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Glossary
On this page you will find a list of some of the dialectal and more
obscure words found in some versions of the novel.
Translations of some of Joseph's more difficult statements can be
found on this page.
CONTENTS (click on boxes)
| A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
L |
M |
N |
O |
R |
S |
T |
U |
W |
Y |
A
| abaht |
about |
|
aght, aht |
out |
| Aw |
I |
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B
| 'baht |
about (without) |
|
bud |
but |
C
| cahnt |
can't |
|
'cahnt |
account |
| can'le lught |
candle light |
|
cannut |
cannot |
| carn |
can |
|
cotch |
catch |
| crahnr |
crowner (coroner) |
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E
| E |
I've |
|
eedle |
idle |
| eht |
out |
|
enah |
enough |
F
| fellies |
followers |
|
flaysome |
an expletive |
| fold |
sheep pen |
|
froo, frough |
from |
| fur |
gate |
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G
| gait |
gate |
|
goa |
go |
| gooid |
good |
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H
| hagh, hah |
how |
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hahs |
house |
| hahsiver |
howsoever |
|
hend |
hand |
| hor |
her |
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M
| mad |
made |
|
manes |
means |
| maw |
my |
|
muh |
may |
N
| nab |
sharp fall of a shoulder or projection of a hill |
|
nah |
now |
| nave |
neive (fist) |
|
noa |
no |
| nooin |
noon |
|
nor nuh me |
none of me (not me) |
| norther |
neither |
|
nowt |
naught (nothing) |
| nur |
nor |
|
nut |
not |
O
| orther |
other |
|
ow'd |
old |
| owt, ow't |
aught (anything) |
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S
| say |
sea, see |
|
send |
sent |
| shaime, shaume |
shame |
|
soa |
so |
| snall |
shall |
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sun-dahn |
sun-down |
T
| thah |
thou |
|
thear, theare |
there |
| they's |
there's |
|
thur |
there |
| tuh |
thou, to |
|
tull |
to (unto) |
U
| ud |
would |
|
uf |
of |
| uh |
have, of |
|
ull |
will |
| un, und |
and |
|
ut |
at, of, that |
| 'ut |
that |
|
ut' |
of the |
| ut t' |
on the |
|
ut this |
of this |
W
| went |
want |
|
wenting |
wanting |
| whet |
what |
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willu't |
will not (won't) |
| woonder |
wonder |
|
wur |
were |
Y
| yah |
ye (you) |
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yah been |
you've been |
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