Northumbrian Language Dictionary
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Hyem

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Caad Cold
 
Caadriffe Shivery
 
Caal Call
 
Caam Calm
 
Caase Cause
 
Cackı Excrement
 
Cack² Not very good, Crap
 
Cackhoos A toilet, Lavatory
 
Cadge Beg, Borrow
 
Cadger Beggar, Tramp
 
Caingy Peevish
 
Cairt Cart
 
Caller Fresh, Cool
 
Canna Cannot, Can't
 
Cannyı Good
 
Canny² Nice
 
Canny³ Careful, Steady
Gan canny gannin hyem Be careful going home
 
Cant Angle
 
Canty Lively, Cheerful
 
Carlins Black coated peas
 
Carr Marsh
 
Cassel Castle
 
Catched Caught
 
Causey Causeway
 
Cavil Distribute
 
Chaak Chalk
 
Champion Great
That wes champion! That was great!
 
Chare A narrow lane, Alley
 
Charverı A man
 
Charver² A youth that wears cheap gold jewelry and rings and wears tracksuits and Burberry and listens to dance music
 
Chebble Chapple
 
Checky Checked
 
Chennel Channel
 
Cheor Cheer, A greeting
Waat cheor? How are you?
 
Chep Chap
 
Cheps Chips
 
Cheyn Chain
 
Chiel A young person
 
Childer Children
 
Chimli Chimney
 
Chine Chain
 
Chink Money
 
Chirm The coo-ing of a bird
 
Choller Chin
 
Chorch Church
 
Chow Chew
 
Chowk Choke
 
Chuck Throw
 
Chuck up To vomit
 
Chucky Chicken
 
Claa Claw
 
Claes Clothes
 
Clagı Stick
Clag a stamp on Stick a stamp on
 
Clag² Hit
He'll clag ye He will hit you
 
Claggumı Glue
 
Claggum² Toffee
 
Claggy Sticky
 
Clammin Hungry
 
Clap To stroke
 
Clappor Mouth
 
Clartin aboot Messing about
 
Clarts Mud
 
Clartyı Muddy
 
Clarty² Cheap and nasty
 
Clashı Slam
Divvin clash the dooer aback iv ye! Don't slam the door behind you!
 
Clash² Chat
 
Clashy Wet
 
Clatter Noise
 
Claut To claw
 
Clavers Idle talk
 
Clavverı Clover
 
Clavver² Climb
 
Cleg Horsefly
 
Click Clutch
 
Clinkin Splendid
 
Clipı Messy or untidy dresser
Lukka him he's a reet clip! Look at him he's very messy!
 
Clip² Strike
Aal clip yer lug I will hit you around the ear
 
Clivvorı Clever
 
Clivvor² Well
Me Mam's not ower clivvor My Mother is not very well
 
Clock Sit
 
Clood Cloud
 
Cloon Clown
 
Clootı Cloth
 
Cloot² Clout, Strike
 
Cobble A flat-bottomed North East fishing boat
 
Cobbyı Hearty, Brisk
 
Cobby² Proud
 
Cockd Drunk
 
Cockle Spit
 
Codı Cushion
 
Cod² To pretend
 
Coerl Coal
 
Coert Coat
 
Cogley Unsteady
 
Coin Turn
 
Colidge College
 
Colleyı Cooked meat
 
Colley² Lamplighter
 
Collry Colliery
 
Comin on Raining
 
Compyutor Computer
 
Consart Concert
 
Coo Cow
 
Cooch Couch
 
Cooncil Council
 
Cooncil popı Tap water used for drinking
 
Cooncil pop² A cheap and nasty soft drink
 
Coonty County
 
Copple To turn over
 
Corf Basket
 
Corl Curl
 
Cottrills Coins, Money
 
Cowld Cold
 
Cowpı Spill
 
Cowp² Swap
 
Cowpin hes/hor bollie Being sick
He's cowpin hes bollie ower the netty He is being sick in the lavatory
 
Cowp yer creels To turn a somersault
 
Cowt Colt
 
Craa Crow
 
Crack Conversation, Talk, Chat
 
Cracket Stool
 
Cramlintun Cramlington
 
Cranch A hard or brittle substance
 
Cranky Unsafe
 
Cree An animal pen, Coop
Chucky cree Chicken coop
 
Crine Shrink
 
Crinen Shrunk, Shrunken
 
Croer Crow
 
Croft An enclosure
 
Crood Crowd
 
Crook Crooked
 
Croon Crown
 
Crop Cut
 
Croppen Creep
 
Crouse Cheerful, Lively
 
Crowdy Porridge
 
Cuddy Horse
 
Cuddy root Licorice
 
Cuddy wafter A Homosexual
 
Cue Mood
He's iv a reet cue wiv hesel He is in a mood with himself
 
Cuerst Coast
 
Cundy Drainage ditch
 
Cunry Country
 
Currunbries Currants
 
Cushat Pigeon
 
Cushie Cow
 
Cuttie A short smoking pipe
 
Cyaem Came
 
Cyuek Cook
 
Cyum Come
 
Cyumin on amain Doing very well
Me faatha's cyumin on amain My father is doing very well
 
Cyum thee ways Come forward