yirdquauk
Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either inherited from Middle English erthequake or a calque of English earthquake.
Noun
[edit]yirdquauk (plural yirdquauks)
- earthquake
- Synonym: earthquake
- 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 27:54:
- The centurion an the sodgers at wis keepin watch owre Jesus wi him wis ill fleyed whan they saw the yirdquauk an aa, an said, "Atweill wis he a son o God, that ane!"
- The centurion and the soldiers guarding Jesus were horribly terrified when they saw the earthquake alongsides everything else, saying "That man really was the son of God!"