agairy

Scots

Alternative forms

• a-gaairy

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse af garði.

Adverb

agairy (not comparable)

1. (Orkney) leave one's service before the term day.

References

• “agairy, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.