ACROSS—Met with. Ah com across an auld nebbur er tweea.
ACROOK—Crooked. When t’ maut gits intul a chap’s legs an’ he gahs across t’ rooad he’s gaan acriukt.
ADDLE—Earn. In the sense of the word as now used in literature, “addle” has none but an exactly opposite meaning. To earn; to turn to good account; to make a living; it has nothing to do with barrenness, corruption, or rottenness. How Addle, Addlepate, Addle-head, Addle-brain, and so forth have sprung from so respectable an origin can only be conjectured.
ADDLIN’, ADDLINS—Earning; wages. “Is ta addlin owt much?” “Siavin’s good addlin.” “His addlins divn’t come to mich.” “He taks miast of his addlins hiam tul his wife an’ barns.” Like Addle, Addlin’, and Addlins are of good repute in Lakeland lore.
AFRONT—Before. He was on afront.
AFORE—In front of; before. A gurt dub o’ watter afooar t’ door. Winter’s come afooar it time.
AFORETIME—Previously: the old days. They’d hed some bother afooartime about t’ sheep an’ t’ dykes. Afooartime yan used ta be prood o’ some good poddish fer yan’s supper.
AFOREHAND—Done before; he had his rent ready afooarhand.
AGREE—Amiss, crossways. T’ auld piase-eggers wad sing:
If ye give us nowt we’ll tak nowt agree,