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.
• “agalis” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[1], 2016.