agalis

Scots

Etymology

Compare Norwegian agalaus (“wild, unrestrained, immoderate”).

Pronunciation

(Orkney) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡələs/

Adjective

agalis (comparative mair agalis, superlative maist agalis)

(Orkney) very difficult
(Orkney) badly done

References

“agalis” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
“agalis” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary, 2016.

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