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[each-uisge]
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Cha chreid or [?] chunnaic mi na fhac e t’each-uisge – phantom fright or unusual fright, etc.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Coltas an Duine / Personal Appearance
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[eagal]
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Ghabh mi an t-eagal. – I got a fright.
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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balach-bog
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a boy prone to fright and cry at the least disturbance, etc.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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briosgadh
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[bɾwsɡəɣ] Note: start, sudden fright.
Origin: [Barvas]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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broigheadh
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[bɾ[ɤı]əɣ] Quot.: “Thug e broigheadh as.” Note: a sudden bracing of oneself, e.g. resulting from a sudden fright. Also: “Chuir mi broigheadh air an each.”
Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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brìdeagan
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Quotation: Chaidh i as a brìdeagan leis an eagal. Notes: She went out of her wits with fright. (See SGS XI, p. 41.) Brìdeag: doll maids made in image of St Bride. On St Bride’s night, maiden was supposed to have this doll or dolls, to go with it to an outhouse in darkness and alone, and stay there till she heard St Bride giving name of future husband.
Origin: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bò
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[bɔ:] Quotation: Bha bò ann. Notes: giving somebody a fright, a start.
Location: Perthshire, Killin
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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clisgeadh
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Quotation: Clisgeadh air do chnàmhan! Notes: said by a person given a fright or told bad news untruthfully.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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clisgeadh
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Quotation: Fuair mi clisgeadh. Notes: I got a sudden fright.
Origin: Port Wemyss
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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eagal-chàich
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shyness from other people, stage fright, nervous approach, etc.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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farbhas
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fright, panic.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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farbhas
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[fɑɾɑvɑs] Quotation: Chuir e farbhas orm. Notes: shock, sudden fright.
Location: Skye, Breakish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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fàisniche
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an object that makes you shirk, move with fright. [SLIP: Something which sends shivers down a person’s spine.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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miapadh
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[m[ĩɑ̃]pəɣ] Quot.: “Chaidh e air mhiapadh.” Note: He took a fright. Sudden start.
Origin: [Barvas]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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priosgadh
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[pðısɡəɣ] Note: a sudden start, fright.
Origin: Crowlista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgal
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Quotation: Chuir e sgal orm. Notes: He gave me a fright.
Location: Perthshire, Killin
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgaoim
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a sudden jerk as to fright. [SLIP: A sudden jerk which frightens somebody.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgeannach
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staring look of fright, or frightened look, or scary.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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spreadhadh
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[spðɛɑɣ] Quotation: Thug e spreadhadh as. Notes: He took a sudden fright, jump.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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spriullag
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[spðiu̜ɫəɡ] Quotation: Spriullag ort! Notes: mild imprecation. Used e.g. when a person was given a sudden fright.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tapag
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Note: a Harris word used in the sense of being what a person who has been given a sudden fright says as a reflex exclamation. The vocal reaction to a sudden fright.
Origin: [Ness]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
