|
Glossary of Fews dialect, then and now: A: I : A wudn’t be bothered! : It doesn’t interest me. Abodes: as in Presages : The dog cried in the night: It abodes ill. Something untoward will happen that the dog knows about! A carry-on: as in playful/malicious jest: Some a carry-on that! Afeard: afraid Afore: before Age: put years on: it’d age ye just to watch his a carry-on! Agee: open: leave the dur agee, wud ye? Anear: threatening: I’m not anear ye! Ail: annoy: What ails ye at it? Air: warming, walking: she’s airing herself at the fire: .. taking the air. Aise: take the weight of: he aised the begs on my back. Allow: accept the truth: I’ll allow that it may be so.
|