jargan, s. f. a flea; pl. -yn. Perhaps
it should be jerkan, from its leaping.
e yargan, s. his flea. J
bossan-jargan, s. m. fleawort.
cadley-jargan, s. m. a sensation of pain generally felt in the
foot or feet attended with slight pricking pains all over the member, which is
quite torpid at the time. [Pins and needles.] Perhaps it ought to be written ghallar-jerkan.
jarganagh, a. pulicose [OED: Infested with fleas; caused by or
resembling the bite of a flea; of the nature of a flea].
jarganee, s. pl. small worms found in the gravel, on the sea
shore, and used for bait to catch fish.
jargan-leoighyr, s. m. a lizard.
jarroo, adv. indeed, in truth, in verity;it is
often used with dy before it; as, dy jarroo-firrinagh (indeed,
and in verity, or truth); Exod. ix. 16: As dyjarroo-firrinagh, er yn eer
oyr shoh ta mee er dty hroggal seose, dy hoilshaghey aynyd my phooar, as dy vod
m’ennym v’er ny ockley-magh trooid ooilley’n theihll. And in very deed for
this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my
name may be declared throughout all the earth.
dy jarroo-ta, adv. yes indeed, indeed it is, in
reality it is so.
Jasdil or Jasdyl, a. this word is used as an
adjective after Jerdein, for Ascension-day or Holy Thursday. Some will
have it that Frasdyl is the proper word. If Jasdil is the correct
word it may be from Jee asy theihll,as Christ
ascended to heaven on that day. If Frasdyl, it may be from feaillys
tooil, as some say it is improper to look or gaze as far as you can on that
day. It may have some reference Acts i. 11 [the Ascension
narrative, but the word does not occur there].
jastan, s. m. a course or row of ling or heather laid on
the ground from the hand of the puller; pl. -yn.
e yastan, See jastan. J
jastanagh, a. in courses or rows.
jastee, s. m. barm [OED: The froth that forms on the top of
fermenting malt liquors, which is used to leaven bread, and to cause
fermentation in other liquors; yeast, leaven], yeast; pl. -yn.
jeadagh, a. diligent, careful, assiduous, prudent.
jeidagh, a. See jeadagh.
ro yeidagh, a. too snug [OED: Neat, trim] and tidy. J
neu-yeidagh, a. not assiduous, indiscreet.
jeadid or jeadys, s. m. diligence, care, spruceness.
jeidid or jeidys, See jeadid.
e yeidid, s. his tidiness, &c. J
jeaid, s. m. on an edge, as teeth by eating acids.
e yeaid, s. his sharpness of teeth. J
er-jeid, a. on edge, as teeth; Jer. xxxi. 30: Agh yiow dagh unnane
baase son e pheccaghyn hene: dy chooilley ghooinney ee-ys mess soor y
villey-feeyney, bee e eeacklyn er-jeid. But every one shall
die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall
be set on edge.
jean, v. do, act, make, perform; it is used also for have;
as, jean myghin orrin, (have mercy on us). Prov. “Jean traaghchoud as ta’n ghrian soilshean.” [Make hay while the sun shines.]
jean-jee, p. do ye or you.
jin or jinn*, v. do, perform, &c.; -agh, 77; -in, 83; -ins,
84; -ym, 86; -yms,
87. See also jean.
nee, v. will or wilt, will or wilt do.
nee’m or neeym, p. I will; -s, id. em.
nym, See nee’m.
ne’oo, p. thou wilt; -s, id. em.
ren, v. did, didst; the preterit of jean.
jeannagh, v. See jinnagh [deest].
my yinnin, v. if I would, &c. do; -s, id.
em. J
my yinnagh, v. if would or wouldst do. J
jannoo, v. doing, making, make, &c. acting, practising.
dy yannoo, v. to do, act, make, &c. J
er n’yannoo, v. hath, &c. done, made, performed. J
jeantagh, s. m. a doer, actor, maker, performer, &c.; pl. 71
[change -agh to -ee].
drogh yantagh, s. a sinner, an evil doer or actor, a
transgressor; pl. 71. J
drogh-yantagh, s. m. an evil doer, a sinner.
drogh yeantagh, s. an evil doer, a sinner. Though this word
is more analogous; yet, see drogh-yantagh. J
jeantagh, a.
s’jeantagh, a. how diligent. J
s’jeantee, a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. J
jeayst, s. a joist; H[a]b. ii. 11: Son nee’n chlagh
geamagh uss y voalley, as nee’n jeayst mastey’n fuygh freggyrt eh. For the stone shall
cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it; pl.
