wabbit

weary, tired

wame (Usually pr. "wyme")

abdomen

warl

world

waur

worse ("Nane the waur" - no worse off)

wee

small (now quite commonly used in English)

Wee Frees

Colloquial name for the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland

weil

well

weil-faured

blessed, literally "well-favoured"

wha

who

wheesht

quiet ("haud yer wheesht!" - be quiet!)

whiles

[1] eventually
[2] in time

whit

what

whummle

capsize, overturn

wi

with

wierd

fate, destiny ("dree yer wierd" - endure your fate)

wis

[1] was
[2] us(Lothians - 1st person plural)

wirs

ours (Lothians)

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