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The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary is a collection of over 4,000 words, tracking the development of regional language in Yorkshire.
- Words
In west Yorkshire this was the name given in the nineteenth...
- Places
Most words in the dictionary are associated with a specific...
- Sources
A. C. Cawley, George Meriton’s A Yorkshire Dialogue (1683)...
- Submissions
Use this page to submit new information to the dictionary,...
- About
The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary was compiled from his...
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Yorkshire Historical Dictionary. Words; Places; Sources;...
- Pannierman
Dates: When the word was used; generally, the date of the...
- Yower
Dates: When the word was used; generally, the date of the...
- Words
It derives from a wide range of sources and will widen the English lexicon with new vocabulary for (among others) by-names and place-names; for agricultural and animal terms; and for specialist craft and industries.
We thought it might be useful to have a Yorkshire dictionary for those not familiar with our language. It isn’t meant to be patronising – even our northern brethren across the Pennines in Lancashire need a translation guide to some of our words.
- Tracking The Development of Regional Language
- Yorkshire Dictionary Development
- Changing Dialect Reflects Societal Shifts
- From Shoe Box to Published Document
- Yorkshire Dialectal Terms
The idea behind the Yorkshire Historical Dictionaryis that it tracks the development of regional language in Yorkshire and provides a useful reference guide for historians studying medieval manuscripts. The dictionary is also a fascinating reference for anyone interested in learning more about the dialect of this English county. Yorkshire has a poe...
The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary links each word or expression to a historical document dated from 1100 to 1750. The terms originate from many different industries and include words related to agriculture, farming, plants, animals, the Church, coal mining, specialist crafts, clothing and the textile industry. The Borthwick Institute for Archives...
When industries change over time, the words associated with those industries also change. Terms die out if they are no longer used and needed. The Yorkshire-born poet Ian McMillan and the self-styled ‘Bard of Barnsley’, who helped to publish the dictionary, said: “I’m always excited and keen to do anything to do with dialect. [These dictionaries] i...
Dr Redmonds had begun transcribing his collection of Yorkshire words to take them from postcard notes gathered in shoe boxes to a structured document ready for others to read. After his death in August 2018, the digital project began. Funded by the Marc Fitch Fund and managed by the Borthwick Institute for Archives, the work has now been published ...
The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary is full of interesting expressions and terms. Many of these will be recognised by people today, such as ‘ginnel’ and ‘brass’ while others will be obscure to the modern Yorkshire ear. Some Yorkshire dialectal terms included in the dictionary include: day gate – sunset ware – worse wrangwise – incorrectly reins – k...
Mar 25, 2018 · From chincough to quissing, Alexandra Medcalf tells Sarah Freeman why she is hard at work trawling the archives to compile a new dictionary of Yorkshire dialect.
Jan 17, 2019 · More than 4,000 words have been collated in a newly published dictionary of Yorkshire dialect terms. From abbeystead to yower - a term for a sheep's udder - it features words that were in use ...
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Nov 23, 2017 · Building on the work of Dr George Redmonds who has over a sixty-year career amassed a catalogue of 9,000 terms and phrases, the project will produce a published Yorkshire Dictionary (with the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society Record Series) as well as an interactive online version.
