Makar

A makar in Scots leeteratur is a poet or bard, aften pairt o the ryal coort. The wird makar refers tae the craft o writin poetry (keek at scop forby). The wird can forby be uised fur ither forms o creaution.[1]

For ordinar the Scots Makars refers til a Scots leid leeterar genre o the late Middle Ages.

William Dunbar, a foregane Makar, wrate the Lament for the Makaris.

The maist weel kent o the makars wis John Barbour, Blind Harry (cried Henry the Minstrel an aw), Robert Henryson (or Henrysoun), William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas an David Lindsay but there wis mony mair o them that shoud be mynt an aw, sic as Alexander Scott.

The Scots Makar

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Kathleen Jamie, Scots Makar (2021-2024) & Nicola Sturgeon

In modren Scotland, The Scots Makar (cutty mak: The Makar) is the Scots' naitional poet, appyntit by the Scots Pairlament,[2] an the equeevalent o the English Poet Laureate.

References

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  1. ↑ Concise Scots Dictionary. Scottish Language Dictionaries. 2017. p. 146.
  2. ↑ "Scotland's new Makar" (Press release). Scottish Government. 16 Februar 2004. Archived frae the original on 15 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c "The story of the Makar - National Poet of Scotland". Scottish Poetry Library (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 Januar 2022.
  4. ↑ "Makar - National Poet for Scotland". Scottish Poetry Library (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 Januar 2022.