“If there were nea fells there wad be nea deals.”—Proverb.
Few, C. This word is hardly translatable, but means to set about a task in a manner likely to accomplish it.
“I’t’ chimla neùk some gay gud han’s,
An’ gaily ill to slocken,
Set tea wi’ porringers an’ pans,
An’ few’t weel to get drucken.”
Mark Lonsdale. The Upshot.
Fewsome, C, capable-looking, workman-like.
“She warm’d him up some keàl,
An’ Ralph dud mak a varra fewsome meàl.”