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 the Joseph’s speech page.
| abaht | about | aght, aht | out | |
| Aw | I |
| 'baht | about (without) | bud | but |
| cahnt | can't | 'cahnt | account | |
| can'le lught | candle light | cannut | cannot | |
| carn | can | cotch | catch | |
| crahnr | crowner (coroner) |
| dahn | down | daht | doubt |
| E | I've | eedle | idle | |
| eht | out | enah | enough |
| fellies | followers | flaysome | frightening, dreadful | |
| fold | sheep pen | froo, frough | from | |
| fur | gate |
| gait | gate way of acting/habits |
goa | go | |
| gooid | good |
| hagh, hah | how | hahs | house | |
| hahsiver | howsoever | hend | hand | |
| hor | her |
| intuh | into |
| laith | barn | loike | like |
| mad | made | manes | means | |
| maw | my | muh | may |
| 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 |
| orther | other | ow'd | old | |
| owt, ow't | aught (anything) |
| laith | barn | loike | like |
| say | sea, see | send | sent | |
| shaime, shaume | shame | soa | so | |
| snall | shall | sun-dahn | sun-down |
| thah | thou | thear, theare | there | |
| they's | there's | thur | there | |
| tuh | thou, to | tull | to (unto) |
| 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 |
| went | want | wenting | wanting | |
| whet | what | willu't | will not (won't) | |
| woonder | wonder | wur | were |
| yah | ye (you) | yah been | you've been |