List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Scots origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin", which contains many words which were borrowed via Lowland Scots. BlackmailA form of extortion carried out by the Border Reivers, borrowed into English with less violent connotations. Bonspiel caddie or caddy cannyAlso Northern English. From English can in older sense of "to know how. " clanBorrowed from Gaelic clann (family, stock, off-spring).

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  • List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Scots origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin", which contains many words which were borrowed via Lowland Scots. BlackmailA form of extortion carried out by the Border Reivers, borrowed into English with less violent connotations. Bonspiel caddie or caddy cannyAlso Northern English. From English can in older sense of "to know how. " clanBorrowed from Gaelic clann (family, stock, off-spring). convene Borrowed from French convenir, from Latin convenire. cosy firthDerived from Old Icelandic fjǫrdic glamourMeaning magic, enchantment, spell. From English grammar and Scottish gramarye (occult learning or scholarship). gloamingMiddle 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 chief Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry (1771-1828), who invented it. gumptionCommon sense or shrewdness. haverto babble or talk nonsense, or to dither. Scottish & North English dialect. laddieA boy. lassieA girl. linksSandy, rolling ground, from Old English hlinc (ridge). pernicketyFrom pernicky. mingingFrom Scots "mingin". revolting, stinking, putrid, rancid etc plaidFrom Gaelic plaide or simply a development of ply, to fold, giving plied then plaid after the Scots pronunciation. ponyBorrowed from obsolete French poulenet (little foal) from Latin pullāmen. raid rampage sconeProbably from Dutch schoon. tweedcloth being woven in a twilled rather than a plain pattern. from tweel weesmall, tiny, minute. wraith
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  • List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Scots origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin", which contains many words which were borrowed via Lowland Scots. BlackmailA form of extortion carried out by the Border Reivers, borrowed into English with less violent connotations. Bonspiel caddie or caddy cannyAlso Northern English. From English can in older sense of "to know how. " clanBorrowed from Gaelic clann (family, stock, off-spring).
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  • List of English words of Scots origin
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