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The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary: A Glossary of Yorkshire Words, 1120-C.1900 [2 Volume Set] Redmonds George
An invaluable reference work, providing definitions for a plethora of words old and new from Yorkshire's dialect.This volume offers an unparalleled collection of words and phrases gleaned from…
Specifikacia The Yorkshire Historical Dictionary: A Glossary of Yorkshire Words, 1120-C.1900 [2 Volume Set] Redmonds George
An invaluable reference work, providing definitions for a plethora of words old and new from Yorkshire's dialect.This volume offers an unparalleled collection of words and phrases gleaned from Yorkshire's archives. The language it contains tells the story of Yorkshire in the words of the people who experienced it, providing a powerful new look at the county's intangible heritage and what it means to be from Yorkshire. The Dictionary uses a broad range of sources to widen the English lexicon, with new vocabulary for (among others) by-names and place-names; for agricultural and animal terms; and for specialist craft and industries. As well as new words such as fulture (a mixture of manure and bedding), working tree (a stand for hides to be worked upon), stonery (a place where stones could be quarried), and wand hagger (part of a wood set out for producing wands, or saplings, for