Northumbrian Language Dictionary
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Faa A gypsy
 
Faal Fall
 
Fallen wrang Pregnant
 
Faatha Father
 
Fad A bundle of straw
 
Fadge A small flat bread bun
 
Faff To mess about
 
Fain Glad
 
Fair Seriously
 
Fair beat Worn out
 
Fairin A lover's present
Aave got wor lass a fairin I've got my wife a present
 
Farand¹ Manner
 
Farand² Ready
He's feyten farand He is ready to fight
 
Farand³ Wisdom beyond a person's years
The bairn's aud farand The child is wise for his age
 
Farand man A travelling merchant
 
Farant Handsome
 
Fard Favoured
 
Far ower Much too
Hes far ower cliivor fo hes aan gud He is much too clever for his own good
 
Farther Further
 
Fash Trouble
Divvin gan fashin yersel fo me Don't go troubling yourself for me
 
Fea To cleanse or empty
 
Feak To twitch
 
Feal To hide
 
Feck Portion
 
Feg Fig
 
Fell A Hill
 
Feltered Rough
 
Femmer Delicate, Weak, Frail
 
Fenckle A bend, A corner
 
Fend To make a living, A livelihood
 
Fendable Capable
 
Fendy Industrious
 
Feor Fire
 
Fernietickels Freckles
 
Fest Fast
 
Fetha Feather
 
Fetch Bring
 
Fettle¹ Mood
He's got hesel in a reet fettle He is in a bad mood
 
Fettle² To sort out, Fix
Aal fettle him once and fo aal! I'll sort him out once and for all!
 
Fettle³ To make, To prepare
Gan an fettle the tyebl fo wor dinna Go and lay the table for our lunch
 
Feyte Fight
 
Fick¹ A struggle
 
Fick² To thrash, To wipe
 
Fillum Film
 
Fin Find
 
Finnen aboot Searching
 
Fippuns Five Pence
 
Fit as a lop Fit as a flea
 
Fix fax Neck tendon
 
Fizz Hiss
 
Fieyuv Five
 
Flaaf To fly
 
Flacker Flutter
 
Fladges Snowflakes
 
Flan Quiche
 
Flannen Flannel
 
Flannens Underwear
 
Flang Fling
 
Flap Trouser fly
 
Flaun Custard
 
Flawn Flattery
 
Flay To scare
 
Flee Fly
 
Fleein Flying
 
Flit To move house
 
Flond Tempestuous
 
Floowa¹ Flower
 
Floowa² Flour
 
Flucker Flounder
 
Flutterby Butterfly
 
Flyte¹ To quarrel with
 
Flyte² To scould
 
Fo For
 
Foern Phone
 
Fog First
 
Fogge Long grass
 
Fog on First up, First on
 
Foisty Damp, Musty
 
Foerk People
 
Fond Silly, Foolish
 
Fondie A silly person
 
Forbye Besides
 
Force Waterfall
 
Fore end The early part, The beginning
The fore end o the month The beginning of the month
 
For fairs Serious intent, In earnest
 
Forgetten Forget
 
Forivvor Forever
 
Forkytail Earwig
 
Fornenst Against
 
Forred Forehead, Brow
 
Forst First
 
Forthless Worthless
 
Fortneet Fortnight
 
Fower Four
 
Fowt Fought
 
Fozy Light and spoungey
 
Fra From
 
Frankes French
 
Frantze France
 
Fratch Quarrel
 
Fratchy Bad tempered
 
Freet Fret
 
Fremd¹ Far off
 
Fremd² Unfamiliar, Strange
 
Fremd³ Not related to
 
Freyda Friday
 
Freynd Friend
 
Froatin Anxious
 
Frosk Frog
 
Frozzin Frozen
 
Fuddled Cuddled
 
Fullick A very hard blow
 
Fund Found
 
Funnin Joking
 
Fusin Nourishment
 
Fut Foot
 
Futbaal Football
 
Futrunna Sprinter
 
Fyaes Face
 
Fyaessy Cheeky, Brazen
 
Fyul Fool