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| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| labber | slobber | |
| lacer | a (boot) lace | |
| lach+ lachin' | laugh+ laughing | |
| lad | boy | |
| lad+ laddie | boy+ young man | |
| laddie | boy | |
| lade | laid | load |
| laden | laiden | loaded |
| laed | laid+ lying | |
| laft | loft | |
| lag | lingering+ slow | |
| lag | backward | |
| laggen | the bottom angle of a wooden dish | |
| lagger | make wet or muddy+ mud | |
| laggin | leggin | the edge or bottom of |
| laggin | crest of a hill | |
| laich | laigh | low |
| laidron | a rascal | |
| laif | loaf | |
| laigh | low | |
| laik | lack | |
| lair | lear+ laer | The act of teaching+ knowledge |
| lair | lore | |
| laird | lord | |
| laird | landowner | |
| lairge | large | |
| lairin | cf. lair | teaching |
| lairing | sticking or sinking in moss or mud. | |
| lairn | cf. lair | learn |
| lairnit | cf lair | learned |
| laith | loath | |
| laithe v. | loath+ loathing+ unwilling | |
| laithfu' | loathful | |
| laithsome | loathsome | |
| laldie | a thrashing+ punishment | |
| lallan | lalland | lowland |
| lallans | the Scots language | |
| lamgammachie (NE) | long rigmarole | |
| lamiter | lame person | |
| lammas | 1st August | |
| lammer | amber | |
| lammie | dim. of lamb | |
| lamp | stride | |
| lan' | land | |
| lan'-afore | the foremost horse on the unplowed land side | |
| lan'-ahin | the hindmost horse on the unplowed land side | |
| land | lan+ laun+ laund | land |
| landart | landwart | in the country |
| landbirst | breaking waves | |
| lane | alone+ solitary | |
| lanely | lonely | |
| lanesome | lonely | |
| lang | long+ for long | |
| lang syne | long ago | |
| lang+ langer | long+ longer | |
| lang-luggit | long-eared+ shrewd | |
| lang-nebbit | nosy | |
| langle | hobble+ tether animal | |
| Langniddrie | Longniddry | |
| langsome | slow+ tedious | |
| lanimer | Burgh boundary | |
| lap | leapt | |
| lapper | clot+ curdle+ freeze | |
| lapster | lobster | |
| larick | larch tree | |
| larrie | lorry+ truck | |
| lass | girl | |
| lass | girl+ young woman | |
| lassie | girl | |
| lat | let | |
| lat abee | leave alone | |
| lat be | leave alone | |
| latch | bog+ wet+ muggy+ delay | |
| latchet | small loop of thread+ string | |
| late | late | |
| laubour | lawbour | labour |
| lauch | lach | laugh |
| laucht | lacht | laughed |
| laum | lamm | lamb |
| laup | lap | |
| lave | remainder | |
| lave | the rest | |
| laverock | lark | |
| laverock | lav'rock | |
| lavrocks | larks | |
| law | law+ a rounded hill+ low | |
| lawer | lawvyer | lawyer |
| lawin | (tavern) bill+ reckoning | |
| laylock | lilac | |
| lea | grass | |
| lea | leave | |
| lea' | leave | |
| lead | lead+ channel for water | |
| leak | leak | |
| leal | loyal+ faithful | |
| lealtie | loyalty | |
| leam | gleam | |
| Lear | lore | |
| least | least | |
| leave | permission |