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- maa = (n) seagull (Larus Argentatus), (v) cut grass with scythe
- maar = (n) sea floor
- maasgoom, maisgoom = (n) angler fish (lophius piscatorius)
- machtliss = exhausted
- mad = (adj) angry
- maddertim = an extended temper tantrum, ranting with anger for some time
- madrim = hilarity
- maed = (n) maggot
- maedit = (adj) infested with maggots (maethin in some areas)
- maeshie = (n) net for carrying hay, either on back or attached to 'klibber' on ponies back.
- maest = most
- maestlins = mainly
- maestly = mostly
- maet = food
- main = have patience, wait
- mairch = March (month), march (walk), the exact boundary line between properties
- mairch-stens = stones placed in the surface of the ground marking a boundary between properties, where no natural features were available to use
- mak = (v) make
- makdoon = (n) a garment altered to suit a smaller wearer
- makkin = (n) knitting
- malduck, mallemock, malmock = (n) "foolish fly", Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- mallie = (n) fulmar petrel (Fulmarus glacialis)
- mamik = (n) a female ling with fully developed roe
- man = must
- manna = mustn't
- manse = (n) parsonage house
- mant = (v) stammer
- mar = (v) mark, harm, bother
- mareel = (n) phosphorescence in the sea at twilght/dark, e.g. from oar tips.
Also name adopted for proposed new Cinema & Music Venue in Lerwick - marliss = not a matching pair (of clothing). (He hed on marliss socks).
- marlit = (adj) sheep marking, mottled with different colors
- mask = (v) to infuse or mix
- matratla-stilhad = (n) minister's house
- mayflooer = (n) Primula, May Flower, South end of Cunningsburgh is best growth, April & May
- maynsing = (n) the condition of being farmed by the proprietor himself as `mains', as opposed to being set to tenants
- meal-büdie = (n) meal-bag, made of straw, from Dunrossness
- meid, meith = (n) landmark alignment for fishing spot
- ment = meant
- mercal = (n) a piece of wood in the plough
- merk = land measurement based on land quality.(A merk of good arable land could be as little as 10th the size of a merk of poor land, but the annual rent was the same).
- merkie = bone marrow
- merry-begyat = (adj) conceived out of wedlock, illegitimate child
- Merry dancers = (n) Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis
- meshie = (n) net bag for carrying hay on one's back, or two on a pony for carrying peats
- midder = (n) mother
- midder-nyakit, mither nakid (adj) nude
- midder-wit = (n) common sense
- middled = (n) a sheep lug mark, a square piece being cut from the tip of the ear
- mind-on = (v) remember
- minn = (n) channel, passage (Swarbacks Minn ..channel of the black-back gulls)
- minnie = (n) nickname for grandmother
- mird = (n) a crowd, a throng of people
- mirk = (adj) dark
- mirk an muneless = dark and dreary, sad
- mirken = darken
- mirkface = (adj) sheep marking, white with dark patches on the face
- mirknin = dusk, twilight
- mirl = (v) shimmer, twinkle, quiver, wobble slightly. (da car hed a mirl i da steerin)
- Mirry-dancers = (n) Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis
- missanter = problem, cockup
- missman = confuse
- miss-seem = less visually attractive, a disfigurement. Or to disfigure/make less visually attractive (takkin aff da lums juist miss-seems dis auld Shaetlin hoosis)
- mitten = (v) grab hold of
- moadrin = (adj) = modern, up-to date
- moarn = tomorrow, (see dee da moarn)
- moarn's moarn = tomorrow morning
- moch = (n) moth
- moch-aeten = (adj) eaten in holes
- moder-dye = a movement of the sea always running towards land, formerly used to get home in fog
- moegir = usually a description of an individual's facial features which suggests their owner has a pessimistic, negative and unenthusiastic attitude and outlook, but is occasionally used in reference to facial expressions as well
- moinboo, moinbu = (n) a special invitation to attend a funeral
- Monanday = (n) Monday
- monk = (n) angler fish (lophius piscatorius)
- mooraway = (n) a thick shower of snow
- moor =(n) peat (before cutting)
- moorie-caavie = (n) snowstorm, blizzard
- moorit = (adj) brown, sheeps wool colour
- mooskit = (adj) mousey, mouse-coloured
- mooswab = (n) spider's web, particularly the type with a conical hole through which the spider emerges
- moot = small person or thing
- mootie = (adj) small
- morroless = unmatched, odd (e.g. socks)
- mortal pock = (n) smallpox
- mortcloth = (n) 1) a funeral cloth used to cover the body; 2) dues paid towards the upkeep of, or fees paid for the hire of, a mortcloth.
- mostin = (n) mast (Low 1774)
- möld = (n) earth, soil
- mön = (n) moon
- mose = mold
- muck = (n) cow dung, manure
- muck = (v) to clean out dung from byre
- muckle = (adj) large
- mud fish = (n) cod split and salted wet in bulk in the hold of the fishing vessel
- mudvecties = (n) swine
- muggie = (n) fishes stomach, persons guts?? (da olick blew his muggie on da wye up)
- muggie-blawn = completely exhausted (of a living creature)
- mullit = (adj) sheep marking, white with dark nose and jaws
- munt = (n) month (da munt o May)
- murgis = (n) a noisy, tumultous crowd
- murgis = (v) to pack or crowd together amid great confusion
- murken or mosen = (v) to become mouldy
- musker = the slightest sound
- my-heevins = heavens (Biblical) (mild exclaimation)
- my-faddir = my father (Biblical) (mild exclaimation)
- my-lo/losh = my lord (Boblical) (mild exclaimation)