-yn.
jeaist, s. f. a joist. See jeayst.
Jecrean, s. Wednesday, (dies Mercurii), the
day dedicated by the heathen to Mercury, the day of Mercury.
e Yecrean, s. his Wednesday. J
jee, pro. (added to verbs), ye or you, as jean-jee
(do ye); tar-jee (come ye); gow-jee (go ye or take ye).
Jee, s. m. God, the creator and upholder of all things; pl.
-aghyn.
dty Yee, s. thy God. J
jeeghyn, s. pl. gods; jeeghyn jalloo (idol gods).
e yeeghyn, s. his idol gods. J
anjee, s. m. an atheist.
anjeeagh, a. atheistical.
ben-jee, s. f. a goddess; “yn ven jee,” Acts xix.
37: Son ta
shiu er chur lhieu kionfenish ny deiney shoh, nagh vel edyr roosteyryn dy
hiambyllyn, ny foast er loayrt goan mollaghtagh noi yn ven-jee eu. For ye have brought
hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of
your goddess.
goo-Yee, s. m. the word of God, the Scripture.
çhingey-jee, s. f. 5. a ringworm; pl. çhingaghyn-jee.
yn Jeeys, s. m. the Deity, the Godhead.
e Yeeys, s. his Godhead. J
jeeoil, a. divine, god like. This, and the two words
following, I have never seen nor heard, but as the language stands in need of
them, and the words purely Manks and appropriate, I have inserted them.
jeeoilagh, s. m. a divine, a theologian; pl. 71
[change -agh to -ee].
jeeagheyder, s. m. a looker, a spectator, one that looks.
jeean, a. earnest, fervent, zealous, sudden.
dy jeean, adv. hastily, earnestly, suddenly.
s’jeean, a. how fervent or ardent, how much in earnest, in a
hurry. J
s’jeeaney or s’jeeanney, a. id., comp. and sup.;
Mark xiv. 31: Agh
loayr eshyn ny s’jeeanney, Dy beign dy gholl gy-baase mayrt, cha nobbin
oo er coontey erbee.
But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny
thee in any wise. J
jeeig, s. f. 2 Sam. xx. 15, a ditch, a moat,
or drain: As
haink ad, as chruinnee ad stiagh eh [Sheba] ayns Abel jeh Beth-maachah,
as hrog ad yrjid noi’n ard-valley, as lhieen eh ynjeeig, as chleiy ooilley’n pobble va marish
Joab fo’n voalley dy lhieggal eh. And they came and besieged him in Abel of
Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the
trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it
down;
jeeg, Luke xiv. 5: Quoi j’iu vees dow ny assyl echey er huittym ayns jeeg,
nagh jean jeeragh y hayrn ass eh er y doonaght? Which of you shall have
an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the
sabbath day?; pl. -yn or -inyn.
tuig-y-yeeigey, s. f. the twig of the ditch, called or corrupted by
some to treebey-yeeigey,the twig of sallix or sally that grows
spontaneously in marshy places.
jeeigey, s. m. a hollow or bend in, as a hollow or bend in
the ridge of a house, the back of an animal, &c.; pl. 67 [change -ey
to -aghyn].
jeeigean, s. f. a rill, a very small stream of water.
e yeeigean, s. his small ditch or rill, J
jeeigeanagh, a. having rills or small streams.
ro yeeigeanagh, a. too full of small ditches drains or
rills of water. J
jeeill or jeell, s. f. havoc, waste, destruction,
trespass, desolation; Micah iv. 11: Nish myrgeddin ta ymmodee ashoonee chaglit
dt’oï, ta gra, lhig dooin jeeill y yannoo ayn-jee, as lhig da’n sooill ain
jeeaghyn er Zion.
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled,
and let our eye look upon Zion.
jeeill or jeell, v. commit<ting> havoc or waste; -agh,
77; -ee, 80; -in,
83; -ins, 84; -ym,
86; -yms, 87; -ys,
88.
yeel, v. did [make] havoc or waste; -agh; -in:
-ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. J
jeellal or jeelley, v. committing havoc, waste or
trespass.
jeelym, s. m. any thing that is lost in the
gathering, as corn when reaping or stacking; drops from a vessel on bringing a
liquid; a remnant; Jer. xlvii. 5: Ta Gaza er n’aase meayl; ta Askelon er ny
yiarey jeh marish jeelym ny glionney: caïd nee oo lhottey oo hene? Baldness is come upon
Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou
cut thyself?; pl. -yn.
