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- oag = (v) crawl
- ocht = ought (dis wird ocht ta be richt)
- ocht = anything (he never hed ocht)
- ocht = belonged to, owned (wha ocht dis afore dee?)
- odds = difference (whit odds wid hit mak)
- of = (prep) when used in udal names, it indicated land ownership (Andro of Voe) whereas the preposition "in" would indicate a tenant (Magnus in Voe)
- office hooses = collective term for the outbuildings on a traditional croft
- oil-cloth = (n) linoleum, vinyl flooring
- oil-cot = (n) waterproof coat
- okrabung, okrebung = (n) invasive coarse grasses such as oatgrass (Arrhenatherum elatius), couchgrass (Agropyrum repens) and tuberous oatgrass ( Arrhenatherum tuberosus)
- okkragert, okregert = (n) grazing within the dykes opened to the beasts after the harvest (slippin da okkragert)
- olick, ollick = (n) a young ling
- ony = any
- onywye = anyway
- oo = (n) wool
- oob = (n) the sound made by seals, (v) greet, cry
- ooen = woolen
- ooie = (adj) wooly
- ook = (n) week (keep a sheaf in da neuk fur da sevent ook)
- oolet = (adj) bad child. (he's a peerie oolet)
- oor = (also, ooer) hour
- oot-lay = (n) peats cast and thrown out away from the caster, leaving space for the'daek'
- oot owre = in the distance (he guid oot owre da brae), over, covering (I pat a joopie oot owre my sark)
- ootadaeks = (adv) outside the hill dykes, not in one's usual place
- ootrug = (n) spent water or backwash
- ootrun, outrun = (n) croft grazing land
- ootwale'ins = (n) leftovers after the best items have been selected
- opgestry = (n) a udal custom of granting an individual's patrimony, with the consent of their heirs, to a person who will guarantee to feed, clothe and shelter him or her for the remainder of their days
- ormals = the remnants of something which once had purpose or significance. (Dir naethin bit da ormals idda auld boat lyin idda noost noo)
- oron = (n) ewe (Low 1774)
- ousmol = (n) bilge water
- outset = (n) a farm created by enclosing common land within its own dyke, not entitled to scattald priviledges
- ovalt = a relatively short lived and relatively excessive rush of any liquid. (Dir wis an ovalt a wattir comin doon da burn eftir da tow)
- overskud = (n) spent water or backwash
- owre = over
- owre by = over there
- owre-geen = (adj) out of control
- owre weel = OK, feeling fine (I felt owre weel dastreen)
- owse = (v) to bail water from boat
- owsekerri, owser = (n) wooden bailing scoop
- owse-room = (n) the section of a boat kept clear for bailing out water
- oxter = (n) armpit
- ox = a castrated bull
- oy = (n) grandson
