adj. | adjective |
adv. | adverb |
AI | Anglo-Irish |
AN | Anglo-Norman |
C | consonant |
cit. | cited |
cons | consonantal |
cont | continuant |
cor | coronal |
CSD | Mairi Robinson et al. (eds.), Concise Scots Dictionary (Aberdeen, 1985) |
CUD | Caroline I. Macafee (ed.), Concise Ulster Dictionary (Oxford, 1996) |
DOST | William A. Craigie et al. (eds.), Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (London, 1937 — Oxford, 2002) |
EDD | Joseph S. Wright (ed.), English Dialect Dictionary (London, 1898-1905) |
EDG | Joseph S. Wright (ed.), English Dialect Grammar (London, 1905) |
env. | envelope |
ESc | Early Scots |
F | French |
GA | Glens of Antrim |
HE | Hiberno-English |
intrans. | intransitive |
IPA | International Phonetic Alphabet |
KJV | King James Version |
LAS | Linguistic Atlas of Scotland |
lit. | literally |
LSS | Linguistic Survey of Scotland |
ME, M.E. | Middle English |
MSc | Middle Scots |
n. | noun |
NSR | Northern Subject Rule |
obs. | obsolete |
OE | Old English |
OED | James A. H. Murray et al. (eds.), Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford, 1884-1929) |
OF | Old French |
ON | Old Norse |
op. | opus |
pers. | person |
p.p. | past participle |
pres. | present |
pret. | preterit |
pron. | pronoun |
PRONI | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
p.t. | past tense |
RI | Rathlin Island |
RP, R.P. | Received Pronunciation |
R.S. | Received Speech |
sb. | substantive |
SE | Standard English |
sg. | singular |
SND | William Grant and David Murison (eds.), Scottish National Dictionary (Edinburgh, 1931-1976) |
SSB | Standard Southern British |
s.v. | sub voce 'under the word' |
SVLR, S.V.L.R. | Scottish Vowel Length Rule |
trans. | transitive; translator(s) |
UAI | Ulster Anglo-Irish |
UHE | Ulster Hiberno-English |
US | Ulster-Scots |
U-SR | Ulster-Scots Rural |
USS | Ulster-Scots Standard |
USU | Ulster-Scots Urban |
U-S UN | Ulster-Scots Urban Non-standard |
U-S US | Ulster-Scots Urban Standard |
V | vowel |
v. | verb |
voc | vocalic |
† | published posthumously |