.
Dowie= drooping, mournful.
Dowilie= drooping.
Downa= can not.

Downa-do (can not do)= lack of power.
Doylt= stupid, stupefied.
Doytin= doddering.
Dozen'd= torpid.
Dozin= torpid.
Draigl't= draggled.
Drant= prosing.
Drap= drop.
Draunting= tedious.
Dree= endure, suffer.
Dreigh= tedious, dull.
Dribble= drizzle.
Driddle= to toddle.
Droddum= the breech.
Drone= part of the bagpipe.
Droop-rumpl't= short-rumped.
Drouk= to wet, to drench.
Droukit= wetted.
Drouth= thirst.
Drouthy= thirsty.
Druken, drucken= drunken.
Drumlie= muddy, turbid.
Drummock= raw meal and cold water.
Drunt= the huff.
Dry= thirsty.
Dub= puddle, slush.
Duddie= ragged.
Duddies= dim. of duds, rags.
Duds= rags, clothes.
Dung= v. dang.
Dunted= throbbed, beat.
Dunts= blows.
Durk= dirk.
Dusht= pushed or thrown down violently.
Dwalling= dwelling.
Dwalt= dwelt.
Dyke= a fence (of stone or turf), a wall.
Dyvor= a bankrupt.
E
Ear'= early.
Earn= eagle.
Eastlin= eastern.
E'e= eye.
E'ebrie= eyebrow.
Een= eyes.
E'en= even.
E'en= evening.
E'enin'= evening.
E'er= ever.
Eerie= apprehensive; inspiring ghostly fear.
Eild= eld.
Eke= also.
Elbuck= elbow.
Eldritch= unearthly, haunted, fearsome.
Elekit= elected.
Ell (Scots)= thirty-seven inches.
Eller= elder.
En'= end.
Eneugh= enough.
Enfauld= infold.
Enow= enough.
Erse= Gaelic.
Ether-stane= adder-stone.
Ettle= aim.
Evermair= evermore.
Ev'n down= downright, positive.
Eydent= diligent.

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Glossary of Scottish Words C
Glossary of Scottish Words F
Glossary of Scottish Words G
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Glossary of Scottish Words, M-P
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