Old Norse Words in Yorkshire Dialect

[BillyStubbsTears]

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.

[BillyStubbsTears]

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.

[SydneyRover]

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.

[turnbull for england]

Loppy definitely, my mum  has always said it

[idler]

Sackless is still widely used by people I know in Bradford.
My mum used loppy a lot in the 50s and 60s.

[Dutch Uncle]

Cleg is used a lot over here in Northern Ireland, never heard it when growing up in Donny

[idler]

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

[Draytonian III]

Some more from Northern Ireland but from a different source

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