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

CROZ’LD—Owt ’at’s fried er rooasted tel it’s neea mair nature left in ’t.

CRUDLE—Ta hotch up varra clooas ta yan anudder, like tweea young fooak under yah umberel when t’ neets is dark an’ wet. It’s a gay auld un is crudle.

CRIB-SOOKER—A horse that chews its crib, or a cart end board, or a yat bar.

CRIPPLE AT A CROSS—Ah nivver saw yan, but they’re laddies ta beg, an seea Ah reckon this is a gay auld ’un. “He begged like a cripple at a cross.”

CROCK—An auld nag ’at’s used up, er a sheep, er a body.

CROFT—A field near the homestead.

CROP—A joint of meat; ass a butcher whar he gits ’t.

CROPT—Powled. Hair cut. Ah hed mi hair cropt.

CROW-FOOT—A wild flooer.

CRAB-VARJUS—A whent auld chap ’at liked yal er owt else oot ov a glass, went tul a brewery an’ fer a breck they gev him a glass o’ vinegar. “What sooart o’ yal’s that, noo, Tommy?” “Oh,” sez Tommy, “it’s varra good yal, but it’s as soor as crab varjus.”