Lancashire Dialect Glossary O
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O – all ‘At top o’ o thad ale tha’s hed?’
O’ – of ‘o’th ward (all of the world)’, ‘Here one o’ th’ lot ‘ll wesh a pot’
O – all, of, and, on, as; "o on em," all of them; "o that"; of that: "o'top on em," on the top of them. (SB)
Oagur, an augur, a tool (SB)
Oamfry or Hoamfry Humphrey (SB)
Oample – to limp (SB)
Oandurth – afternoon ‘Abeawt thee o’clock i’ th’ oandurth’
Oather –either ‘Lawst, oather to-day or else sometoime to-morn,
As pratty a babby as ever wur born’
Obeawt or Abeawt – about, near. (SB)
Obunnanze or Abunnanze – abundance (SB)
Ockirtn – Alkrington, near Middleton (SB)
Od – odd, oddsfish – interjections
Od – a diminutive of the word, God (SB)
Odsweawks – God's works (SB)
Odsweawnds – God's wounds (SB)
Odds an eends – odd, trifling things (SB)
Oerlay – a leathern surjingle (SB)
Oeranence – opposite ‘He lives oeranence yon chapel’
Oernenst – over against (SB)
Oerscutcht, scutcht-oer – done slightly (SB)
Off it – insane; Off at side – the same (SB)
Ogen, ogeean – again ‘Opporunity ‘ll never come ogen’
Ogoddil – if God will
Ogreath – right, streight, perfect (SB)
Ole – all ‘Till th’ curtain falls deawn, an’ ole’s o’er’
Oleawt – all out, all ready: "Theyr dun oleawt." (SB)
Olez – always (Also ‘awlus’) ‘It’s olez summer where th’ heart’s content’
Olike – all the same (SB)
Olis or oalys – always
Olung – all in consequence of: "It's olung o'thee." (SB)
Omdy, amb’dy – anybody ‘If amb’dy ‘ll ha’ me ut isno’ too feort’
Onely – lonely ‘Mon, aw’m onely when theaw artn’t theer’
Onoo – enough, sufficient
Ont, on’t – on it, of it ‘He geet o’t top on’t’, ‘I know nowt ont’
Ony, onny – any
Ony-mak – any make, any sort
Onnythin – anything (SB)
Onny way – any way (SB)
Onser, answer; Onserin, answering; Onsert, answered; Onsertn, they answered. (SB)
Onsertn – they answered (SB)
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Oon – oven‘An’ a quart o’ ale posset i’ th’ oon’
Oozle – the owzle/ousel (SB)
Op – up
Ophowd or Uphowd – to uphold (SB)Ophowdte – uphold thee: "Awll ophowdte," I will uphold thee in it (SB)
Ophowdn – upholders (SB)
Ophowds – upholds (SB)
Ophowdnt –, they upheld (SB)
Oppen or oppn – open ‘They rob poor Timmy, e’en i’ th’ oppen leet!’
Oppenchops – a gossip
Oppnin – opening (SB)
Oppn'n – they open (SB)
Opp’nt – opened
Oppoth, opp’oth – upon the
Oready – already
Oreawt – out of doors (SB)
Orril – mad, phrenzied: "He's quite orril." (SB)
Orthert – ordered
Os lee’f – would choose, prefer
Oss – to try
Ossing – trying, offering
Ostid, astid – instead ‘To live wi’ me as Rosie Lee,
Ostid o’ Rosie Brown.
O’that – of that
O’th’ – of the ‘o’th’ yerth (of the earth)’
Ottymotty – perplexed, in a state of suspense ‘Awm fere i’ ottymotty’
Ovish – clownish
Owd – old ‘Th’ owder an’ th’ madder’
Owd Birkle – an ancient homestead in Birkle, near Bury.
Owdham – Oldham
Owd Ludd – an imaginary leader of "the machine breakers”
Owler – the alder (SB)
Owler-root – a farm near Middleton (SB)
Owse or Owsen – oxen (SB)
Owt – ought to
Owt – anything ‘”Owt for a quiet life”, as owd Jimty said when he put his wife at th’
foire.’ “Awm for owt, or, frowt.”
Oytch – each
Owt – anything ‘”Owt for a quiet life”, as owd Jimty said when he put his wife at th’
back o’ th’ foire.’ "Awm for owt," or, frowt.
Oyerlun or Eyerlun – Ireland; Oyrish, Irish (SB)
Oyrishmon – Irishman (SB)
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