siller

See also: Siller

Middle English

Noun

siller

Alternative form of sellere

Scots

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English silver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.

Adjective

siller (not comparable)

silver

Noun

siller (uncountable)

silver
- 1792, Robert Burns, When Princes and Prelates:
  The great folk hae siller, and houses and lands
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, “Wandering Willie's Tale”, in Redgauntlet:
  “Here, Dougal,” said the laird, “gie Steenie a tass of brandy, till I count the siller and write the receipt.”
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

“siller” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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