List of English words of Scots origin
- List of English words of Scots origin
List of English words of Scots origin is a list of
English language words of Lowland Scots origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin ", which contains many words which were borrowed via Lowland Scots.;
Blackmail :A form of extortion carried out by theBorder Reivers , borrowed into English with less violent connotations.;caddie or caddy;canny:Also Northern English. From English "can" in older sense of "to know how.";clan :Borrowed from Gaelic "clann" (family, stock, off-spring).;convene :Borrowed from French "convenir", from Latin "convenire".;cosy ;firth :Derived from Old Icelandic fjǫrdic (seefjord );glamour :Meaning magic, enchantment, spell. From English "grammar" and Scottish "gramarye" (occult learning or scholarship).;gloaming :Middle English (Scots) "gloming", from Old English "glomung" "twilight", from OE "glom";golf ;glengarry :(or Glengarry bonnet) a brimless Scottish cap with a crease running down the crown, often with ribbons at the back. Named after the town of the clan chiefAlasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry (1771-1828), who invented it.;gumption :Common sense or shrewdness.;haver :to babble or talk nonsense, or to dither. Scottish & North English dialect.;links:Sandy, rolling ground, from Old English "hlinc" (ridge).;pernickety:From "pernicky".;minging :From Scots "mingin". revolting, stinking, putrid, rancid etc ;plaid :From Gaelic "plaide" or simply a development of "ply", to fold, giving "plied" then "plaid" after the Scots pronunciation.;pony :Borrowed from obsolete French "poulenet" (little foal) from Latin "pullāmen".;raid ;rampage ;scone:Probably from Dutch "schoon".;tweed :cloth being woven in a twilled rather than a plain pattern. from "tweel";wee :small, tiny, minute.;wraith ee also
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