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- laag = (v) to pull or draw by united effort
- laag = (n) a pull, as at the oars or in dragging a boat over the beach
- laager = (adj) keen, eager, earnest
- laager = (n) the halibut (Pleuronecius hippoglossus)
- laalie = (n) toy, plaything
- laamiet = (n) a term of endearment, a little lamb
- laar = (n) a light breeze
- laar = (n) a boat, a fishing boat
- laarqukidin = (n) a shag
- laav = (v) to hover like a bird
- laavin = hovering
- laavin = (n) expressive of the motion of a large bird hovering over it
- lach = (v) laugh
- lachter = (n) litter (wir bik haed a lachter o whalps dastreen)
- lackie = (n) the third stomach of a ruminating animal, the omasum
- laks = (n) Salmon ((This word is identical to Norwegian))
- laksigird = (n) A barrier constructed in a burn to slow the progress of salmon and make them easier to catch
- lae = wave
- laebrak = (n) waves breaking on shore, surf (I saw a bit o wid swillin i da laebrak)
- laek = (v) leak (da pipe hed a laek)
- laek = like (aye, aye whit laek da day)
- laekly = alike, the same as (da twins wir an exact laekly)
- laenerly = (adv) lonely, singly, alone
- laer = (n) learning (da teacher hed a lok o laer)
- laem = crockery
- laess a laess = expression of sorrow, or contempt, (depending on circumstances)
- laevrik = (n) sky lark (Alauda arvensis)
- lagat = (n) a piece of cloth or wool tied to the mane or tail of a horse, or to the wool of a sheep, as a mark of distinction
- laggie = (n) a loiterer, late-comer
- lalie = (n) a child's toy
- lamba-teind = (n) a name given to the wool collected by the parish minister as teinds; later generally commuted to a money payment
- lambs-eldi = (n) an obligation to feed a lamb for the priest in winter
- lame = (v) to prepare wool by drawing
- landskyle = an old name for land rent
- lang = (adj) long
- lang-banks-gaet = describes any proposed course of action(s) by another, which in the opinion of the user will be arduous/difficult/time consuming/dangerous/risky
- lang-idda-lent = after some considerable time, eventually
- lang-lent = maximum possible length of an item
- langer = (n) boredom,
- langspiel = (n) a species of harp
- langvurden = (v) to become long
- langvurden = (adj) long-shaped
- lantfael = (n) the flood-tide
- lap = (n) a patch, a covering put on for the purpose of mending, as on a shoe, the board of a boat, etc.
- lap o' the lug = (n) the lobe of the ear
- lappir = liquid in the initial stages of congealing
- last = land measurement, (18 merk's = 1 last)
- lat =(v) permit, allow
- late wird = (expression) recent news, up-to-date information
- latt = (n) a small quantity of liquid
- latum = (n) planks roughly laid so as to form a loft at one end of an outhouse
- Laurence-mas = August 23rd
- lavie-lugged, lave-luggit = (adj) the drooping of an animal's ear, when improperly cut in marking
- law cliv = Dew claw on a bovine etc hoof
- Lawting = (n) supreme court of judiciature in Shetland
- lay oot = to talk extensively in negative/disparaging terms about other person(s)
- lay up skip laags = (v) to make promises to oneself for the future that may never be realized
- lead-stane = (n) the weight used for sinking a fishing-line
- leaden heart = (n) a spell which was supposed to restore health to those whose ailments could not be accounted for
- leager,lieger = (n) halibut
- leanger = (n) a tax formerly paid by the inhabitants of Shetland to the crown of Denmark as a punishment for harboring pirates
- leat = (n) a ditch to bring water from a stream to the corn mill
- led = line of scum on the sea's surface travelling downwind from a headland/skerry/stack etc
- led = (n) a load of corn, hay or peats; a load for a pony
- ledder = (v) beat savagely
- ledderin = (adj) beating (jun boxer got an aafil lefferin)
- lee = (n) lie
- leegins = (n) spots of fishing in the deep sea frequented only by haaf boats
- leein (v) lying, telling lies
- leek = (n) the persons in a district invited to the funeral of one of their number
- leep = (v) parboil
- leep = (n) overly warm (it wis a leep o haet whan da sun cam oot)
- leepit = (adj) parboiled (I leepit twartree lempits ta tak tae da craigs)
- leepit = (adj) uncomfortably hot (I'm joost leepit wi dis muckle gansey on)
- leet = (v) heed (never leet yun auld bessom)
- leet on = reveal, tell (nevir leet whit I'm telt dee)
- left-ane = (n) the largest bannock of a batch
- lem = (n) a loft in a house
- lendit = (adj) applied to cows or other animals having the body black coloured with a white stripe over the loins
- lengie, lenyin = (n) a longitudinal slice of a halibut cut either from the back or belly of the fish
- lent = (lent) length (whit lent wis yun tome)
- leog, lioag = (n) a rivulet running through low, swampy ground
- lepp = (v) to lick like an animal, to lap
- leppach = (n) a horn spoon
- leppel = (n) a spoon
