Shetland Words:W
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- waand = (n) wand, fishing rod, (piltock waand)
- waar = (n) seaweed
- waarbruk = seaweed piled on beach after storm
- waasim = pubic wig, firkin
- wabbit = tired
- wadder = weather
- waddergaets = anticlockwise, against the sun, unlucky way to turn a boat
- wantit = wanted
- war = (adj) worse (He's gotten da war o hit.)
- wark = work
- warn = warrant, (I warn du'll no ken dis..)
- warse = worse
- warsen = to become worse (Whit dusna warsen man better.)
- wart = high point of ground (Da Wart o Bressay)
- wastard = (n) westward, westerly (Dey sailed tae da wastard.)
- weel = well
- whaap = (n) curlew
- whaasle = wheeze
- whalp = puppy
- whan = when
- whaur = where
- whit = what
- whitret = (n) stoat
- wi = by, with
- widna = wouldn't (I widna wiss him nae ill.)
- wife = woman
- wint = used to
- win = to go
- wir = our
- wird = word
- wirk = work
- wirlie = ?? possibly source of burn ??
- wirsit = yarn, wool for knitting
- wis = us
- wis = was
- wisna = wasn't
- wiss = wish
- wist = wished
- wrang = wrong
- wrassle = wrestle
- wrocht = (He wrocht a lok o dirt.)
- wye = way
- wylk = whelk
