A dictionary of the Manks language, with the corresponding words or explanations in English, interspersed with many Gaelic proverbs / By Archibald Cregeen.

  • Archibald Cregeen
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[1835]
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Credit: A dictionary of the Manks language, with the corresponding words or explanations in English, interspersed with many Gaelic proverbs / By Archibald Cregeen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ayn-diu-he'ne, p. p, in yourselves. Asbyrt,s.f. vespers, evening prayers; pi. —yn. As-dty-aash or As-aash, in. with ease, not quick, slowly. As-es'hyn, c. p. and he said, or said he. As-haink eh gy-kione, and it came to pass, or to an end. Dp Ash'laghey, v. to show by vision. Ash'i.eyder, s. to. a dreamer, a person who sees visions, 2 Citron, xxix. 30; one who has something; revealed to him in sleep; 2 Chron. xxii. 19; pi.—yn. Ash'ush, s. f. a vision, dream, or revelation; pi. —YN. Ashoo'n, s. f. a nation ; pi. —yn. Ashoo'nagh, s. to. a gentile, an individual of a nation; pi. 71. Ask'aih, s. f. a bile; pi.— yn. Asn, v. winnow; —in; —INS; —IT; —YM; —YMS ; —YS. F. As'nagh, v. would winnow. F. As'nee, a. d. of winnowing; as, geay asnee. F. Dy As'ney, v. to winnow. F. As'ney, s. /. a rib ; pi. 67. As'pick, s. to. a bishop; pi. —yn. As'pickagh, a. d. belonging to a bishop; epis- copal. As'riCKYS, s. m. bishoprick; Acts. i. 20. Ass, adv. out, out of him, empty; in opposition to ayn (in). Ass'ag, s.f. a weasel; pi.—yn. Ass'agh, v. would, &c. feed; Dy—ey, 82, to feed or graze cattle. F. Ass-bree, a. faint, null, void. Ass-daue, adv. See Assdoo. Ass-dhyt. See Assyd. Ass-diu, p. p. out of you; —ish ; id. em. Ass-diu-hene, adv.p. out of yourselves. Ass-doo, adv.p. out of them or those. Ass-doo-hene, adv.p. out of themselves. Ass-doo-syn, adv.p. out of them; em. Ass-dooin, adv.p. out of us. Ass-dooinyn, adv. p. out of us ; em. Ass'ee, s. m. hurt, harm, damage; pi. —yn. Ass-fenish or Ass'enish, a. not present, absent. Ass-hene, adv. p. out of himself, or itself. Ass-ymmyd, a. out of use, obsolete. Ass-jee, adv.p. out of her; —ish ; id. em. Ass-jee-hene, adv.p. out of herself. Assi.aa'nid, s. m. pravity, not in a perfect state- Ass-laue, adv. p. without delay, quickly. Ass-laynt, s.f. out of health, sickness, disease, illness, disorder; pi. —yn. Xss-layn'tagh, a. diseased, ill, sick, unhealthy; s. m. a diseased person; pi. 71; Mat. iv. 24. Ass-tayrn, s. f. a rush candle case. Ass-shil'ley, adv. out of sight. Prov. “ Ass- shilley ass sniOoinagtyn.'>'’ Ass'tin or Ass'tan, a. This word may be from Ass-fakin, (out of sight); Eaddagh-asstan would then be linings; Cheu-asstan, the side out of sight. Ass-towse, adv. out of measure, exceedingly, beyond every thing. Ass-yd, adv.p. out of thee; —s, id. em. Ass-yd-hene, adv. p. out of thyself. Ass'yl, s.f. an ass; pi. —yn. Ass-ym, adv.p. out of me; —s, id. em. AsS-ym-pene, adv. p. out of myself. The h in hene changes to p after an m. Ass-ynnyd, adv. out of place, out of joint. Ass-y-noa, adv. anew, over again. Ass-yn, adv. p. out of him, the emphatic of ass. As'tan, s.f. a conger, an eel; pi. —yn. E Astee, s, his shelter. F Yn Astyr, s. the evening. F. As'tyr, v. destroy out of the roots; —agh, 77; —At, 79; —EE, 80; —IN, 83 ; —INS, 84; —YM, 86; —YMS, 87; —YS, 88. Dy Astvrt or Astyral, v. to root out or ex- tirpate. Atch'im, s. m. dread, awe, terror, horror, fright; pi. —yn. Atch'imagii, a. awful, dreadful ; pi. 71. Atch'imid, s. m. awfulness, &c. Atch'imit, 85. awed, dismayed; Jer. xvii. 18. Att, s. m. a swelling, an inflammation, an ab- scess; pi. —YN; V. swell, —AGH, 77 ; —EE, 80 ; —IN, 83; —INS, 84; —YM, 86; —YMS, 87; —ys, 88. Att'eeyn, s. pi. chapiters or crowns. Att'ey, s. m. a crown; pi. 67. Att'it, 85. swelled, swollen. Aun'dyr, s. f. a prize, something valuable. Aun'lyn, s. vi. relish or moisture that is taken with bread, potatoes, &c. Dr. A. Clarke’s note on John, vi. 9, is quite applicable to this word; Opsarion, the Greek word, he says “signifies whatever is eaten with bread to perfect the meal, or to make it easy of deglutition, or to help the digestion. There is no word in the English language for it, which is a great defect. The inhabitants of Scotland and of the north and north-west of Ireland use the word Kytshen, [so do the inhabitants of this island,] by which they express whatever is eaten with bread or potatoes, as flesh, fish, butter, milk, eggs, &c.” Does it originate in our language from ooylyn ? as, arran as ooylyn (bread and apples). Aw, (pronounced Aoo,) v. raw, not boiled. Awa'ne, a. base, immodest, unchaste, obscene. Awa'neagh, s. to. a rude, raw, uncivilized, un- educated person; pi. 71. Awat'ta, in. ho brave ! Obsolete. Aw'id, s. to. rawness; 89. Aw'in, s.f. a river; pi. —yn. Aw'iney, a. d. of a river or rivers. Awnse, s.f. an ounce; pi. —yn. Awnssal, s. to. a steelyard; pi, —yn. Aw'ree, s. f. water in which any thing has been boiled; broth; pi. —yn. Ayd, pro. thy, thine, of thee, thou hast, have, or hadst; as, shoh yn obbyr ayd (this is thy work, or this work is thine or of thee); vel eh ayd (hast thou got it or got him); te ayd (thou hast it); —s, id. em. Aym, pro. my, mine, of me, I have or had; —s, id. em. Aym-pene, pro. having it myself. Ayn, pre. in, within, in him. Ayn'dagh, s. to. an index; pi. —yn. Aynda'ue, p.p. in those; —syn, id. em. Ayn'diu, p.p. in you or ye ; —ish, id. em. Ayn'-doo, p. p. in them ; —syn, id. em.