Glossary Of Scottish Words Used By Robert Burns: Y-Words
Y-Words
by Robert Burns
- Ye
- This pronoun is frequently used for thou.
- Year
- It is used both for singular and plural years.
- Yearlings
- Born in the same year, coevals.
- Yearns
- Longs much.
- Yell
- Barren, that gives no milk.
- Yerk, yerkit
- To lash, to jerk, jerked, lashed
- Yestreen
- Yesternight
- Yett
- A gate, such as is usually at the entrance to a farm-yard or field.
- Yeuks
- Itches
- Yill
- Ale.
- Yin
- One.
- Yird, yirded
- Earth, earthed; buried.
- Yirr
- Lively.
- Yokin'
- Yoking.
- Yont, ayont
- Beyond.
- Yowe
- A ewe.
- Yowie
- Diminutive of yowe.
- Yule
- Christmas
Source:
The Poetical Works Of Robert BurnsCopyright 1910
Ward, Lock, and Co., Ltd