Tuesday 9 December 2014

Dictionary addenda

s'èrdistîndgi = distinguish oneself again
(GW de Carteret, 18/9/1920)

un hîngnot = a whinnying horse

èrbarbiée / r'barbiée = a wind in one's face, a wind one has to struggle against, a contrary wind, the teeth of a gale
(1897)

dêmonstrateu = demonstrator
(George d'La Forge, JWP 16/3/1972)

pornographie = pornography - Lit: attestâtion littéthaithe
(George d'La Forge, JWP 16/3/1972)

arbitralement = by arbitration
(George d'La Forge, JWP 16/3/1972)

êbédé = high (on drugs), stoned
(George d'La Forge, JWP 16/3/1972)

unnivèrsitaithe = university (adj)
(George d'La Forge, JWP 16/3/1972)

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