markym-jeelym, s. m. the shaking or vibration of the sun shine on
the ground on a hot sun shiny day.
jeen, a. stanch [OED: Impervious to water, not leaking;
watertight] from leak, drop dry, a house is said to be so that takes no rain in.
s’jeen, a. how drop dry, how tight from leak. J
s’jeeney, a. id., comp. and sup. J
ro yeen, a. too stanch from rain or leak. J
jeenagh, s. m. the rinsing of the milking vessels, after
the milk has been drained.
e yeenagh, s. his rinsing of the milking vessels. J
mooir-jeenagh, a. murky,
dark, gloomy, of a sea colour, cloudy, looking for rain, watery.
yeh, (from jeh), of; yn derrey yeh(the either one
of). J
jeh, pre. of; adv. off.
jeh, p. p. of him; -syn, id.em.
jeh-hene, p. p. of himself, of itself, spontaneous.
j’ee, p. p. of her; as, te j’ee, (it is of her); -ish,
id.em.
jeu, p. p. of them, of those, these; -syn, id,
em.
jeem, p. p. of me; -s, id. em.
jeem-pene, p. p. of
myself.
jin, p. p. of us; -yn or jeeyn, id. em.;
Gen. iii. 22: Cur-my-ner
ta’n dooinney myr-yien er jeet dy ve myr unnane jinyn, dy toiggal mie as
sie.
Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil.
jeed, p. p. of thee;-s; id. em.
jeed-hene, p. p. of
thyself.
j’iu, p. p. of ye or you; perhaps a contraction of jeh-shiu;
Gen. xxxiv. 15: Agh
shoh myr choardys mayd riu: My vees shiuish myr ta shinyn, dy bee dy chooilley
mac dooinney jiu er ny yiarey chymmylt. But in this will we
consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
-ish, id. em.
jeh-chash, a. wild, unruly. The metaphor in this word is no doubt
taken from jeh, (of), and chash, or chosh (of the feet); a
horse or other unruly beast that rears its feet off the ground.
dy yheih, a. of ten; Psl. xxxiii. 2: Moylley-jee yn Chiarn
lesh y chlaasagh: gow-jee arraneyn-moyllee da lesh y lute, as y ghreïe-chiaull
dy yheih strengyn. Praise the Lord with harp: sing praises unto him with the
lute, and instrument of ten strings. J
jeih as daeed, a. fifty, or ten and forty.
jeih thousanyn as feed, a. thirty thousand. The jeig in
this number [‘jeih thousaneyn jeig as feed’] must be wrong in Num. xxxi.
45.
jeihoo, a. tenth.
e yeihoo, s. [his] tenth. J
jeig, a. -teen, a postfix used
after ten to twenty.
jeigoo, a. -teenth; a posftix to
ordinals from ten to twenty.
jeir, s. tear, tears. This word is alike in sing. and
pl.,except the diaeresis ï is used in the pl., as, jeïr;for a few tears we say pl. -yn.
e yeir, s. his tear; pl. yeïr. J
jeirree, a. d. of tears, as in the phrase, ayns y doo as y
jeirree (in blackness of tears).
jerlyn, s. f. darnel [OED: A deleterious grass, Lolium
temulentum, which in some countries grows as a weed among corn]; pl. -yn.
dy yerlyn, <a.> of darnel. J
jerrey, s. m. end, conclusion, hinder ends. [pl. 67:
change -ey to -aghyn].
gerrey, s. m. the end; Psl. lxxvii.8: Vel e vyghin dy slane
er n’immeeaght son dy bragh: as vel e yialdyn er jeet dy bollagh gys gerrey
brâ?
Is his mercy clean gone for ever: and his promise come to an end for evermore?
I suppose the g in this word is a mistake. See jerrey.
e yerrey, s. his end, his last, his hinder ends; pl. 67.
J
jerree, a. d. of hindmost or last.
e yerree, s. [of] his hindmost or last; as, fy-yerree (at
last, lastly, finally) [See fey-yerrey.]. J
s’jerree or s’tierree, a. the last, the latest. J
er-jerrey, adv. lastly, in line, latterly, behind, not in
front.
fy-yerrey, adv. lastly, at last, finally, in fine.
fey-yerrey, adv. at last, lastly, finally. See also fy.
fy-yerrey-hoal, adv. at long last, &c.
jerrinagh, a. dernier, last; a. d. of or belonging to the
latter end.
yerrinagh, a. d. of the last or latter; as, lhiabbee-yerrinagh
(of the death-bed, or the bed that ends, or is final); Mat. xii. 45:
…as ta stayd yerrinagh
yn dooinney shen ny s’doogh na’n toshiaght. …and the last state of that man is
worse than the first. J.
s’jerrinagh, a. how much tending to the last or latter end. J
s’jerrinee, a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. J
Jesarn, s. Saturday; (dies Saturni),the
day dedicated to Saturn, Saturn’s day.
e Yesarn, s. his Saturday. J
Sarn, s. m. a contraction of Jesarn, Saturday.
