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Understanding the Yorkshire Dialect
Eeh by gum, a glossary fer tha. Yes, it's a Yorkshire dialect glossary. We have listed the Yorkshire words and
added a clear definition. Enjoy
GLOSSARY: A
Yorkshire Term
allus
'appen
aye
Definition
always
maybe, possibly e.g. "I'll 'appen that's it" for "that's possibly true"
yes
GLOSSARY: B
Yorkshire Term
backend
bad 'un
badly
Baggin
Bagsey
Bairn
bait/ bait box
bap
bazzerking
beck
beefin(g), blubberin(g)
be reight
berg
best y' do
black bright
bog
bonce
bonny
brant
bracken
bray/braying
breadcake
butty
Definition
Autumn
no good
not in a good state of health, i.e.'How's Martha?', 'She's badly.'
packed lunch
childhood term, i.e. 'bagsey my turn!'
child
snack/ packed lunch
bread bun
relaxing/ telling off (?)
brook
crying
it'll be alright
mountain
see that you do
very dirty
toilet
head
pretty
steep e.g. "'tis a brant hill"
ferns
beating e.g. "you'll get a good braying" or "I'll bray you"
bread roll or bap
sandwich
GLOSSARY: C
Yorkshire Term
cack-handed
carr
chat
chelpin'
childer
chippy, chip 'ole
chuckin your guts up
chuddy
chuffed
clarty
clammy
clout
cludger
coal 'ole, coyle oyle
coit/cooat
coat
croggy
Definition
left-handed, clumsy
marsh
fir cone
talking
children
fish and chip shop
being sick
chewing gum
pleased, excited
dirty, muddy, sticky
stone (of a size you might throw)
cloth or slap
toilet (in Knaresborough)
coal cellar Listen to our Yorkshire dialect expert's poem 'Down in't coyle oyle' riding on the cross-bar of a bicycle
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GLOSSARY: D
Yorkshire term
daft as a brush
dale
delve
dowly
down't (road)
drinkings
dursn't
Definition
stupid
valley
dig
dull, gloomy, misty day
down the (road)
mid-morning snack farm workers took to work
daren't
GLOSSARY: E
Yorkshire Term
'ead
eeh by gum
Definition
head
oh my God
GLOSSARY: F
Yorkshire Term
Faffing
fair t' middlin
famished
fast
fell
fettle
flaggin(g)
flayed, flaysome
flippin 'eck
flitin'
flower
flummoxed
foss/ force
fowl
friggin'
frozzed
Definition
messing about
fair, in the middle
hungry, starving
stuck
moor
to tidy/mend
tired, worn out
scared, scary
(flipping heck) exclamation of shock and surprise
moving house
term of endearment
confused
waterfall
bird
a curse
referring to face or fingers being very cold
GLOSSARY: G
Yorkshire term
gaffer
gander
garth
gear
gill
ginnell
gi' over
giz, gizza, gizzyer
goffs
goodies /spice
good 'un
goosegog
gormless
gripe
guff
gunna, gonna
Definition
the boss
look at
yard
items, things
stream
alleyway
give over, stop it
give, give us, give your
smells horrible
sweets
good one
gooseberry
stupid
garden rake
fart
going to
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GLOSSARY: H
Yorkshire Term
hell fire!
Definition
goodness me!
GLOSSARY: I
Yorkshire Term
in a bit
in't
Definition
bye
in the
GLOSSARY: J
Yorkshire Term
Jammy
Jiggered
Definition
very lucky
very tired
GLOSSARY: K
Yorkshire Term
Khali
Kegs
kiddin(g)
Definition
sherbert
trousers/underwear
telling a fib, joking
GLOSSARY: L
Yorkshire Term
lake, laikin(g), larking
lass
lavvy
leg
v. (to have a) lem on
lowence
lug, lug'ole
Definition
play (i.e. "Is your Lesley coming out to lake?"), playing
girl/young woman/wife
toilet
throw
to be angry, moody (like having a 'monk on')
snack whilst working, especially for farmers
ear
GLOSSARY: M
Yorkshire Term
maffin'
(I'm) mafted
manky
mardy
mester
middin'
middlin(g)
minging
mithered, mitherin(g)
v. (to have a) monk on
missen
Definition
hot and clammy weather
(I'm) hot
not nice, unpleasant
moody, sulky, stroppy
mister
muck heap
ok, average
horrible, unpleasant
irritated with something, as in "stop mitherin' me" is "stop bothering/irritating me".