- lesnin = (n) a stake driven into the earth by fowlers to anchor their ropes (Foula)
- leuch = (v) laughed
- leure = (n) a fish resembling the "sethe" (Gadus pollachus)
- leyverin = making a paste of flour, and stirring it up with milk or water while boiling
- li = (v) to let, allow
- lib = (v) castrate
- libbit = (adj) castrated (he ran oot da door lik a libbit cat)
- lichtlin = (n) = Lit. that which makes light or pleasant. Applied to meat or butter; as "kitchen" to potatoes or bread
- lichts = lungs
- lick = speed (dir wis some lick upo him), Hit (I gae him a lick under da lug)
- lift = (n) sky
- lift = (n) large unbroken waves
- liftin = (n) particle ("no a liftin' o' the mouth" = not a particle of food)
- lied = (n) diligence
- lief-on = (adv) quite alone
- lim, limb = (n) limb, thigh of an animal, especially the thick part
- limmer = (n) brazen, forward woman
- lin, linn = (v) to sit down, to rest upon or lean against
- linesburd = (n) the starboard or right side of the boat, so called because the fishing lines are used this side
- line-scoll = (n) a box for holding fishing lines
- line-skul = (n) see skul
- ling = (n) flowering heath
- linins = (n) shirt-sleeves
- link = limp (walk)
- linn = (n) wooden roller put on beach to haul boat over, stretchers (v) to lean
- lint = (v) to seat, to unbend (to lint one's hough = to sit down for a little white)
- lintie = (n) twite (singin lik a lintie)
- lioom = the smooth appearance of seawater caused by floating oil
- lippen = expect
- lipper = (n) disparaging term for a person
- lipper = (v) to ripple, to fret, hence to foam, to tip with foam
- lipperin = on the brink of overflowing
- lirk = (n) fold, crease
- lirkit = (adj) creased
- lispund = (n) measure, from old Norse 'Livlandsk pund', 1 lispund = 16 pund(norse)= 8Kg, 20 lispund = 1 skippund. At the end of the 18th century it was equivalent to 32 lbs.
- lit = (interj) alas (O lit!)
- lith = (n) a vertebrae
- litt = (n) dye-stuffs
- liunga = (n) the heath
- liver-bannocks = (n) bannocks baked with fish livers between them
- liver-cup, kroos = (n) a piece of dough kneaded in the shape of a cup, filled with fish livers, covered with strips of dough and baked on the hearthstone
- liver-flackies = (n) two half-dried piltacks are split, the "rig" is taken out and fresh livers are put between them then roasted on the hearthstone
- liver-moggie, liver-muggie - (n) a dish of the stomach of the cod filled with fish liver
- livier = (n) to loiter, to linger, to saunter
- livra = (n) roof vent, opening for smoke to escape
- ljoag = (n) sea floor
- loader = (n) sea word for precentor
- loamicks = (n) the hands, a cant word
- lock = (v) to seize hold of, to grapple with, to clutch
- lockit = (past.par) seized hold of
- lodberrie = (n) a kind of enclosed wharf common in Lerwick
- Lodberry = (n) house on Lerwick waterfront built into sea
- lok = (n) a lot, quantity (I did a lok o wark)
- lokkin = clasping
- longie lungie = (n) common guillemot (Lomvia troile)
- longo = (n) Ling (Low 1774)
- loo/loogit = (adj) tepid, slightly warm
- looder-horn = (n) a large horn with which each fishing-boat is furnished, to be blown occasionally in foggy weather and during the darkness of night in order to ascertain the relative position of all the boats in the same track
- loom = (n) a sea fowl (Columbus septentrionalis), red-throated diver
- loomin-burstin (v) drying corn in a kettle
- loop = (n) a corner in a stone wall
- loop = (n) one knitting stitch
- loopach = (n) a spoon without a handle, a spoon with a broken handle
- loopack = (n) a pygmy, a dwarf
- loopie = (n) a small basket made of straw
- loor = (interj) an exclamation of surprise
- loor = (v) to lull or abate like wind
- lorn = (n) the crested cormorant
- lost = died at sea, or missing at sea presumed dead
- lowe = (n) flame
- lowin = burning, glowing
- lowin kol = brightly glowing fire ember
- lowin taand = (n) a blazing peat
- lowse = (v) loosen
- luck = (v) entice,
- luf = (n) palm of the hand
- lug = (n) ear (v) to carry or drag an object with difficulty due to it's weigh or size/shape
- lug-marks = (n) cuts made in sheeps' ears to identify ownership
- lugvise = (n) sea word for a sailor's compass
- luim = a generic term for a container, and can be applied to one made in a variety of shapes, sizes, materials etc. The inference is usually that it is of smaller end of the range, and/or to hold a smallish quantity of the material in question, and possibly for food use
- Lukkie's lines = (n) a seaweed (Chorda filium)
- lunder = (v) hit hard (I gae him a lunder anunder da lug)
- lungasöt = (n) bronchitis in animals
- lunvie = (n) guillemot (Uria aalge)
- lum = (n) chimney
- lurein = daylight
- lüm/lümie = (n) oily sheen on water
- lyin-idda-howe = that which is still essentially complete, but has been rendered useless by neglect and/or abandonment (usually used in reference to delapidated buildings, fencing etc)
- lyre = (n) a Manx shearwater
