“It is a bonnie job, if gentlemen an’ gentlemen’s servants is to ower-ride us steàts fooak.”
Said by an old lady at Coniston after a vestry meeting.
Stayvel, or Stayver, S and C, to walk in a listless manner.
“Ther was hundreds o’ fwoke stayvelan aboot.”
Ritson. The Borrowdale Letter.
Stoore, S and C, dust.
“This day the kirk kicks up a stoore.”
Burns. The Ordination.
“The Bible ligs stoory abeun the door heid.”
Anderson. Caleb Crosby.