Words below from the book “Aall Tegithor!” by Dorfy.
| Geordie | English |
| Abide | to bear with. |
| a-hadden | a-holden, to have hold of. |
| ahint | behind. |
| bide | abide, stay. |
| biv | by. When preceding a vowel, e.g.: Biv a lang chaalk.” |
| blaa | blow, meaning a pause, a rest usually for a smoke: “Let’s hev a blaa.” |
| blast | a puff, e.g.: “A blast o’ baccy.” |
| coo-paaed | cow-pawed. Awkward with the hands. |
| canny (1) | careful, sparing, e.g.: “Be canny.” |
| canny (2) | gentle, e.g.: “Canny on, noo.” |
| canny (3) | nice, e.g.: “Sh’s canny.” |
| canny (4) and (5) | can mean “very well” or “not very well,” according to the inflection, and referring to one’s state of health. |
| claggy | sticky, tacky. |
| darts | sticky mud. |
| to “clart on” | to dilly-daily. |
| “a lot of clant” | a delaying fuss or bother. |
| cock-eyed | cross eyed, a squint. |
| coign | to go round a corner, e.g.: “Coign a corner.” |
| copple | topple, turn over, e.g.: “Copple your creels”—a somersault. |
| divvent | don’t. |
| dovered ower | to doze. |
| fettle | to mend. |
| fettle (2) | state of health, e.g.: “Watt fettle?” |
| grozer | gooseberry. (Editor I wonder if this is meant to be “Gozer?” |
| gliff | a fright. |
| goniel | a fool. |
| give-ower | stop, cease. |
| haadaway | go away. (Probably a corruption of the nautical term “hardaway.”) |
| howay | come here. (“Hereaway”?) |
| hinny | an affectionate term resembling the south country “honey?, |
| hoy | throw. |
| to “get the hoyers” | to be thrown over, i.e., jilted. |
| hanted | to get familiar with a place. Used mostly in connection with domestic animals. “Hanted t’ hoose |
| hanselled | worn or used until the newness is no longer obvious. |
| howk | to poke out. |
| “a howkin” | a beating, a thrashing. |
| impittent | impudent. |
| kittly | tickly. |
| kittled | tickled. |
| kittled (2) | kittened. |
| kitlin | kitten. |
| lap | wrap around. |
| low | a flame. |
| lowp | to leap. |
| marra’ | marrow, a mate, a. match. |
| nowther | neither. |
| on | of, e.g.: “Hez onny on ye onny on ye?” (“Have any of you any on you?”) |
| prog | prick, poke about with. |
| plodge | wade, paddle. |
| porky | annoyingly fussy about food. |
| scad | scald. |
| scad (2) | tea: “A cup o’ scad.” |
| stotty-cyek | a flat cake, “oven-bottom cake,” made of yeasted dough. |
| stive, stife | a stifling atmosphere (usually connected with the smell of cooking). |
| slockened | slaked, to quench the thirst. |
| skeip | smack |
| shull | a shovel. |
| scruffy | very dirty. |
| teem | to pour out. |
| twine | string. |
| tormit | turnip. |
| tyettie | potato. |
| varny | nearly, very near, very nigh. |
| waa’nd | warrant, suppose. |
| wairsh | tasteless. (Possibly corruption of “wheyish.”) |
| “wairsh gob” | a preference for unseasoned food |
Sources:
Dorfy – “Aall Tegithor!”
Terry Ford