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According to Collins the (British) English equivalent is simply 'wersh'¹. Still a Scottish loanword though. 1: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/

• thombat 7y ago
  And they define it as: 1. tasteless; insipid 2. sour; bitter So providing three contradictory definitions in just four words. What do you mean by it when you use it?
  • dboreham 7y ago
    It's to do with bitterness and definitely not tasteless. The best way to understand its definition is to imagine two people picking berries. One goes to a new bush, plucks a berry, puts it in their mouth then makes an expression indicating unpleasant taste, puckering. Their friend asks "Nae gid?" they respond "Aye, yon's offey wairsh".
• dboreham 7y ago
  Yes I'm aware of that misspelling ;) Small sample size, but I've never heard an English person use the word and have always assumed it was archaic there.