Sheffield Dialect

[neddy]

Glossary to The Sheffield Dialect 1839

Abbut, aye but

Adder say, I dare say

Al, will

An, ans, one, ones

Anole, too, also

Arston, hearthstone

Ass, ashes

Assnook, under the fire grate

At. of the, at the

Bahn, bound (going)

Bastin, beating

Beledda, an exclamation to which no particular meaning is attached;—supposed to be a corruption of the Roman Catholic oath, "By my Lady."

Berrin, burying, funeral

Blo aht, blow-out, eating and drinking to excess

Blunt, brass, money

Breet, bright

Buckt, beaten

Bun, bound (to bind)

Bur, but

Cloice, close (nigh)

Coit, coat

Collar, when the wheel-band is entangled with any part of the machinery it is called a collar

Colsh, concussion

Corbo, a thick-hafted knife

Corker, not to be surpassed

Cowks, cokes, cinders

Dahn't spaht, to fetch articles from a pawn-shop: the allusion is to a kind of wooden case erected in pawnbroker's shops, reaching from the shop to an upper story, by means of which clothes or other articles, that would not be injured by such a proceeding, are expeditiously conveyed to the shopman.

Dee, die

Deed, died

Deead, dead

Dobbs, money

Drum, the broadwheel which carries the wheel band

Dun, do

Een, eyes

Elsins, awl blades

Entra, a narrow passage

Farrantla, decent, upright, honourable

Flat-back, a common knife

Fork-dust, the dry dust made in grinding forks

Freeten'd, frightened

Fun, found

Ge, Geed, Gen, give, gave, given.

Ger, Get'n, Gerrin, get, got, getting.

Ger aht at gate, get out of the way.

Goit, a narrow stream of water.

Grindlecowk,a. worn out grinding stone

Guzzle, to drink to excess.

Ha, han, have.

Hah, how, aye (yes)

Ham, having.

Heal, there will.

Heftpoip, a temporary handle

used in grinding razors

and forks.

Heit, eat.

Hettn, eaten.

Hidda, hide, to conceal.

Hoil, (.subs.) hole.

Hoil, (v. a.) to expel.

Hopena, halfpenny.

Hopple, to chain the wrists

or ancles.

Hull, room in a grinding- wheel.

It, in the. Thro it it fair,

throw it in the fire.

Jannak, as it should be.

Jaram, order. Out of jaram,

out of order.

Kah, or cah, cow.

Kale, Kalo, in turn.

Kelter, money.

Letherin, see bastin.

Let on, met with, lighted on.

Lig, lay.

Liggin, lying, recumbent.

Ma, mak, mayn, make.

Malak, tumult.

Marra, synonimous wit!; " beledda"—-may possible have been corrupted from " by Mary."

Mo'nt, must not.

Mumpin, see letherin.

Mun, man, must.

Mut, might.

Mut'nt, might not.

Nebbut, nay but.

Neet, night.

Nesh, poor spirited. To de- nesh, to give up an enteipiise dispirited.

Nobbut, only.

Nont, aunt.

No'ther; neither.

Nuncle, uncle.

Ontot, on to the

O't, of the

O'ther, either

Rahm, (in the place of) room

Reik, reach

Reit, right

Roite on't, depend upon it

Row, tumult

Sam, to take up

Sap, ale

Scar'd, frightened

Scran, any thing to eat

Scrag, offal, remnant

Seet, sight

Shank end, latter end

Sheddle, (schedule) to take the benefit of the act

Shoo, Sha, she

Shoo'd, she would, she had

Shoo'l, she will

Skirrick, a trifling coin '

Sloik, it is like

Soft, fond, silly

Strap, credit

Swat, to throw down with violence

Ta, tak, take

Ta, thah, thou

Thatst, that is the

Theal, there will'

Throo, from

Throot, through the, from the

Tomma, bread

Tubbe, to be

Unbethought, (on bethought,) to think upon, remembered, reminded.

Wa, Wee/, well.

We, with

Webbur, Webbul, well but.

We'd, we would, we had

We'm, we must

We'n, we have

We'st, we shall

Wack, share

Wheelswarf, the yellow sludge formed during grinding on a wet wheel

Wick, alive

Wollopin, see mumpin

Wor'nt, were not

Wot'nt ya, what do you, what have you

Yobbutt, yea but

Yo'm, you must

Yo'n, you have

Yo'rt, you are the

Yo'st, you shall

'GENERAL RULES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE

ORTHOGRAPHY.

D final, in all words ending with and, and g in ing, are

generally dropped, as stan, stand, thinkin, thinking.

I, pronoun, changes to o; aso've, I have; sometimes to e:

i long changes to oi, as foine, fine.

N is sometimes added to verbs, as keepn, wantn.

Ou and ow, dipthongs, change to ah; as ahr, our ; pahnd,

pound ; gahn, gown ; nah, now.

The, article, is generally contracted to t, and added to

the preceding or succeeding word ; as "at tend at wheel," "at the end of the wheel.

" When occurring between one word ending, and another beginning with t, it is omitted : as " at top" " at the top."

Y ending monosyllables changes to o and oi; as wo, moi,

my; and at the end of dissyllybles to a as moighta, mighty..

[Guest J.A.C.]

Hi Neddy

Not as early as 1839 but I am trying to find out where we up ere got the word ( Snap Tin ) from as in the word Snap meaning food. Hope someone can help.

Best Regards

Jim. :mellow:

[Guest tsavo]

Could it be that the tin had a sealing lid that went "snap"?

[Bayleaf]

'Snap' meaning food or a meal seems to be widespread over the Midlands and North. Some sources say it is originally miners' dialect, which became widely adopted. Snap Tin just means a tin for carrying your Snap. Presumably miners would carry Snap in a tin to keep it from the rats down the pit?

[neddy]

Would have thought that Snap was some form of food that could have pieces easily broken off, you wunt want summat that you had to manhandle wi mucky hands, or perhaps just another name for a meal break.