saft

/ sæft /

adjective

So you ken what it means, when a gaffer carries on like that, an' the man is saft enough as weel as the woman being willin'.

The cart, so she mentally calculated, if it did not stick in a bog (not a wet one, only a saft one) might arrive about midnight.

"Saft beddin's gude for sair banes," quo' Howie when he streekit himsel on the midden-head.

Her cheeks bloom bonnier than the heather on Tollishill, and her bosom seems saft as the new-shorn fleece.

And hark ye, hinny, this house is to be your hame until you light on a better one, so just sleep saft in it and wake merrily.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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