A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and CriticalJ.R. Smith, 1868 - 616 sider |
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Ah's Ainthorpe Allit Ancr applied au'd bairn blash blow Bosw Brock called Chaucer Clevel Cleveland coincident collates Comp connection corn Danish derivation desper't Dial dialect district doubt equivalent expression Fris Gael gannan Germ getten given gives Guisborough Hald Hall Halliwell hand horse idea instance Jutl lahtle Leeds matter meaning Molb motion Myst nobbut nowght one's oneself origin ower Percy's Fol person piece Piers Ploughman Ploughm Poems pret probably Prov quotes reference remark Rietz Riwle says Scand Scrat seems sense shew signifying simply Sir Gaw sound stick stone Teut thee thence thing thou Townel tumulus usage v. n. pr verb Wedgw Weel Welsh whence Whitby wind wood word yamm York Castle þat
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