Back Furness Dialect Dictionary walking / rambling

woak - to walk

treead - to tread  [treead, træad, trodden] stræad - strode; did stride paddle - to trample underfoot slonk or slemp - to slink or sneak about peedlan - going about slyly and noiselessly (piddling) clounteran - walking about noisily lounder - to dawdle; walk about idly træl - to loiter; walk lazily sledther - to loiter; drag the feet when walking

poapan, pôpan - wandering about aimlessly  "He was poapan about in't'dark." maander - to wander thoughtlessly about; meander rammel - ramble træps - to tramp; go about idly, or sight seeing houlderin - walking clumsily kibble - to walk ungainly stævel - to stumble along; to grope one's way shæwl - to shuffle in walking; walk lame stôter, stoater - to walk with a swagger; walk unsteadily

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