Cumbrian Dialect
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Cumbria is a county in north-western England, formed in 1974 from the old counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, as well as Lancashire north of the sands, and a small part of North Yorkshire. Here are a collection of words from Cumbrian dialect.
Arrished (verb) - motivated or bothered
badly - (adj.) - ill, poorly
barie (adj.) - good
bewer (noun) - girl/ girlfriend
cailo (noun) - money
chaff/ chaffer (verb) - to steal/ stole
charver (noun) - boy
clarty (adj.) - dirty, mucky, sticky
cowie (pronoun) - a thing
deek (verb) - to look
jewkle (noun) - dog
lonnin (noun) - lane, country road
pagga/ pagger (noun) - fight
pal (pronoun) - person about to be clouted
parney (noun) - water
peeve (noun) - alcoholic drink
radge 1 (adj.) - bad, poor, not very good
radge 2 (adv.) - mad, crazy, angry
weez (question) - Who is?
Words acquired from the GonMad Cumbrian dictionary
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