to be grumpy, to have a sulky face
My self e.g. "I'll do it missen"
GLOSSARY: N
Yorkshire Term
Narky
n'arn
neb
nesh
nithered
not back'ard
at comin' for'ard
nouse
nowt/ nout
now then
Definition
moody, sulky, stroppy, (mardy)
now then
nose
cold. Often exclaimation that an individual is 'soft' for feeling the cold or term of mild
abuse e.g. "nesh southerners!"
very cold
(not backward at coming forward) pushy person
sense
nothing
hello
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GLOSSARY: O
Yorkshire Term
oh aye?!
'ow do
owt
Definition
oh really?!
how are you, hello
anything
GLOSSARY: P
Yorkshire Term
pack it in
paggered
parkin
pikelet
playin(g) pop
plother
pop
pot washin'
pudgy
put wood in'th oyle
Definition
stop it
knackered e.g. "I'm completely paggered" or "I've just paggered my dad's car"
ginger cake made with oats
crumpet
to tell of/ get angry with
mud
fizzy drink
washing up
fat or chubby person
shut the door
GLOSSARY: Q
Yorkshire term
Definition
GLOSSARY: R
Yorkshire term
radged
ratty
(it) reeks
reet
rum'n
Definition
Angry
grumpy/gross
(it) smells horrible
right
Cheeky/bit of a character e.g. "He's a rum'n"
GLOSSARY: S
Yorkshire term
sam/ sam up
sarnies
scotch yows
scran
seethe
sh' in't in
shoon, shooin
side/ side the pots
siling down
sithee
(have a) skeg
skell over
skip
skrike
slape
snap
snicket
Spanish
spelk, spell
spice
spoggs
sprog
spuggy
starved/starves
sten
stor
summat
Definition
collect together/ tidy away
sandwiches
ewes
food
do you see? (often used at the end of a sentence)
she isn't in
shoes
clear/ clear the table
raining heavily
goodbye (see thee)
(have a) look
fall over, tip over
ship
cry, scream
slippery
food
small alleyway or footpath
licqourice - apparently because Spanish monks bought a licquorice tree to Rievaulx
Abbey
splinter
sweets
sweets
child
sparrow
really cold (not 'hungry' as you might expect) or makes cold eg: "Milk starves my tea"
stone
great
something
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GLOSSARY: T
Yorkshire Term
ta
tarra
tek
thee, tha
thissen
thorpe
threp
thwaite
tyke
Definition
thanks
bye
take
you
yourself
hamlet
a blow or a kick
clearing
yorkshire person
GLOSSARY: U
Yorkshire Term
Un
up-skelled
Definition
one
upset, knocked over, spilled
GLOSSARY: V
Yorkshire Term
vexed
Definition
angry
GLOSSARY: W
Yorkshire term
waint
watter
while
wick
Definition
won't
water
until e.g. "I'm working while seven"
alive or lively
GLOSSARY: X
Yorkshire Term
Definition
GLOSSARY: Y
Yorkshire Term
ya, yan
yam
yat
yonder
yune
Definition
one
home
hot
over there
oven
GLOSSARY: Z
Yorkshire Term
Definition
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OTHER USEFUL YORKSHIRE PHRASES
'appy as a pig in muck - very happy, content with oneself
arse over tit - head over tail
couldn't organise a p*** up in a brewery/ couldn't organise a set of fat bobbies - badly organised, can't do
anything right
look frinint ye - look in front of you (i.e. when walking)
more brass na brains - more money than sense
near as makes n'matter - close enough
neither use nor ornament - expression of disapproval; useless
not enough room to swing a cat - very small room, cramped
a Scarborough Warning - bad behaviour that will result in a punishment, i.e. "You better watch it, you're on a
Scarborough warning young lady".
s*** with sugar on - over-elaborate, posh food
that ladgin buewer chored me pack up - that unattractive girl I don't like very much has stolen my packed
lunch
that's a threp in't steans - that's a blow/ kick in the... (shins?)
well, I'll go to't foot of't stairs/ I'll go to our house - expression of amazement
were ya born in a barn? - you've left the door open: close it!
where's it at? - where is it?
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