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Some Shetland words used to give you a feel for the language. Hold your cursor over any shetland words to see translation :-)


We are a Peerie  local team based in the Shetland Isles the most northerly isles in Britain. We have run a jewellers on the isle for some years now so hit wis time fir Peerie Jool an online version oh wir main jewellery shop called Jool, situated in da toon of Lerwick in Shetland. We hae a wide range oh simply stunning, yet surprisingly affordable jewellery dats just dat peerie bit different fae da norm. Visitors to Isles often say “I wish there was a shop like this where I live” , hopefully through dis site we can gie dee a muckle range of jewellery available ta aa Shetlanders and Soothmoothers alike, near and far. We might be nearer Norway than mainland Scotland but post is extremely quick we will hae dy jewellery delivered afore doo kens hit. 

We find Sterling Silver is most popular and we have built up a collection of over a thousand pieces now available t’dee, wir diverse mix oh Sterling Silver jewellery ranges fae classic to eclectic and has aathing fir aabody. If instead doo prefers Gold we hiv wir brushed/coated range - Sterling Silver coated in Gold so you get the look without the price tag – the coating has a lifetime guarantee so its secret. Aa wir Jewellery is presented in a boany gift box and is wrapped just like a present - aa ready to gie or keep to dee sal If your gift is fir a present – tell wis and we will send it fir dee. Thanks for visiting and enjoy da jewellery. Fae aa at Peerie Jool 

Shetland/English Translation



  • Peerie /Small or Little
  • Muckle/Large
  • Jool:   Term of Endearment       Doos a Peerie Jool –   You’re a  little Jewel
  • Boany:  Bonnie, Pretty   Dirs a braw lok oh boany tings in yunder – There an awful lot of bonny things in there     
  • Gie/Give
  • Wir/Wirs – Our/Ours
  • Dis/This 
  • Fae/From 
  • Oh/Of
  • Soothmoother/ Someone who has a mouth from the South
  • Dee/Doo - You 
  • Dy/ Dyne  - Yours         
  • Da – The         
  • T/Ta : To     
  • Hit/Hits : It/Its
  • Yun – That            
  • Ower  Yunder – Over  There         
  • Dat/Dats : That/Thats
  • Fir/For                           
  • aa/All                  
  • Hae/Hiv  - Have                  
  • Afore/Before
  • Aathing :  Anything                  
  • Toon/town                         
  • Aabody: Anyone
  • Do Kens/You know