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Ö wirds
8 wirds
- öbdeeadverb
/URB-dee/
toward the outside, outwards direction
“Turn the boat öbdee tae sea.”
- öliklörumadjective
/UR-LEE-KLOHR-um/
slightly ill; looking weak or feeble
“He's no hissel', a bit öliklörum.”
- önnoun
/UHN/
Muggy, stuffy oppressive warm air
“It's gey ön in the hoose.”
- ösverb
/UHS/
to make use of something
“A'll ös the boat the morn”
- öswaladjective
/URZ-wal/
customary; occurring as normally expected
“It's öswal da hoose smells o' bannocks on Sunday mornin.”
- ötverb
/OHT/
ate, consumed food in past
“Ah öt ma tea.”
- ötnanoun
/OET-nuh/
very small broken pieces; tiny fragments
“Mind yer step, there's ötna on t' floor.”
- öygernoun
/OY-ger/
very large sea wave breaker
“Da öyger swep ower da stane pier.”