Trapes, v. to go 'trapesing (i. e. gadding or tramping) about.'

Tumpoke, v. to turn a somersault.

Twissened, adj. twisted.

Unheppen, adj. clumsy; unskilful.

Uptak, s. the upshot or end of an affair: at the uptak.'

Waffy, adj. having a faint, sickly smell.

Wankle, adj. weakly; sickly. A.S. wancol.

Wemble, v. to turn anything over.

Werry, v. to bring forth young: applied to rabbits only.
Whutle, v. to whistle softly.

Wig, s. whey 'as sour as wig.'

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Plattdeutsch wigge.

Witter, v. to continually fret and cry.

Wong, s. a meadow.

Wooy! wo! stop!

Wottle-day, s. working or week-day, as opposed to Sunday.

Wules, s. weevils in corn.

Wykins, s. jaws; chops (fauces).

Yah, pron. you.

Yanks, s. leggings; overalls.

Yarker, s. something specially large; a monster.

Yaup, v. to shout loudly.

Yelk, s. the yolk of an egg.

Yowl, v. to howl.

Yuk, v. to jerk; to pull anything sharply.

XXVII.

RADNORSHIRE

BY THE

WORDS.

REV. W. E. T. MORGAN.

THE following list of words still in use in Radnorshire was kindly forwarded to Prof. Skeat by the Rev. W. E. T. Morgan, of Morriston, near Swansea, who has revised the proofs for the English Dialect Society. The spelling follows, for the most part, that adopted in Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words. It may be observed here that the forms his'n and her'n, for his and hers, are in common use; as are also your'n and their'n.

RADNORSHIRE WORDS.

Able, adj. rich; well to do.

All-bease, gently; quietly: put for all by ease.'

Anent, prep. alongside of.

Awf [auf], s. oaf, fool.

Bait, s. a meal; for men and horses.

Bannut, s. a walnut (as in Shropshire, &c.).

Begging, s. a very little; as, 'I wouldn't give a begging.'

Bett, v. to turn over the turf for rotting or burning; to pare the turf

with a breast-plough.

Betting, s. sods cut for burning or rotting.

Brawn, s. a boar.

Brummock [brum'uk], 8. a bill-hook (lit. a broom-hook; hook for cutting broom).

Cawv [kauv], s. a calf.

Clem, v. to famish.

Clet, s. a bolt; for heating purposes.
Comical, adj. ill-tempered; blameable.
Conceit, v. to suppose; to fancy.

Cop, v. to plough in ridges for planting.
Cop, s. a ridge.

Cowse [kouz], v. to course, drive off.
Cull, s. the remnant of a flock of sheep.
Curst, adj. clever; sharp.

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Dearn [durn], adj. earnest.

Don, adj. clever; both in a good and bad sense.
Doubt, v. to expect (in an affirmative sense).

Elder, s. a cow's udder.

Feg, s. rough dead grass.

Fold, s. a farm-yard.

Frangy [franji], adj. restive; unmanageable.
Fretchet, adj. irritable.

Gallous [gal us], adj. wicked.

Gay, adj. good.

Glat, s. a gap in a hedge.

Glem, s. a gleam; hot sunshine between showers.

Grubber, s. a scuffler (for the soil).

Gullies, Gulls, 8. pl. goslings.

Hacker, s. a bill-hook.

Haft, s. the handle of a brummock, q. v.

Haulm, s. stalk of potato.

Hauve [hauv], s. the helve of an axe.

Heed, 8. notice.

Hog, s. a yearling sheep.

Hoont [huont], s. a mole; elsewhere a want; in Shropshire, 'oont

[uont].

Housen, pl. of houses.

Hurds, s. pl. hards; coarse flax; tow.

Hurry, s, a period of time.

Imp, s. a shoot from a tree or fence.

Keep, s. grass, food (for cattle).

Kiddle, v. to drivel or slaver.

Kind, Unkind, adj. seasonable weather, or the reverse; also used

with regard to the state of the soil.