GLOSSARY

Abnue, avenue

Agg, egg

All ob er sutten, quickly and unexpectedly

An, and

Arter, after

Arur, each, either

Ax, ask

Bactize, baptize

Bague, to beg

Barruh, barrow

Beber, beaver

Bedout, without

Ben, bend, bent, been

Berry, very

Bes, best

Bex, vex, vexed

Bidness, business

Biggin, begin, began

Bimeby, by and by, presently

Binner, was, were

Bittle, victuals

Blan, in the habit of, accustomed to

Blanks, Blants, belongs to

Bleebe, believe

Bleege, obliged, compelled

Bodder, to bother

Bode, board, boards

Bofe, both

Bole, bold

Boun, resolved upon, forced to

Bredder, brother

Bref, breath

Bres, breast

Bresh, brush-wood, to brush

Broke up, to leave, to depart

Brukwus, breakfast

Buckra, white man

Bud, bird

Budduh, Buh, brother

Buhhine, behind

Bun, burn

Buss, burst, or break through

Cahr, carry

Caze, because

Ceive, deceive

Cept, accept, accepted, except

Chillun, children

Chimbly, chimney

Chune, tune

Cist, insist

Clorte, cloth

Cloze, clothes

Cohoot, bargain, agreement

Cole, cold

Conjunct, agree to, conclude

Cote, court

Crack eh teet, make answer

Crap, crop

Crape, scrape

Cratch, scratch

Cut down, disappointed, chagrined

Darter, daughter

Day, there, is, to be, am

Day day, to be there

Den, then

Der, was, were, into

Dest, Dist, just, only

Destant, distant, distance

Det, death

Diffunce, difference

Disher, this

Do, door

Dout, without

Drap, drop, dropped

Duh, was, were

Dunno, don’t know

Dut, dirt

Edder, other

Eeben, even

Een, in, end

Eenwite, invite

Ef, if

Eh, he, she, it, his, her, its

Element, the sky, upper air

En, end

Enty, are you not, are they not, do you not, do they not, is it not

Faber, favor

Faid, to be afraid

Fambly, family

Fanner, a shallow basket

Farruh, Farrur, father

Feber, fever

Fedder, feather, feathers

Fiel, field

Fine, supply with food, find

Flaber, flavor

Flo, floor

Flut, flirt

Foce, force

Forrud, forehead

Fren, friend

Fros, frost

Fuh, for

Fuh sutten, for a certainty

Fuss, first

Gage, engage, hire

Gedder, gather, collect

Gelt, to girt

Gem, to give

Gen, gave, again

Gie, give

Gimme, give me

Glec, neglect

Glub, gloves

Gooly, good

Graff, grab

Gree, agree, consent

Grine salt, fly round and round

Guine, Gwine, going, going to

Haffer, have to, had to

Hair rise, badly frightened

Haky, Harky, hearken to, heed

Han, hand

Hanker, long for, desire

Hatchich, hatchet

Head, get the better of

Head um, get ahead of him

Hebby, heavy

Holler, halloo, hollow

Hoona, you

Hot, to hurt

Huccum, how happens it, why, how come

Huddy, how d’ye do

Ile me bade, grease my mouth

Isself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Jew, dew

Jist, just

Juk, jerk

Ketch, catch, reach to, approach

Kibber, cover

Kine, kind

Knowledge, acknowledge, admit

Labuh, labor

Lass, to suffice for, to last

Lean fuh, set out for

Led-down, lay down

Leek, to lick with the tongue

Leely, Leetle, little

Leff, to leave, did leave, left

Leggo, to let go

Leh, let

Lemme, let me

Lenk, length

Libbin, living

Lick, to whip, stroke of the whip

Lickin, whipping

Lick back, turn rapidly back

Lief, leave, permission

Light on, to mount

Light out, to start off

Long, with, from

Lub, love

Luk, Lucker, like

Mange, mane

Medjuh, measure

Mek, make, made

Mek fuh, to go to

Mek out, fare, thrive, succeed

Member, to remind

Men eh pace, increase his speed

Mine, mind, heed, take care of

Miration, wonder, astonishment

Mo, more

Moober, moreover

Mona, Moner, more than

Mona dat, more than that

Mose, almost

Mossa, master

Mouf, Mout, mouth

Murrer, mother

Mussne, must not

Muster, must have

Nabor, neighbor

Narruh, another

Nebber, never

Nekked, naked

Nes, nest

New Nigger, a negro fresh from Africa

Nigh, to draw near to

Notus, notice, observe

Noung, young

Nudder, another

Nuff, enough

Nummine, never mind

Nurrer, neither, another

Nuse, use, employ

Nussen, used to, accustomed to

Nuss, nurse

Nuttne, nothing

Obersheer, overseer

Offer, off of

Ole, old

Ooman, woman, women

Out, to go out, to extinguish

Outer, out of

