quaagh; a. gruff, sour, torvous [OED s.v. torve: Stern in aspect; grim, fierce-looking], morose, sullen, sulky, estranged, alien; Psl. lxix. 8: Ta mee myr dooinney joarree da my vraaraghyn: dy jarroo myr fer-quaagh da cloan my vayrey. I am become a stranger unto my brethren: even an alien unto my mother’s children.
s’quaagh; a. how gruff, sullen or morose, how strange or aliened. Q
s’quaaie; a. id. comp. and sup. Q
quaaghey; v. getting gruff or gloomy.
quoie or quaine; s. (from quaagh) estranged, alien people, strange people.
quaail; v. to meet, to confront on meeting.
my whail; v. to meet me. Q
nyn guail; v. to meet us; Gen. xxiv. 6[5]: Quoi yn dooinney shoh ta ayns y vagher shooyl nyn guail? What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? Q
nyn gwaill;
v. to meet us. See also guail. Psalm cxlv.
5, Manks metre:
Yn Chiarn t’eh
dooie as myghinagh,
Arryltagh dy hauail,
E chorree shooyl lesh kesmad moal
E vyghin cheet nyn gwaill.
[The Lord is kind and merciful,
Willing to save,
His wrath walks with a tardy step
His mercy comes to meet us. MWW] Q
qualtey; v. meeting, coming face to face.
er whailtey; v. hath, &c. met. Q
qualtit; 85. met, assembled.
quaaltagh or qualtagh;
s. m. one who meets; pl. 71
[change -agh to -ee]. Pro. xvii. 12: Lhig da muc-awin t’er
choayl e quallianyn ve quaaltagh dooinney, roish ommydan ayns farg. Let a bear robbed of
her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. Hos. xiii.
8: Ver-ym quaaltagh
daue myr y vuc-awin ta er choayl e quallianyn, as raip-ym skairt y chree oc. I will meet them as a
bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart.
The first person met on New Year’s Day, or on going on some new work, &c. A
company of young lads or men, generally went in old times on what they termed
the qualtagh, at Christmas or New Year’s Day to the house of their more
wealthy neighbours; some one of the company repeating in an audible voice the
following rhyme:—
“Ollick ghennal erriu as bleïn feer vie,
Seihll as slaynt da’n slane lught thie.
Bea as gennallys eu bio ry-cheilley,
Shee as graih eddyr mraane as deiney.
Cooid as cowryn, stock as stoyr.
Palçhey phuddase, as skaddan dy-liooar.
Arran as caashey, eeym as roayrt.
Baase, myr lugh, ayns uhllin ny soalt.
Cadley sauçhey tra vees shiu ny lhie,
As feeackle y jargan, nagh bee dy mie.”
[A merry Christmas on ye, and a very good year,
Long life and health to the whole household.
Your life and mirth living together,
Peace and love between women and men.
Goods and wealth, stock and store,
Plenty potatoes and enough herring.
Bread and cheese, butter and beef,
Death, like a mouse, in the stackyard of the barn.
Sleeping safely when you lie,
and the flea’s tooth, may it not be well.]
When this was repeated, they were then invited in to partake of the best that
the house could afford.
yn whaaltagh; s. the meeter. Q
nyn guaaltagh; s. your, &c. meeter. Q
quaaltys or qualtys; s. f. a meeting, an interview; Psl. lxxxv. 10: Ta myghin as firrinys er choyrt qualtys d’y cheilley: ta cairys as shee er phaagey yn derrey yeh yn jeh elley. Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
quaiyl; s. m. a court, a place where justice or judgment is administered, perhaps called so because people have to confront the judge or one another; pl. -yn.
yn whaiyll; s. the court; pl. -yn. Q
nyn guaiyl; s. your, &c. court. Q
quaallagh; a. of or belonging to a court.
ard whuaiyl; s. the council. Though this spelling is made use of, I think it better written whaiyl, which see. Q
Quaiyl-Ardreiltagh; s. m. the chancery court. This has no doubt been corrupted to what you hear Quaiyl-Andrailagh; some say the latter is from Quaiyl-Wandrailagh (the wandering court), but I prefer the first.
Quaiyl Andrailagh; a. See Quaiyl Ardreiltagh.
quaiyl-theay; s. f. the common law.
quallian; s. m. a cub, a pup or whelp; pl. -yn.
e whuaillan; s. his pup or whelp. Q
quallianagh; a. d. of a cub or whelp.
Coill; s. m. a general name for a dog; as, Coill-voddee, a corruption of qual in quallian.
queel or queeyl; s. f. a wheel; pl. -yn.
yn whueeyl; s. the wheel. Q
nyn gueeyl; s. your, &c. wheel. Q
queeylagh; a. d. of a wheel or wheels.
barrey-queeylagh; s. <f>[m]. a wheel-barrow.
queeyllagh; s. f. a band or bandage; pl. 72 [change -agh to -eeyn]. This word is seldom used for any thing but the band of a sheaf; it ought to be the Manks of felloe.
yn whueeyllagh; s. the band; pl. 72. Q
queeyllaghey; v. binding, wheeling.
queeyllit; 85. wheeled, bound.
queeylleyder; s. m. a wheelwright, a binder.
seyir-queeyl; s. m. a wheelwright.
queig; a. five; pl. -yn. Latin quinque.
yn wheig; s. the five; pl. -yn. Q
queigoo; a. the fifth.
yn wheigooo; s. the fifth. Q
queig-jeig; a. fifteen.
yn wheig-jeig; a. the fifteen. Q
queig-jeigoo or queigoo-yeig; a. fifteenth.
yn wheig-jeigoo or wheigoo-yeig; a. the fifteenth. Q
queig as feed; a. twenty-five or more, lit. five and twenty.
yn wheig as feedoo; a. the twenty-fifth. Q
quiggal; s. f. the distaff, the lint or tow put on the distaff to spin; pl. -yn.
yn whuiggal; s. the distaff; it is also applied to the lint on the distaff. Q
nyn guiggal; s. your, &c. distaff; pl. -yn. Q
quiggalagh; a. d. of or belonging to a distaff, or the lint or flax on the distaff.
quing; s. f. a yoke, a swingletree [OED: In a plough, harrow, carriage, etc., a crossbar, pivoted at the middle, to which the traces are fastened, giving freedom of movement to the shoulders of the horse or other draught-animal.]
e whing; s. his yoke; his large swingletree. Q
whing-jeear; s. m. the leading horse or bullock in a yoke or team, the beast that is foremost inside.
quiver; s.
yn whiver; s. the quiver; Gen. xxvii. 3: Gow nish, er-y-fa shen, ta mee guee ort, dty wappinyn, dty whiver as dty vhow, as immee royd magh gys y vagher, as taare feïeys er my hon. Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison. Q
quoi; pro. who, whom, which, whose.
quoi ec ta fys; p. who knows[?].
quoi-erbee; pro. whoever, whosoever, whomsoever.
quoif; s. f. a woman’s cap, or headdress; pl. -yn, or quoivyn.
nyn goif; s. your, &c. woman’s cap; pl. -yn. Q
nyn guoif; s. your, &c. woman’s cap. Q
quoiney; See coiney. [deest; is coinney = koinney intended?]