Shetland Words:R
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- raan = fish roe
- raamished = tired from not sleeping well
- raem = cream, rich milk
- raep = drying line
- raeve = tore, (I raeve my breeks on a nail.)
- rain gos = Red-throated Diver ( call said to forecast more rain or no rain)
- raise = set up peats to dry
- ramse = bad taste in mouth (Yon beer wis ramse bit I still drank hit.)
- redd = tidy
- redd up = tidy up, as in Da Voar Redd Up
- redder = comb (He ran da redder trow his hair.)
- reesel = (v) rummage, disturb (Will du reesel da bairns oot o dir beds.)
- reestit mutton = cured mutton
- restin shair = wooden chair with back and arms
- rig = (n)field, backbone. (v) to dress.
- rigga rendal = (n) the equivalent to the Scottish run-rig
- rinkle = rattle
- rit = (n) a type of sheep mark cut on the ears
- ritty bory = woman of ill repute
- rivlin = shoe, made of rough leather
- roo = (v) to remove the fleece of the Shetland sheep by pulling (combing) as opposed to shearing
- rooderie = rough
- rooderie baa = rock in sea covered with barnacles
- röst = (n) a dangerous tidal stream (also roost)
- rummle = rumble
- rumse = rummage, search
- runnick = trench for dung in byre
