stravaiger
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
stravaiger (plural stravaigers)
Scots[edit]
Noun[edit]
stravaiger (plural stravaigers)
- wanderer, vagrant, vagabond
- (computing) web browser
- 2001 January, Robert Fairnie, “Celtic Leid's First Stravaiger For Warld Wide Wab.”, in Scots Tung Wittins[1], number 86:
- THE first ivver Internet stravaiger (browser) in fower Celtic leids haes juist been brocht oot allouin speakers o thae leids tae stravaig the wab in thair ain mither tung.
- THE first ever Internet 'stravaiger' (browser) in four Celtic languages has just been brought out allowing speakers of those languages to browse the web in their own mother tongue.
- 2021 August 11, Alison Campsie, “New internet browser written in Scots language”, in The Scotsman[2]:
- A number of new Scots translations have been added to the layout of the site, with browser translated as “stravaiger” – Scots for wanderer.
References[edit]
- “stravaig, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.