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A Glossary of the Scots Dialect |
| Ha' | hall. |
| Ha'folk | the servants. |
| Hachtin' | to cause to pant. |
| Haddin | holding, inheritance. |
| Hae | have. |
| Haet | a thing. |
| Haffet | the temple (of the head). |
| Haffets | side-locks. |
| Haffins | partly; growing lads. |
| Haffins-wise | nearly half. |
| Hafflins | half, partly. |
| Hag | a pit on the moors. |
| Haggis | Scots national dish, sort of sausage made of sheep offal and oats. |
| Hailstane | hail stone. |
| Hain | to spare or save. |
| Hain'd | spared. |
| Hairst | harvest. |
| Haith | faith!. |
| Haivers | idle talk. |
| Hal' | hald, holding, possession. |
| Hald | house, quarters. |
| Hale | whole, entire. |
| Halesome | wholesome. |
| Hallan | wall (lit. hall end). |
| Hallion | clown, rowdy. |
| Halloween | All Saints' Eve (31st of October). |
| Hallowmans | Hallowe'en. |
| Hallowmas | All Saints' Day (1st of November). |
| Hals | throat. |
| Haly | holy. |
| Hame | home. |
| Han' | hand. |
| Han'afore | foremost horse on left side of team. |
| Han'ahin | the hindmost horse on left side of team. |
| Han's | hands. |
| Han-darg | v. darg. |
| Hand-breed | hand's breadth. |
| Hand-wal'd | hand-picked (i.e., choicest). |
| Hand-waled | hand selected. |
| Handless | without hands; useless; awkward. |
| Hangie | hangman (nickname of the Devil). |
| Hangit | hanged. |
| Hansel | a gift for a specific occaision. |
| Hap | to wrap (Winter hap = winter clothes); to hop. |
| Hap-step-an'-lowp | hop, step, and jump. |
| Happer | hopper. |
| Happing | hopping. |
| Har'st | harvest. |
| Harkit | harkened. |
| Harn | course linen. |
| Hash | soft, useless fellow. |
| Hash'd | cut. |
| Haslock | finest wool (lit. lock that grows on Hals=throat). |
| Haslockwoo | the wool on the neck of a sheep. |
| Hastit | hasted. |
| Haud | to hold. |
| Hauf | the half. |
| Haughs | river flood plain. |
| Haun | hand. |
| Haurl | to haul. |
| Haurlin | hauling. |
| Hause | cuddle, embrace. |
| Hauver | coarsely ground. |
| Hav'rel | dimwit. |
| Haveril | hav'rel, one who talks nonsense. |
| Havers | nonsense. |
| Havins | good manners. |
| Hawkie | a cow with a white face; a cow. |
| Heal | v. hale. |
| Healsome | wholesome. |
| Heapit | heaped. |
| Hearin' | hearing. |
| Hearse | hoarse. |
| Hech | an exclamation of suprise or grief. |
| Hecht | foretold, offered. |
| Heckle | a comb to dress flax, hemp, etc. |
| Heels-o'er | heels over (Heels-o'er gowdy =head over heels) |
| Heels-o'er-gowdie | v. gowdie. |
| Heeze | to hoist. |
| Heft | haft. |
| Heich | heigh, high. |
| Hellim | the helm. |
| Hem-shin'd | crooked-shin'd. |
| Hen-broo | hen broth. |
| Herd | a herd-boy. |
| Hereawa | hereabout. |
| Herriet | harried. |
| Herry | to harry. |
| Herryment | plundering, devastation. |
| Hersel | herself. |
| Het | hot. |
| Heugh | ravine. |
| Heuk | reaping hook. |
| Hich | high. |
| Hidin' | hiding. |
| Hie | high. |
| Hilch | to hobble, |
| Hilching | halting. |
| Hill-tap | hill top. |
| Hiltie-skiltie | helter skelter. |
| Himsel | himself. |
| Hiney | hinny, honey. |
| Hing | to hang. |
| Hiny | honey. |
| Hirple | to move unevenly; to limp. |
| Hirples | walks as if crippled. |
| Hissel | his self (hissel, hirsel = as many cattle as one person can attend) |
| Hissels | so many cattle as one person can attend (R. B.). |
| Histie | dry, barren. |
| Hitch | loop or knot. |
| Hizzie | young woman. |
| Hoast | a cough. |
| Hoddin | jogging, plodding. |
| Hoddin-grey | coarse gray woolen. |
| Hog-score | scoring line in curling. |
| Hog-shouther | horseplay by bumping shoulders. |
| Hoggie | yearling sheep. |
| Hol't | holed, perforated. |
| Hoodie-craw | the hooded crow. |
| Hoodock | grasping, vulturish. |
| Hooked | caught. |
| Hool | skin or case. |
| Hoolie | stop; careful (interj.) |
| Hoord | hoard. |
| Hoordet | horded. |
| Horn | spoon or comb of horn. |
| Hornie | Satan. |
| Host | cough. |
| Hostin | coughing. |
| Hotch'd | jerked. |
| Houghmagandie | fornication. |
| Houlet | owl. |
| Houpe | hope. |
| Hov'd | swelled. |
| Hove | swell. |
| Howdie | a midwife. |
| Howe | hollow (howe backit = hollow-backed). |
| Howe-backit | hollow-backed, swaybacked. |
| Howk | to dig. |
| Howkit | dug up. |
| Howlet | the owl. |
| Hoy't | urged. |
| Hoyse | hoist. |
| Hoyte | to move clumsily |
| Hughoc | Hugh (proper name). |
| Hullions | slovens. |
| Hunder | a hundred. |
| Hunkers | the hams. |
| Huntit | hunted. |
| Hurcheon | hedgehog. |
| Hurchin | urchin. |
| Hurdies | hips; buttocks. |
| Hurl | to whirl. |
| Hushion | stocking leg, worn on the arm. |
| Hyte | mad. |
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