agalis

Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡələs/

Adjective

agalis (comparative mair agalis, superlative maist agalis)

1. (Orkney) very difficult
2. (Orkney) badly done

References

• “agalis”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “agalis”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