bairn, bairnie (Norse 'barn')

child

baith

both

barrie (traveller cant adopted into Lothian)

very good

bide

stay, remain

big

build

birk

birch tree

birkie

[1] person bloated with conceit
[2] buffoon, idiot

birl

spin round

birlinn (pr. "birling") (Gaelic)

traditional type of boat

blate

shy, timid

blaw

blow

blether

[1] (v.) converse, (n.) conversation
[2] verbose
[3] nonsense

bluid (pr. "blid", occasionally "bleed")

blood

blythe

carefree, cheerful

bonnie (freq. mistakenly spelled "bonny" by English speakers)

beautiful

brae

hill

brak

break

braw (Norse 'brå')

fine, good

breeks (Gaelic 'briocas')

trousers

brither

brother

brock

badger (the animal)

burn

stream

busk

(v.) dress, put on clothing

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