This page gathers the 102 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Yorkshire” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.
- are verb present of be
- arr intj Yes.
- ascertain verb To look for something lost.
- baht adv Without.
- bare adj A lot or lots of.
- beef verb To cry.
- befang verb To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
- bellywark noun A shot in marbles made with the taw held against the belly.
- blin verb To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
- bray verb To hit (someone or something).
- butter-ham noun a person who is overly ostentatious in their dress or actions.
- butty verb To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly.
- call verb To scold.
- charva noun Friend; mate.
- chobble verb To chew into small pieces.
- clap noun A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
- close noun An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building (e.g. a cathedral close).
- cottered verb knotted or entangled
- cowl verb To scrape together
- dizzy adj simple, half-witted.
- dolly adj Left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh).
- doy noun A term of address to a young child.
- dumble noun The club rush.
- dunt contraction Pronunciation spelling of don't.
- ey up intj Hello.
- fadge noun A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.
- fratch verb To argue, to quarrel; to fight.
- gan verb To go.
- ganzy noun A pullover or sweater.
- gawky adj Left-handed.
- gip verb To retch
- growler noun A pork pie.
- hemmel noun A handrail, especially one fitted on one side of a planked or wooden bridge.
- hoo pron she
- hummer intj A euphemism for the devil or the infernal regions
- hustlement noun Miscellaneous household items; odds and ends.
- int contraction is not; isn't
- jarp noun The act of knocking one's pace egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of…
- jock noun Food; meals.
- keak verb To jerk a limb or tilt the head.
- kedge noun A glutton.
- kindom noun Synonym of kingdom.
- kneppars noun Wooden tongs used for plucking weeds from among stalks of corn or grain.
- lappy noun the lapwing.
- lek verb To play.
- lig verb To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
- lithe verb to thicken (gravy, etc.)
- mafting adj Causing one to feel overcome with heat; oppressively hot; stifling.
- mard verb To cosset (a child)
- mardy adj Sulky or whining.
- marred adj Spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged, soft.
- mash verb To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
- maungy adj Sulky, bad-tempered, or peevish.
- moggy noun A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.
- moither verb to bother or harass
- mullock noun A mess; the result of a blunder.
- nantle verb To fidget or rearrange.
- neen noun The eyes.
- nowt noun A person of no importance; a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well.
- oaf-rocked adj Weak of intellect from infancy.
- oddlings noun The particulars, as leading to a certain outcome.
- pack up noun A packed lunch.
- pelf noun A contemptible or useless person.
- pikelet noun Any crumpet, regardless of thickness
- pize verb To strike or hit (a person).
- pot noun A plaster cast.
- radge adj Violent or crazy.
- radgie adj Violent or crazy.
- raggy adj Foggy, misty (and typically cold), with drizzling rain.
- rawk noun A thick fog.
- reet adj right
- reight adv right
- reyt adv (Lancashire) right, good
- roar verb To cry.
- rulley noun A four-wheeled horse- or tractor-drawn wagon, usually with low or non-existent sides, used for farm work, to carry goods and, on occasion…
- scuffler noun A large round bread cake that is scored so that it can be torn into pie-shaped pieces.
- scunner noun A young chav.
- scut verb To scamper off.
- sen noun Self.
- shud noun A shed.
- sike det Such.
- sithee contraction See thee; variously used as a farewell (i.e. I will see you later) or an admonition to pay attention (= see here)
- skew verb To hurl or throw.
- spelder verb To spell.
- spice noun Sweets, candy.
- spiff adj Neat, smartly dressed, attractive.
- spool noun A splinter caught in the skin.
- squig noun A squirrel.
- stramash verb To make a noise, to cause an uproar, to cause a disturbance
- summat pron Something.
- t' article Short for the (mostly in speech).
- thaw wind noun A cold, piercing wind from the south or south-east, which often accompanies the breaking up of a long frost.
- tint contraction it is not; it isn't
- truff noun A long stone that goes through the full thickness of a stone wall.
- tusky noun rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable
- twag verb To play truant.
- why noun A young heifer.
- wi prep with
- wick adj Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).
- wicked adj Infested with maggots.
- wunt contraction Pronunciation spelling of wouldn't.
- yure noun hair