Lakeland Words / A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect

by Bryham Kirkby

SNAPE—Snub; chastise.

SNIRPED—Scorched, dried up. O’s gahn ta be snirped up i’ t’ pasters if this drufty wind gahs on mich langer.

SNAPPAN—A curt manner of talking. What’s ta snappen aboot. Snappan, thoo’l snap yan’s heed off.

SNIZEN, SNIZELER—A biting wind. Noo, it’s a snizen mack ov a day. Aye, it’s a snizeler.

SNUB, SNUBB’D—Chastise. Thoo’ll git thisel snubb’d fer thi impidence.

SNOD—Smooth. Thoo’s thi hair varra snod.

SNUFFLE—To breathe heavily through the nose.

SNOOT-BANDS—The iron plate on a clog neb. Mi skirt catch’t i’ t’ snootband o’ mi clog, an’ doon Ah com bulnecks.

SNAPS—Hard baked gingerbread.

SNIFTER—An unmannerly sneering way.