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Title: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on January 18, 2024, 12:16:11 am
Using the word "yitten" in a recent post got me thinking.

https://www.viking.no/e/england/e-yorkshire_norse.htm

How many of these words did we used to use as kids? You don't hear many these days as we all get Americanised.
Title: Re: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on January 18, 2024, 12:19:17 am
My favourite one there is "seg". I never knew it originally meant a bit of hard skin.

And I allus thought "sackless" was a modern word meaning that you acted like you were missing a part of the male anatomy.
Title: Re: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: SydneyRover on January 18, 2024, 12:34:10 am
Skitters (diarrhoea) in Swede 'k' is also soft, so very much still in use. Ling as a type of heather came up in a crossword the other day.
Title: Re: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: turnbull for england on January 18, 2024, 07:05:59 am
Loppy definitely, my mum  has always said it
Title: Re: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: idler on January 18, 2024, 10:03:37 am
Sackless is still widely used by people I know in Bradford.
My mum used loppy a lot in the 50s and 60s.
Title: Re: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: Dutch Uncle on January 18, 2024, 10:11:57 am
Cleg is used a lot over here in Northern Ireland, never heard it when growing up in Donny
Title: Re: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: idler on January 18, 2024, 10:19:42 am
Cleg is used in Bradford, my wife sometimes might say, “ My mouth is cleggy” meaning her mouth is dry or tastes as though she wants to brush her teeth
Title: Re: Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect
Post by: Draytonian III on January 18, 2024, 10:40:02 am
Some more from Northern Ireland but from a different source

Eejit / Idiot
Dander / Walk
Craic / Fun
Scundered / Annoyed