The Broad Scots Dictionary

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A' - "all"
Aboon - "above, up, over"
Abread - "abroad, in sight, asunder"
Abreed - "in breadth"
Addle - "foul, putrid"
Aff - "off"
Aff-loof - "extempore, without premeditation"
Afore - "before"
Aft - "aften, oft, often"
Agee - "to one side, ajar, deranged in mind"
Aiblins - "perhaps"
Ain - "own"
Airles - "airle-penny, earnest money, a silver piece given on hiring"
Airn - "iron"
Airt - "quarter, point"
Aith - "oath"
Aits - "oats"
Alake - "alas"
Alane - "alone"
Akwart - "awkward, across"
Amaist - "almost"
Amang - "among"
An' - "and, if"
Ance - "once"
Anent - "over against, concerning"
Anither - "another"
Asklent - "obliquely, aslant"
Asteer - "abroad, stirring"
Athort - "through, across, abroad"
Attour - "over, beyond, in spite of"
Aught - "possession"
Auld - "old"
Auld farran or farrant - "sagacious, cunning"
Auld lang syne - "olden time"
Auld shoon - "old shoes, (metaphorically, a lover)"
Aumos - "alms"
Awa - "away, begone"
Awfu' - "awful"
Awnie - "bearded"
Ayont - "beyond"

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