Braun — A Wild Boar
“A braun [was braan] ’at hed boddert ’em neet an’ day,
At last, by a butcher, was boldly shot.”
—Bowness.
Breas—Beck edge. Where t’ fish dark anunder. Whitehead says:
Howks grubs an’ worms fra under t’ breas,
To feed t’ lal [was la] hungry troot.
WIASTRY—Waistfulness. Seck wiastry [was waistry] as yan niver dud see barn; it’s fair shocken.
The following have not been corrected due to ambiguity.
BOTTOM—To get to the origin or foundation. Ah’ll boddum that drain oot first. Boddum that teeal. [Not clear if all bottom or all boddum.]
KIRMAS-GIFT—Summat fer t’ barns. Varra oft a paper o’ pins ta laik wi’.
KIRSMAS-GLASS—This is fer up-grown ’uns they tak’t warm, wi’ a bit o’ sugar tull ’t.
[Probably identical, but which is correct?]
LAKELAND WORDS.
“The native phrase fresh gathered from the fells.”