Harn, s. (from Sarn) Saturday; Prov. Taeayst
Harnsy Vayrnt dy liooar aynsshiaghtbleeaney.
[A Saturday’s moon in March is enough for seven years.] S
jesheenagh, a. ornamental,
delicate; Deu. xxviii. 54: Myr shen, y dooinney ta
feer seyr as jesheenagh ny-vud eu, bee drogh hooill echey gys e vraar,
as da ben e oghrish, as da e chloan vees er-mayrn. So that the man that is
tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother,
and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which
he shall leave.
ro yesheenagh, a. too ornamental, too decorated, or
set off. J
jesheenys, s. m. trimmings, embellishments; pl. -yn.
jirgid, s. m. redness; Mat. xvi. 2: Tra ta’n fastyr er, jir
shiuish, Bee emshyr aalin ayn: son dy vel jirgid ’syn aer. When it is evening,
ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
ying, v. did jam, cram, throng, press, rushed; Acts xix.
29: As va
ooilley yn ard-valley bun-ry-skyn: as erreish daue v'er ghoaill Gaius as
Aristarchus, Macedonianee, sheshaghyn troailtee Phaul,ying ad
stiagh ooilley dy cheilley ayns y theater. And the whole city was filled with
confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's
companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre; -agh;
-in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys,
94. J
jingey, v. pressing, thronging, &c.
dy yingey, v. to jam, cram, throng, rush, press, &c. J
toshiagh-jioarey, s. m. a coroner or sheriff, a man sworn under
the crown or king to cite before judges, hold inquests, execute writs,
executions, &c. The etymology of this word, like many other, is hard to
find; the Scotch Gaelic has taoiseach for a chieftain, the Irish have the
same word for chieftain and captain, from either or both it may have been
derived; but whence the joarey or joaree which is added ?Is
it a corruption of jeh-ree (of the king), or fo-ree (under the
king), and changed to jo-ree or jo-rey?
jioïn, s.
nyn yioïn or yioyn, s. their, &c. knowing or
knowledge; Isa. lvii. 9: Hie oo gys y ree lesh dty ooillyn millish as lesh ymmodee
dty spiceyn costal, as hug oo dty haghteryn foddey ’sy yioyn, as ren oo
ginjillaghey oo hene dy jarroo gys joan ny hooirey. And thou wentest to the
king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy
messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell [the
citation illustrates ’sy yioyn ‘in the distance,’ which does not appear
to involve the same word as yioïn ‘knowledge’]; their, &c. purpose; Acts
xxvii. 13: As
feaysley lesh geay meeley jiass sheiltyn dy row oc nish nyn yioïn,
hiauill ad ry lhiattee Crete.And when the south wind blew softly, supposing
that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by
Crete.
jeh yioïn, adv. knowingly.
yoin, See yioyn; Pro. xxiv. 28: Ny bee feanish noi dty naboo jeh dty yoïn,
as ny jean foalsaght lesh dty veillyn. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without
cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
yioold or yioolt, v. [did] discard, turn off, cast off, or
dismiss; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym;
-yms; -ys, 94. J
jiooldey, v. loathing, causing satiety, disgusting, causing a
nauseous dislike, thrusting out; 1 Kings ii. 27: Myr shoh ren Solomon jiooldey
rish Abiathar nagh beagh eh saggyrt y Chiarn; dy voddagh eh cooilleeney goo'n
Chiarn, loayr eh mychione thie Eli ayns Shiloh. So Solomon thrust out
Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the
Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
dyyiooldey, v. to discard or cast off, to dismiss
on account of disgust or aversion. J
dty yishig, s. thy papa, thy father, colloquially. J
liass yishig, s. m. a step father.
jysick, s. father. See jishig.
jiu, s. m. to day, this day.
