Northumbrian Language Dictionary
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Saasa Saucer
 
Sackless¹ Innocent, Faultless
 
Sackless² Stupid
 
Sair Sore
 
Sall Shall
 
Sandas Plimsolls, Trainers, Sneakers
 
Sands Beach
 
Sang Song
 
Sangin eather Dragonfly
 
Sannot Shall not, Shan't
 
Santy Santa Claus, Father Christmas
 
Sarten Certain
 
Satda Saturday
 
Satisfised Satisfied
 
Sawlt Salt
 
Scaad Scald
 
Scallion Onion
 
Scon¹ To inflict punishment
 
Scon² Scone
 
Sconce¹ A seat
 
Sconce² A trick, Pretence
 
Scoor To clean
 
Scoot To squirt
 
Scotch¹ Scottish, Scots
 
Scotch² Scotch Ale
 
Scotlann Scotland
 
Scraanchum Crackling on roast pork
 
Scraffle To slog
 
Scrafflin Searching
 
Scran Food
 
Scrat Scratch
 
Scribe Write
 
Scrike Shreik
 
Scringe Cringe
 
Scrudge Squeeze
 
Scrush Crush
 
Scurf Dandruff
 
Scud Make haste
 
Scufter To do fussily
 
Scumfish To suffocate
 
Scunner¹ To flinch
 
Scunner² To notice
 
Seauch Sea
 
Sea fret Sea mist
 
Seam Situation
 
Seave Rush
 
See So
 
Seek To find, To fetch
 
See lang Goodbye
 
Seemly Apparently
 
Seeven Seven
 
Selt Sold
 
Setten Put
 
Set ye hyem Take you home
 
Shackle Wrist
 
Shackle byen Wristbone
 
Shalin Scraping
 
Sharen¹ Manure
 
Sharen² Share
 
Sharp Early
 
Shart Shirt
 
Shaver A wag
 
Shear To reap
 
Shibbin Shoe lace
 
Shiel Shelter
 
Shiels Shields
Noerth Shiels an Sooth Shiels North Shields and South Shields
 
Shift Shirt
 
Shire Separate
 
Shite Shit
 
Shitehawk An unpleasent person, A bastard
 
Shive Slice
 
Shool Shovel
 
Shoot Shout
 
Shouns Shoes
 
Shouther Shoulder
 
Shuggy Swing
 
Shuggyboert Swing Boat (Fairground ride)
 
Shyem Shame
 
Shyep Shape
 
Sic Such
 
Siddle To pick out the best
 
Side Steep
 
Siller¹ Silver
 
Siller² Seller
 
Siller³ Cellar
 
Sills Strata
 
Sind¹ To rinse
 
Sind² Send
 
Singin Hinnies Northumbrian Scones
 
Sint St
 
Sipe Soak
 
Skeel Bucket
 
Skeets Boots
 
Skelp Slap
 
Skemmy Pigeon
 
Skep¹ Basket
 
Skep² Beehive
 
Skirl Scream
 
Skit Shit
 
Skite Quick exit
 
Skittors Diarrhoea
 
Skitlin Mischievous
 
Skoit Squirt
 
Skooter Syringe
 
Skort Skirt
 
Skuell School
 
Skugg Hide
 
Skyet Fish
 
Sladder To spill
 
Slake Mud flats
 
Slant To mock
 
Slape Slippery
 
Slavven Drool
 
Slee Sly
 
Sleekit Smooth skinned
 
Sleep the caalor To sleep in
 
Slem To work shoddily
 
Slocken To extinguish
 
Slorp Slurp
 
Slowsh Drink
Gis a slowsh iv yer beor Give me a drink of your beer
 
Slush Mire
 
Slyad Slide
 
Smaal Small
 
Smatched Burnt
 
Smitt A virus, An infection
 
Smush¹ Neat
 
Smush² To smoulder
 
Snammy Turnip
 
Snaw Snow
 
Snawk Smell
 
Snead A handle
 
Sneck¹ Door latch
 
Sneck² Nose
 
Sned To cut
 
Snedder Slim, Slender
 
Snedge Snow
 
Snell Sharp
 
Snide¹ False
 
Snide² Counterfeit
 
Snig An eel
 
Snite To wipe
 
Snod Smooth, Sleek
 
Snook Headland
 
Snoot Snout, Nose
 
Snotter To snivel
 
Snotter cloot Handkerchief
 
Snurls Nostrils
 
Sonsy Nice, Agreeable
 
Soom Swim
 
Soond Sound
 
Sooth South
 
Sooth Shiels South Shields
 
Sor Sir
 
Soss To lap up
 
Sowd Sew
 
Sowl Soul
 
Sowljer Soldier
 
Sowt¹ Sort
 
Sowt² Saught
 
Spang hew Fling, Jump
 
Spaned Wean
 
Spanker Well grown
 
Speel To climb
 
Speer To enquire, To ask
 
Spelk¹ Splinter
 
Spelk² A small or lightly built person
 
Spennish Spanish
 
Spink Spark
 
Spital Hospital
 
Spoot Spout
 
Sprag A brake
 
Sprent Sprinkled
 
Sprete A pole
 
Sprog To inform on someone, To grass on someone
 
Spuggy Sparrow
 
Spyein Spain
 
Spyuen Spoon
 
Squally mashed Mangled
 
Squench Quench
 
Squitt Quit
 
Stanchel Door frame
 
Stang A pole
 
Starrish Powerful
 
Stees¹ Stairs
 
Stees² Ladders
 
Steek the heck Shut the door
 
Stick To go on strike
 
Stime Dim light
 
Stimey Dim
 
Stite Sooner
 
Stithe Stink, Stench
 
Stob Stick
 
Stoor Dust, Mess
 
Stop To stay, dwell
Whey ye stoppin wiv? Who are you staying with?
 
Stopple Tube
 
Stop the tap Stop the activities, Halt the procedings
 
Stott Bounce
 
Stottie A large flat Northumbrian bun
Gis yen iv yer stottie kyeuks  Give me one of your stottie cakes
 
Stottin aboot Falling about
 
Stound Numbing pain
 
Stour Disturbance
 
Stow Stop
 
Straa Straw
 
Stramash Ruin, Destruction
 
Stramp Trample
 
Stravagin Wandering
 
Streaik Struck
 
Streek Stretch
 
Streyte Straight
 
Stumor¹ An unusual person
 
Stumor² A difficult person
 
Styebl Stable
 
Styett State
 
Summick Something
 
Sump Puddle
 
Sun Son
 
Sunda Sunday
 
Sunlun Sunderland
 
Sunne Sun
 
Sup Drink
 
Suppa Supper
 
Suw Sow
 
Swaap Swap
 
Swale¹ Windy
 
Swale² Bleak
 
Swallie Swallow
 
Swally A dip, Hollow
 
Swameish Shy, Bashful
 
Swang Swamp
 
Swarth Spirit, Ghost
 
Sweal Singe, Burn
 
Sweer Swear
 
Sweir Obstinate
 
Swere¹ Heavy
 
Swere² Dull
 
Syem Same
 
Syent Saint
 
Syles Rafters
 
Syke Channel
 
Syne Since
 
Syreens Sirens
 
Syuen Soon