Pahler, parlor

Passon, parson

Pate, path

Pen pon, depend upon

Perwision, provisions

Pinder, ground-nuts, peanuts

Pint, direct, directed, point

Pintment, appointment

Pit, put, apply

Playpossum, to fool, to practice deceit

Pledjuh, pleasure

Po, poor, pour

Pon, upon

Pooty, pretty

Pose, post

Prommus, promise

Pruppus, on purpose

Pusson, person

Quaintun, acquainted with

Quaintance, acquaintances

Quile, to coil, coiled

Quire, to inquire, inquired

Rale, very truly, really

Range, reins

Rastle, to wrestle

Retch, to reach, to arrive at

Ribber, river

Riz, rose

Roose, roost

Sabe, to know

San, sand

Sarbis, service, kindness

Satify, Saterfy, satisfied, happy, content

Scace, scarce

Schway, to swear, swore

Scuse, excuse

Seaznin, seasoning

Sebbn, seven

Sed, sit, sat

Sed-down, sit down, sat down

Shet, shut

Sho, sure

Sholy, surely

Shum, to see it, see him, see her, see them

Sider, on the side of

Sisso, say so

Skade, scared

Smate, smart

Sofe, soft

Soon man, very smart, wide-awake man

Sorter, sort of, after a fashion

Sparruh, sparrow

Spec, expect

Spose, expose

Spute, contest the championship with

State, start, begin

Steader, Stidder, instead of

Straighten fur, run rapidly for

Stroy, destroy

Sukkle, circle, fly around

Summuch, so much

Sutten, certain, sudden

Suttenly, certainly, suddenly

Swade, persuade

Swode, sword

Tack, to attack

Tackle, to hold to account

Tan, to stand

Tarrify, to terrify, to annoy

Tarruh, Turruh, the other

Tase, to taste, taste

Tay, stay

Tek, take

Tek wid um, pleased with him, her, or it

Tek you foot, to walk

Tel, until

Ten, attend to

Tend, intend

Tenk, Tenky, to thank, thanks

Ter, Teh, to

Tetch, touch

Tetter, potatoes

Tick, thick, abundant, a stick

Ticket, thicket

Tickler, particular

Tief, to steal, thief

Ting, thing

Tird, third

Titter, sister

Togerruh, together

Tole, told

Topper, on top of, on

Tote, carry

Trabble, travel

Tru, through

Truss, trust

Trute, truth

Tuff, tuft

Tuk, took

Tun, turn, return

Tun flour, to cook hominy

Up ter de notch, in the best style

Usen, to be in the habit of

Vise, to advise

Vive, revive

Wan, to want, to wish, want

Warse, wasp

Wase, waste

Way, where

Wayebber, wherever

Whalin ob er, enormous, severe

Wid, with

Wile, while

Win, wind

Wine, vine

Wish de time er day, to say good-bye, how d’ye do

Wud, word

Wudduh dat, what is that

Wuffer, what for, why, what to

Wuh, what, which, who

Wuhebbuh, whatever

Wuk, work

Wul, world

Wunt, will not, would not

Wurrum, worms

Wus, worse

Wus den nebber, worse than ever

Wut, worth

Yad, yard

Yearin, hearing

Yeddy, to hear, to hearken to

Yender, Yent, not, was not, were not

Yent day day, is not there, are not there

Yeye, eye, eyes

Yez, ear, ears

Yiz, am, is, to be, did

Yuh, here

Zamine, examine

NUMBERS

One, one

Two, two

Tree, three

Fo, four

Fibe, five

Six, six

Sebbn, seven

Eight, eight

Nine, nine

Ten, ten

Lebbn, eleven

Twelbe, twelve

Tirteen, thirteen

Foteen, fourteen

Fifteen, fifteen

Sixteen, sixteen

Sebbnteen, seventeen

Eighteen, eighteen

Nineteen, nineteen

Twenty, twenty

Tirty, thirty

Forty, forty

Fifty, fifty

Sixty, sixty

Sebbnty, seventy

Eighty, eighty

Ninety, ninety

One hundud, one hundred

One tousan, one thousand

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

Jinnywerry, January

Febbywerry, February

Mache, March

Aprul, April

May, May

June, June

Jully, July

Augus, August

Sectember, September

October, October

Nowember, November

December, December

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Mundy, Monday

Chuseday, Tuesday

Wensday, Wednesday

Tursday, Thursday

Friday, Friday

Sattyday, Saturday

Sunday, Sunday

Transcriber’s Note

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the story in which the anchor occurs. The following were amended:

Added close quotation mark to sentence: “Tenky, tenky, ... me git all dis money.”

Changed ‘heaper’ to ‘heap er’ ... eenwite heap er fren ...

Changed ‘ob er’ to ‘ober’ ... all ober sutten, ...

Changed ‘XLI’ to ‘LXI’ for final chapter number.