Lallan

American  

[lal-uhn] / ˈlæl ən /

adjective

Scot.

1. belonging to the Lowlands of Scotland.

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Etymology

Origin of Lallan

First recorded in 1775–85; variant of lowland

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Example Sentences

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Lallan

But a' your doings to rehearse, Your wily snares an' fechtin fierce, Sin' that day Michael^2 did you pierce, Down to this time, Wad ding a Lallan tounge, or Erse, In prose or rhyme.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

He’ll speir; an’ I, his mou’ to steik: “No’ bein’ fit to write in Greek, I wrote in Lallan, Dear to my heart as the peat-reek, Auld as Tantallon.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

But a' your doings to rehearse, Your wily snares an' fechtin' fierce, Sin' that day Michael did you pierce, Down to this time, Wad ding a Lallan tongue, or Erse, In prose or rhyme.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant

I tackled the Whitrett severely on a grammar you had published, which I had not seen and condemned out of hand and in the broadest Lallan.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang

No bein' fit to write in Greek, I write in Lallan, Dear to my heart as the peat reek, Auld as Tantallon.

From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson

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