neddy Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.A.C. Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsavo Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Could it be that the tin had a sealing lid that went "snap"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 '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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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