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Furness Dialect Dictionary

Character

  • conny - nice   (often used ironically)
  • fendy - thrifty
  • hummursum - capricious
  • lither - lazy
  • mannerly - polite
  • matterless - careless; improvident
  • menseful - decent; respectable
  • menseless - unmannerly
  • mim - prim; precise
  • reesty - obstinate
  • sæable - influenced by what is said
  • tæwin - laborious
  • weemly - easy; soft; quiet
  • weeny - innocent looking

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