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ОглавлениеSHETLAND GLOSSARY
| athin | within |
| blyde | glad |
| bonxie | a great skua |
| braaly | very |
| bruck | rubbish |
| caain | rounding up animals (sheep into a pen, for instance) |
| caddy | a hand-reared lamb |
| clerty | dirty |
| da day | today |
| da moarn | tomorrow |
| da night | tonight |
| dan-a-days | in those days |
| doot | used to express a lack of doubt. ‘I doot it’ll rain’ means ‘I think it will rain.’ However, the expression ‘nae doot’ means, literally, ‘no doubt’. |
| du/dee | you (subject, object and plural forms) |
| dy/dine | your/yours |
| een | one (wan is also used) |
| eenoo | just now |
| fae | from |
| fairt | afraid |
| fantin | starving |
| flankers | thigh waders |
| gansie | jumper |
| giud | went |
| ivver/nivver | ever/never |
| mind | remember |
| muckle | much/large |
| noost | a boat shelter, usually cut into a bank |
| ollick | ling |
| peerie | small |
| piltock | saithe/coalfish |
| selkie | seal |
| shoogle | shake |
| skerry | rocks protruding above the sea’s surface |
| toonie | someone from Lerwick |
| Up Helly Aa | ‘Viking’ festival invented in the late nineteenth century. It involves a torch-lit procession, fancy dress and alcohol. Many rural areas have smaller, more inclusive versions of the festival, but in Lerwick only men are allowed to take part. |
| wadder | weather |
| wark/wirk | work (noun/verb) |
| yon | that |