jiulean or jiuleanagh, s. m. a sojourner, a
person that stays but a day or two, as the word would indicate, a cotler [sic:
? sc. cottier, OED: spec. In Ireland, a peasant renting and cultivating a small
holding under a system hence called cottier tenure], or tenant; pl. 71
[change -agh to -ee]; Lev. xxv. 40: Agh myr sharvaant
failt, as myr jiulean vees eh mayrt, dy hirveish oo gys blein y Jubile. But as an hired
servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto
the year of jubile;and Cant. viii. 11: Va garey-feeyney ec
Solomon ayns Baal-hamon, hoie eh yn garey-feeyney rish jiuleanyn; va
dagh fer jeu son mayl y troar dy eeck thousane peesh dy argid. Solomon had a vineyard
at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit
thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
e yiulean, s. his sojourner; pl. -ee
[pl. of jiuleanagh]. J
ro yiuleanagh, a. too sojourner-like, too cotler or
tenant-like. J
jiuleanys, s. m. sojourning, cotlery, living as not at
home.
joan, s. m. dust, any dry thing pulverised to powder or
dust; pl. -yn.
joarree, a. strange, remarkable, outlandish; Neh. xiii.
26: Nagh ren
Solomon ree Israel peccah liorish ny reddyn shoh? ga, mast’ ymmodee ashoonyn
cha row ree goll rishyn, va graih ec e Yee er, as ren Jee eh ny ree harrish
Israel: ny-yeih, eer eshyn ren mraane joarree y chleayney gys peccah. Did not Solomon king
of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like
him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel:
nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
s’joarree, a. how strange. J
ro yoarree, a. too strange. J
joarreeaght or joarreeys, s. m. estrangement,
strangeness, a foreign or strange place.
jokal, s. m. a yoking, what a team can do at once whilst yoked
together.
daa yokal, s. two yokings. J
jolg, s. f. a thorn; one of a set of knitting needles.
e yolg, s. his thorn or knitting needle. J
jilg, s. pl. thorns; knitting needles; the pl. of jolg.
dy yilg, s. of thorns; of knitting needles. J
jolgagh, a. thorny, full of thorns.
jolg-vrasnee, s. f. some will have it that this is the proper
Manks for spur; pl. jilg.
jollys, s. f. voracity, ravenousness.
e yollys, s. his voracity or greediness. J
jollyssagh, a. ravenous, gluttonous, immoderately fond of
food, or in the gratification ofany sensual desire.
s’jollyssagh, a. how ravenous or immoderately eager after any
sensual gratification. J
s’jollyssee, a. id., [comp. and sup.,]58. J
ro yollyssagh, a. too voracious, greedy, too ravenous.
jollyssagh, s. m. a ravenous person or beast; pl. 71
[change -agh to -ee].
jollyssid, See jollys.
joltagh, v. traversing; Jer. ii. 23: Jeeagh reesht gys dty
raad ’sy choan, cooinee er shen t’ou er n’yannoo: t’ou myr dromedaree bieau joltagh
er y raad.
See thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary
traversing her ways.
jooigh, a. this and jollyssagh are nearly syn.
but with this difference, that jooigh is only to be applied to eagerness
of appetite, jollyssagh to that and all other intemperate desires.
jough, s. f. drink. The Manks here surpasses the English,
as that language has only the one word for verb and noun; the Manks verb ofdrink
is iu; pl. -yn, or -inyn.
dy yough, s. of drink. J
beggan-jou-ee-ort, a bad wish; it either means too little drink,
or too little appetite.
jouish, s. f. shears; pl. -yn.
e youish, s. his shears. J
,
joushag, s. f. a sharper, a termagant [OED: A
violent, overbearing, or quarrelsome person (or thing personified); a
blustering bully]; pl. -yn.
jouyl, s. m. devil. The j from jee and ouyl
from dewil cruel, the cruel or evil god. The English I supposed to
be formed in like manner, d from dia or deus, and evil
added, the evil or bad god; diabolus, &c.
juys, s. m. fir timber, fir, Ez. xxxi. 8: Cha row ny cedaryn ayns
garey Yee ny syrjey na eshyn: cha row ny biljyn-juys dy ve soylit rish
eer e vanganyn, as cha row yn billey-chesnut casley rish e vanglaneyn, cha row
billey erbee ayns garey Yee casley rishyn son aalid. The cedars in the
garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and
the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of
God was like unto him in his beauty.
dy yuys, s. of fir. J
jymmoose, s. f. wrath, ire, anger,
indignation; pl. -yn.
e yymmoose, s. his wrath, anger, fury,rage; pl.
-yn. J
