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Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and Other Poems

Part 2 — GLOSSARY.

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Aboon—above

Ageean—against

Ah—I

Ah’v—I have

Airm—arm

Alang—along

’At’s—that is

Awd—old

Awn—own

Awlus—always

Ax—ask

Baable—bible

Bairn—child

Beck—a brook

Beean—been

Beeans—bones

Beean’t—be not

Beeath—both

Beelds—builds

Berreed—buried

Besaads—besides

Blaw—blow

Bleead—blood

Boo—bow

Booast—boast

Boorn—born

Boon—going

Bon—burn

Bonny—handsome

Bowght—bought

Breeght—bright

Brigg—bridge

Broo—brow

Bukes—books

Cawd—cold

Caps—puzzles

Cheeans—chains

Childer—children

Chimler—chimney

Clim—climb

Clivver—clever

Com—came

Congker’d—conquered

Convarsion—conversion

Cooat—coat

Coorn—corn

Coorse—course

Cubburt—cupboard

Cum—come

Daft—weak in mind

Dee—die

Deea—do

Deeal—dale

Deean—done

Deed—died

Deein—dying

Desaun’d—designed

Doon—down

Doot—doubt

Draave—drive

Duffil—kind of coarse cloth

Ee—eye

Een—eyes

Efter—after

Ey—aye

Faanly—finely

Fain—glad

Fand—found

Fause—false

Feeat—foot

Feead—fed

Feight—fight

Finnd—find

Flay’d—afraid

Fleead—flood

Fleer—floor

Floor—flower

Foark—fork

Fooas—foes

Fooaks—folks

Fooam—foam

Foond—found

Forgeean—forgiven

Fower—four

Fra’—from

Freeat—fret

Frev—from

Froon’d—frowned

Fund—found

Gaain—going

Gamlin—gambling

Gang—to go

Gangin—going

Gat—got

Geean—gone

Geean’d—gained

Geen—given

Gie—give

Ginnes—guineas

Gitten—got

Gooan—gone

Graw—grow

Greeatin—groaning

Greeave—grave

Hawf—half

Heeame—home

Heearth—earth

Heeigh—high

Hennut—have not

Hev—have

Hez—has

Hezzen’t—has not

Hods—holds

Hoo—how

Hoor—hour

Hooivver—however

Hoose—house

Hoosin—household

Hoss—horse

Iddicated—educated

I’ noo—soon

I’ t’—in the

Iv—in

Ivvery—every

Keease—case

Ken—to see

Kesenmas—christmas

Kest—cast

Kirk—church

Knaw—know

Ky—cows

Lahtle—little

Lee—a lie

Leeak—look

Leeatly—lately

Leeght—light

Lie—to lay

Lig—to lie

Lood—loud

Loore—learning

Loss—lose

Mack—make

Mah—my

Mahle—mile

Mare—more

Maund—mind

Mebby—may be

Meead—made

Meeasons—masons

Meeght—might

Meer—a mare

Misteean—mistaken

Mitch—much

Mooan’t—must not

Mooat—mote

Moont—mount

Moorning—mourning

Mud—might

Mun—must

Natches—notches

Neea—no

Neean—none

Neegh—nigh

Neeght—night

Neen—nine

Nivver—never

Nobbut—only

Nooas—noes

Nooatice—notice

Nooation—idea

Nowght—nothing

Nowther—neither

Nowthern—northern

Nut—not

Ommost—almost

Onny—any

Oor—our

O’ t’—of the

Ower—over

Owerton—overturn

Owght—ought, or aught

Owther—either

Pearted—parted

Pertend—pretend

Pleeace—place

Pleugh—plough

Plissures—pleasures

Poosts—posts

Praaze—praise, or prize

Preear—prayer

Preeav—prove

Prisance—presence

Prooan—prone

Prooase—prose

Prood—proud

Raise—rise

Rath—wrath

Reeace—race

Reeght—right

Reen—reign

Rint—rent

Rowlin—rolling

Rum—room

Saain’d—signed

Sal—shall

Sare—sore

Sarten—certain

Sawn—sown

Screeve—mark

Seea—so

Seeaf—safe

Seean—soon

Seeaven—seven

Seeght—sight

Seer—sure

Shanks—legs

Shaw—show

Sheeape—shape

Shoat—short

Shoo—show

Shoothers—shoulders

Sike—such

Sin’—since

Skoors—scores

Snaw—snow

Soorce—source

Sowl—soul

Spak—spoke

Steead—stood

Steeaks—stakes

Steean—stone

Strang—strong

Strave—strive

Stond—stand

Stour—drift

Sud—should

Sum—some

Sute—suit

Swap—exchange

Taame—time

Tack—take

Teea an’ fraw—to and fro

Teeables—tables

Teeak—took

Teeal—tale

Teean—taken

Tegither—together

Te t’—to the

Thah—thy

Thee—thy

Theer—there

Thenk—thank

Ther—their

Thof—though

Thowght—thought

Thraving—thriving

Thruff—through

Thunner—thunder

Tiv—to

Ton—turn

Toons—towns

Towght—taught

Treead—trade

Trimmel’d—trembled

Trist—trust

’Twad—it would

Twea—two

Ungker’d—strange

Voo—vow

Wad—would

Waddn’t—would not

Wark—work

Warst—worst

Wean’t—will not

Weeap—weep

Weel—well

Wesh—wash

Wha—who

Whahl—while

Wheas—who is, or whose

Whooap—hope

Whoor—where

Winder—window

Winnut—will not

Wiv—with

Woak—walk

Woark—work

Wods—words

Wor—were

Woth—worth

Wrang—wrong

Wur—our

Wur—was

Yack—oak

Yah—one

Yan—one

Yance—once

Yer—your

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