Lancashire Dialect Glossary Y
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Yallo— yellow
Yammer – to yearn intensely, to hunger for
‘An’ th’ worm yammers for us i’ th’ greawnd
Yammerin – making a noise with the lips when wanting something
Yammerin, yearning (SB)
Yammers, yearns (SB)
Yammert, yearned (SB)
Yammern, they yearn (SB)
Yammertn, they yearned (SB)
Yarb, a herb (SB)
Yarbin’ - herbing, gathering herbs
Yarbin, herbing, gathering herbs; Yarber, a gatherer of herbs; Yarbn, they gather herbs (SB)
Yarbnt, they gathered herbs (SB)
Yarbs – herbs ‘He’d yarbs o’ differt macks’
Yark, to strike hard, and suddenly (SB)
Yarley, early; Yarleyer, earlier; Yarleyist, earliest (SB)
Yarrey, a variation of hury, hairy; also Yarrey, acrid, strong flavoured (SB)
Yate, a gate, a movable fence; Lidyate, or gate, a place in Saddleworth; Cut-yate, near Rochdale (SB)
Yawk, or Yolk, an egg.
Yawnooked - crooked
Yead, yed – head ‘yed-bare’
Yealth, health (SB)
Yealthy, healthy (SB)
Yean, to bring forth (SB)
Yeandurth – before noon; the forenoon (SB)
Yeanlin, a lamb just yeaned (SB)
Year, hear: also a year in time; Yeard, heard (SB)
Yeardtomi, heardest thou me? (SB)
Yearn, they hear (SB)
Yearnst, earnest (SB)
Yearnist, the same (SB)
Yearnstful, full of earnest (SB)
Yearth, the earth.
Yearnyomi, hear you me? (SB)
Yearnyono, hearyou not? (SB)
Yearsto, hearest thou? (SB)
Yearstomi, hearest thou me? Yearsto, heardest thou? Yerdtono, heardest thou not? (SB)
Yeasy, yezzy – easy
Yebb, Edmund; Yebby, the same (SB)
Yebbors, Ebors, at Middleton (SB)
Yed, head (SB)
Yed-furst, head first (SB)
Yeddy, heady.
Yeddy-hill, Heady-hill, near Heywood.
Yed-mon, head man (SB)
Yed-strung, head-strong (SB)
Yed-warch – head ache
Yedweshin – a celebration of a birth
Yegger, eager (SB)
Yeggerly, eagerly (SB)
Yel, to heal; Yellin, healing; Yelt, healed; also Yel, an awl; Wot-yel, an hot awl. (SB)
Yelley, Healey, a surname (SB)
Yelley-hoe, Healey-hall, near Rochdale (SB)
Yellin, howling, screaming (SB)
Yells, healds of a weaver's looms; Yells-Green, at Chadderton (SB)
Yem, Edmund (SB)
Yep, Heap, a township (SB)
Yep fowd, Heap-fold (SB)
Yepsintle, two handfuls (SB)
Yepp-fowd – Heap-fold, an ancient fold in Heap
Yer – hear ‘I yer thi mon’
Yeard, yerd – heard
Yer, yo’r – your
Yer – year
Yer - ear
Yer'd, yerd – heard ‘I yerd on hur (I heard of her)’
Yerdn, they heard (SB)
Yernyo, hear you? (SB)
Yerrin, hearing; Yerd, heard; Years, hears (SB)
Yersto’ – hearest thou
Yerth - earth
Yessier – easier
Yessins – the eaves
Yestmus, Christmas (SB)
Yet, heat; Yetted, heated (SB)
Yeth, heath, heather; also a common, a heath (SB)
Yethurt, Edward (SB)
Yewood, Heywood, in Heap (SB)
Yez, ease; Yezzy, easy (SB)
Yezzist, easiest (SB)
Yezzily, easily (SB)
Yezins, easeings, the eaves of a house (SB)
Yigh – yea, yes ‘‘Yo could do wi a drop of ale, couldn’t yo?’
‘Yigh! I’ve nowt again it ‘at I know on’’
Yo’ – you
Yo, you; Yoan, you have, or you will; Yoadn, you would; Yoarn, you were.
Yoar, you’re – you are
Yoar, you are; Yohanno, you have not; Yoconno, you cannot; Yodidno, you did not;
Yoar – you are
Yoarno, you are not (SB)
Yocudno, you could not (SB)
Yo’d – you had
Yodarno, you dare not (SB)
Yomenno, you may not (SB)
Yometno, you might not (SB)
Yomunno, you must not (SB)
Yon – yonder ‘yon tree, yon heawse’, ‘Except wi yon childer an’ thee’
Yon, yo’n – you have ‘He’ll tell yo’ o’ yo’r beawn to do’
Yonderly - vague, not quite with it (contributed by John Fisher of Rochdale) "I'm feeling a bit yonderly"
Yo’r, yor – your
Yorn, yarn; Yorn-croft, a croft wherein yarn is dried (SB)
Yorsel – yourself
Yorshar – cheat ‘Yoast naw put Yorshar o me’
Yort, a fold, a yard (SB)
Yoshudno, you should not (SB)
Yorshur, Yorkshire (SB)
Yowinno, you will not (SB)
Yowurnno, you were not (SB)
Yugams, Cristmas games (SB)
Yugoads, or gauds, Christmas ornaments, playthings (SB)
Yule, Christmas (nearly obs.) (SB)
Yuletide, Christmas time (SB)
Yure – hair ‘At fifty, aw’re scattin’ mi yure’
Yury, hairy (SB)
Yuse – used ‘An’ aw yuse to climb th’ owd appo-tree’
Yoy, yes (SB)
Yusterday, yesterday (SB)
Yusterneet, yesternight (SB)
Yunk, and Yung, young (SB)
Yunger, younger (SB)
Yungster, a youngster (SB)