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

Archibald Cregeen

Date:: [1835]

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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$—AGH, 77; —EE, 80; -IN, 83; —INS, 84; -YM, 86 ; —VMS, 87 ; —YS, 88. Ci.u'saghey, V. expanding the wings over the young of fowls, covering with feathers. Clu'sit, 85. the young of a fowl covered by the dam. Clynn, v. hear. See Cluin. Clynn'ee. v. See Cluinee, Exod. xv. 14. Yn Clyst, s. the region, suburbs, borders. S. Coau, v. protect, defend ; —agh, 77; —aghey, 82 ; —EE, 80 ; —IN, 83 ; —INS, 84 ; —IT, 85 ; —YM, 86 ; —YMS, 87 ; —YS, 88. Coa'dan, s. m. a protected person, a ward. Coa'dee, a. d. of protection or defence. Coa'hey, s.m. protection; pi. 67- Coa/deyder or Fer Choadee, s. m. a protector. Coag'yr, v. cook, dress meat; —agh, 77 ; — ee, 80; —IN, 83; —ins, 84; —YM, 86; —YMS, 87 ; —ys, 88. Coa'gyrey, s. m. a cook; pi. 67. Coa'gyrit, S5. cooked meat, dressed. Coair, adv. near, nigh. Coamr or Coamree, v. clothe, dress; —agh, 77; —EE, 80; —in, 83; —INS, 84; —YM, 86; —yms, 87; —ys, 88. Coam'ree, a. d. of clothing or dress. Coam'rey, s. m. clothing, garment, attire, dress, apparel; pi. 67. Coamrey-vra'ghey. s. The meaning of Coamrey in this word is not now in use : it was an old custom of going to drink ale or beer in the person’s house where the malt-seller sold his malt. Coamrey-yn-thie, v. keeping the house in repair. Coam'reyder, s. m. a dresser, a clother. Coam'rit, 85. clothed, dressed, covered ; it means finished in Neh. vi. 15, and endued in Luke, xxiv. 49. Coan or Couan, s. m. a valley or glen. Co-ard', s. as high, of the same height. Coar-chra'ttagh, s.f. a snipe; pi. *]\. Coar-ny-has'tan, s.f. a crane; pi.—yn. Coar, s. f. a twister; pi. —yn. Coar, a. agreeable, sociable, civil, indulgent. Coard, v. agree; —agh, 77; —ail, 78; —ee, 80; —IN, 83; —INS, 84; —YM, 86; —YMS, 87; —YS, 88. Coarda'il, s. m. an agreement; pi. —yn. Coarda'ilys, s. vi. agreement, agreeableness. Coard'eyder, s. m. an agreer; pi. —yn. Coard'it, 85. agreed, settled. Coa'san, s. m. an equal in age. Coau, s. f. chaff; pi. —yn. Coau'agh, a. chaffy. Coayl, s. m. loss, damage. Coayr or Coair, a. odd; Num. iii. 48. Co-ayr/nagh, s. m. a partaker; Rom. xv. 27. Cob'byr, s. f. copper ; pi. —yn. Cod'jal, s.m. a treadle; pi. —yn. See Coshal. Co-cas'ley, a. equal in likeness, alike. Co-cas'lys, s. m. likeness, form, portrait. Co-chor/rym, a. equal, equipoise. Co-choud', adv. equidistant, equally far. *Co-chruin' or Cochruinee, v. congregate, assemble in a multitude, besiege; —agh, 77; —EE, 80; —IN, 83; —INS, 84; —YM, 86; —YMS, 87; —YS, 88. Cociiruin'agiit, s. m. an assembly, a concourse or congregation of people, a besiegement. Coghruin'aghey, v. assembling, &c. Cochruin'it, 85. congregated, besieged, &c. Co-dowi'n, a. as deep, equal in partnership. Coe, v. grieving, mourning, weeping; —agh,77; —ee, 80 ; —in, 83 ; —ins, 84 ; —YM, 86 ; —yms, 87 ; —ys, 88. Prov. “ Mannagh vow cliaghtey cliaghtey nee cliaghtey coe.” Cof/yder, s. m. a weeper, a griever; pi.—yn. Cog'gyl, s.f. cockle, tares; Job, xxxi. 40. Cogh'al, s. m. the core of a sore; pi. —yN. Coi'dyr, s. f. straw drawn for ropes. Coi'gee, s. f. a loom; pi. —yn. Coill, s. m. a general name for a dog; as, Coill-voddee, a corruption of qual in quallian. Coil'lar, s. m. the halter of a horse; pi. —yn. Coir/rey, s. m. a crucible, a caldron, furnace, or kettle; pi. 67. Coir'rillagh, a. some odds. Coliak', adv. alike, of the same likeness. Coi/bagh, s. f. a heifer; pi. 72. The plural of this word ought to be Colbee and not Colbeeyn, but custom frequently overcomes rule. Col'bee, a. d. of a heifer or heifers. Colb or Coi/bey, s. m. the body, trunk, or hull. This word, no doubt, is the oldManks for body. Coleayr/tys, s. twilight, partaking of light and darkness. Colhe'an, adv. as wide, equally broad.' Colhean coliauyr (as broad as long). Colhiab'bagh, s. m. f. abed-fellow; a concu- bine ; pi. 71. Coliack', adv. alike, equal. See also Coliak. Coliauyr', adv. as long, equal in length. Coll or Cohll, s. m. hazel, a tree. Col'lagh, s. m. a stallion. The males of many animals are called Collagh ; as, collagh assyl (ahe-ass); collagh muck (a boar); collagh kayt (a he or kaarl cat), &c. pi. 71, Colla'ne, s. f. a gut or entrail. Colla'neagh, a. intestinal. Collan-bing', s. m. a sound in the ear as of a bell. Collan-jarg'an or Cadley-jargan, s. m. a sensation of pain generally felt in the foot or feet attended with slight pricking pains all over the member, which is quite torpid at the time. Perhaps it ought to be written Ghallar-jerkan. Col'lee, a. d. of a stallion or stallions. Col'leeys, s. m. the action of a stallion or male animal with his mate. Col'loo, s. /. the Calf Island. This word, like many others, is difficult to know from what it has been derived, as it differs from the Manks of calf, (the young of a cow) ; but perhaps it ought to be spelled cauf. Conjectures in such cases are endless—some persons will have it to be from cooyl-halloo (behind the land); others that it is from coayl (loss); and others that it is so called on account of its being formerly frequented by puffins, and this word Colloo, being their principal note. Coll-mea, s. f. the herb lamb-quarter. Perhaps it ought to be Kail-mea (a fat or luxuriant cole or cabbage). Coloayrt', v. conversing; —agh, 77, &c. I$