Shetland Words:L
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- laebrak = (n) waves breaking on shore, surf (I saa a bit o wid swillin i da laebrak.)
- laek = (v) leak (Da pipe hed a laek.)
- laek = like (Aye-aye, whit laek da day?)
- laekly = alike, the same as (Da twins wir an exact laekly.)
- laer = (n) learning (Da teacher hed a lok o laer.)
- ledder = (v) beat savagely
- ledderin = (adj) beating (Yun boxer got an aafil lefferin.)
- leep = (v) parboil
- leepit = (adj) parboiled (I leepit twartree lempits ta tak tae da craigs.)
- leet = (v) heed (Never leet yun auld bessom.)
- lent = (lent) length (Whit lent wis yun tome?)
- lib = (v) castrate
- libbit = (adj) castrated (He ran oot da door lik a libbit cat.)
- lick = speed (Dir wis some lick upo him.), hit: (I gae him a lick under da lug.)
- lift = (n) sky
- linn = (n) wooden roller put on beach to haul boat over
- lippen = expect
- liri = (n) the Manx shearwater
- lispund = (n) measure, from Old Norse 'Livlandsk pund', 1 lispund = 16 pund(norse)= 8Kg, 20 lispund = 1 skippund.
- lodberry = (n) house on Lerwick waterfront built into sea
- lok = (n) a lot, quantity (I did a lok o wark)
- lowse = (v) loosen
- lug = (n) ear
- lunder = (v) hit hard (I gae him a lunder anunder da lug.)
- lum = (n) chimney
