This article continues the Glossary of Scottish words. Language is constantly changing and sometimes we lose all idea of what authors were trying to say when the words drop out of normal use. Hopefully, this glossary will help.
| H Ha'= hall. Ha' folk= the servants. Haddin= holding, inheritance. Hae= have. Haet= a thing. Haffet, hauffet= the temple, the side of the head. Haffets= side-locks. Hafflins= half, partly. Hag= a moss, a broken bog. Haggis= a special Scots pudding made of sheep's lungs, liver and Heart. onions and oatmeal, boiled in a sheep's stomach. Hain= to spare, to save. Hairst, har'st= harvest. Haith= faith (an oath). Haivers= v. havers. Hal', hald= holding. possession. Hale= hail= the whole. Hale= health. Hale, hail= whole, healthy. Halesome= wholesome. Hallan= a partition wall, a porch, outer door. Halloween= All Saints' Eve (31st of October). Hallowmas= All Saints' Day (1st of November). Haly= holy. Hame= home. Han', haun= hand. Hand-wal'd= hand-picked (i.e. choicest). Hangie= hangman (nickname of the Devil). Hansel= the first gift; earnest. Hap= a wrap, a covering against cold. Hap= to shelter. Hap= to hop. Happer= hopper (of a mill). Hap-step-an'-lowp = hop-step-and-jump. Harkit= hearkened. Harn= coarse cloth. Hash= an oaf. Haslock woo= the wool on the neck of a sheep. Haud= to hold, to keep. Hauf= half. Haughs= low-lying rich lands by a river. Haurl= to trail. Hause= cuddle, embrace. Haveril, hav'rel= one who talks nonsense. Havers= nonsense. Havins= manners, conduct. Hawkie= a white-faced cow; a cow. Heal= v. hale. Healsome= v. halesome. Hecht= to promise; threaten. Heckle= a flax-comb. Heels-o'er-gowdie= v. gowdie. Heeze= to hoist. Heich, heigh= high. Hem-shin'd= crooked-shin'd. Herd= a herd-boy. | Here awa= hereabout. Herry= to harry. Herryment= spoliation. Hersel= herself. Het= hot. Heugh= a hollow or pit; a crag, a steep bank. Heuk= a hook. Hilch= to hobble. Hiltie-skiltie= helter-skelter. Himsel= himself. Hiney, hinny= honey. Hing= to hang. Hirple= to move unevenly; to limp. Hissels= so many cattle as one person can attend (R. B.). Histie= bare. Hizzie= a hussy, a wench. Hoast= cough. Hoddin= the motion of a sage countryman riding on a cart-horse (R. B.). Hoddin-grey= coarse gray woolen. Hoggie= dim. of hog; a lamb. Hog-score= a line on the curling rink. Hog-shouther= a kind of horse-play by jostling with the shoulder; to jostle. Hoodie-craw= the hooded crow, the carrion crow. Hoodock= grasping, vulturish. Hooked= caught. Hool= the outer case, the sheath. Hoolie= softly. Hoord= hoard. Hoordet= hoarded. Horn= a horn spoon; a comb of horn. Hornie= the Devil. Hotch'd= jerked. Houghmagandie= fornication. Houlet= v. howlet. Houpe= hope. Hove= swell. Howdie, howdy= a midwife. Howe= hollow. Howk= to dig. Howlet= the owl. Hoyse= a hoist. Hoy't= urged (R. B.). Hoyte= to amble crazily (R. B.). Hughoc= dim. of Hugh. Hullions= slovens. Hunder= a hundred. Hunkers= hams. Hurcheon= the hedgehog. Hurchin= urchin. Hurdies= the loins, the crupper (R. B.) (i. e.the buttocks). Hurl= to trundle. Hushion= a footless stocking. Hyte= furious. * R. B. refers to words first used by Robert Burns |
Glossary of Scottish Words A-B
Glossary of Scottish Words C
Glossary of Scottish Words D-E
Glossary of Scottish Words F
Glossary of Scottish Words G
Glossary of Scottish Words, I-K
Glossary of Scottish Words, L
Glossary of Scottish Words, M-P
Glossary of Scottish Words, Q-R
Glossary of Scottish Words, S
Glossary of Scottish Words, T
Glossary of Scottish Words, U-Y
