yirdquauk

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Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either inherited from Middle English erthequake or a calque of English earthquake.

Noun[edit]

yirdquauk (plural yirdquauks)

  1. 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!"
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