maist

Modifies a noun

• o: They didnae come by ony mair, an sae Jackie spent maist o his spare time helpin tae brew the beer.
• fowk: Pepper: Ay, maist fowk is no sae bad whan ye ken thaim.
• thing: Politics Ane o the maist unco things about readin the original John Macnab is that the fower heroes is Tories.
• thaim: As bairns they stertit tryin tae speak English at a time in thair lives whan maist o thaim war still thinkin in Scots.

Noun used with modifier

• thou: Then do not thou such treasure wast in vaine, But love now whilst thou maist be lov'd againe.