Twerto Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 took this yesterday.. bit dark due to it just being my phone.. but it almost adds to the atmosphere. http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i197/Twerto/165506_1794902752767_1245633227_3283640_5318791_n.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enkelt skapninger Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 A Haar is always over land I think, but often near rivers on the mainland. In Dundee, "haar" is only used for the fog that rolls up the Tay. It's an old Saxon word. We used Hoar in Yorkshire for the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagfinn Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Frosty Haar, is all I've ever heard it called over water or low lying land. I assume 'Frosty Haar' is Scots for 'Hoar-Frost'? According to Jakobsen, the Shetland word for 'Hoar-Frost' is 'Sjela' [shaela] also in the compound 'Sjela-frost' and the term 'Sjela-wadder' meant 'Weather with hoar-frost or cold dew during night'. 'Sjela' is derived from Old Norse 'héla' [hyela] meaning 'Hoar-frost': 'héla' > 'hjela' > 'sjela' [shela]. This has also given name to the Shetland-sheep colour 'Shaela', described as having: Dark steely-grey wool, like black frost . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Haaf Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 If anybody happens to have the album recorded by Bobby Tulloch called 'Goin Aboot The Banks'. There's a song on there called 'Mary's Weather Forecasts' which mentions both Dalamist and Shaela. I think from the gist of the song that neither expression refers to anything over water.Sadly those great recordings by Bobby aren't on Youtube.. Maybe someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme_Storey Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 In Dundee, "haar" is only used for the fog that rolls up the Tay.It is used in the same way in Edinburgh and describes the sea fog rolling up the Firth of Forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Frosty Haar, is all I've ever heard it called over water or low lying land. I assume 'Frosty Haar' is Scots for 'Hoar-Frost'? According to Jakobsen, the Shetland word for 'Hoar-Frost' is 'Sjela' [shaela] also in the compound 'Sjela-frost' and the term 'Sjela-wadder' meant 'Weather with hoar-frost or cold dew during night'. 'Sjela' is derived from Old Norse 'héla' [hyela] meaning 'Hoar-frost': 'héla' > 'hjela' > 'sjela' [shela]. This has also given name to the Shetland-sheep colour 'Shaela', described as having: Dark steely-grey wool, like black frost . Sounds good to me Sjela....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upmakk Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 I assume 'Frosty Haar' is Scots for 'Hoar-Frost'? Ta me, hoar frost is a light coatin o frost at lies on girse etc. A frosty haar, on da idder haand, implies a mist - i.e hingin abune laand or sea, no coatin it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 We call it 'haar' back home on the north yorkshire coast Was great the other morning eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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