Cregeen's Dictionary

saagh; s. m. a vessel; pl. siyn.

yn taagh; s. the vessel. S

e haagh; s. his vessel. S

siyn; s. pl. vessels; the pl. of saagh.

e hiyn; s. his vessels. S

siyn-iu; s. pl. drinking vessels.

saailley; s. f. brine, sea-water, salt-water; Ez. xlvii. 11: Agh ny ynnydyn laaghey t’ayn, as ny claddeeyn, cha bee ad er nyn lheihys, bee ad shen fo saailey gennish. But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

dy haailey; s. of brine or salt water. S

saase; s. m. a means, method or measure; pl. -yn.

e haase; s. his mean or method. S

saase-lheihys; s. m. medicine; Jer. xlvi. 11: Immee seose gys Gilead, as gow yn chielliu costal, O voidyn, inneen Egypt: ayns fardail nee oo goaill ymmodee saaseyn-lheihys; son cha bee oo er dty laanaghey. Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

saaseagh; a[dv]. by means, measures or methods.

Saasilagh; s. m. a Methodist; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

saaue; s. m. a saw; pl. -nyn.

e haaue; s. his saw; pl. -yn (sic). S

saaue; v. saw; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

saaueal; v. sawing.

saauit; 85. sawn or sawed.

saaueyder; s. m. a sawer or sawyer; pl. -yn.

saayll; s. m. sale; pl. -yn.

sack; s. m. sack. This word is nearly the same in all languages, and is thought to be an antediluvian word; pl. seick.

yn tack; s. the sack. S

e hack; s. his sack. S

saick; a. d. of a sack or sacks.

e haick or heick; s. his sacks. S

saggyrt; s. m. a minister, a priest or clergyman; pl. -yn.

yn taggyrt; s. the priest or parson. S

e haggyrt; s. his parson or priest. S

nyn daggyrt; s. your, &c. parson, priest, or minister. S

ard-saggyrt; s. m. high priest; pl. -yn.

bwoid-saggart; s. m. the herb orchis satircon.

corkey-taghyrt; s. m. long bearded oats. (sic, l. taggyrt?)

saggyrtagh; a. d. of a priest or parson.

saggyrtys; s. f. priesthood, &c.

yn taggyrtys; s. the priesthood. S

e haggyrtys; s. his ministry or priesthood. S

nyn daggyrtys (sic); s. your, &c. ministry or priesthood. S

sahll or saill; s. m. saim [EDD: Lard, esp. hog or goose lard; fat; grease; train-oil], the white flesh of pork, &c.; the blubber of fish, &c.; grease; Psl. cxix. 70: Ta’n cree oc cha roauyr as saill: agh ta my haitnys er ve ayns dty leigh. Their heart is as fat as brawn: but my delight hath been in thy law. Prov. “Slaa sahll er toyn muck roauyr.” [Smearing grease on a fat pig’s breech.]

e hahll; s. his saim or fat, blubber on fish. S

sahllagh; a. having saim, &c.

saie; adv. what satisfies, enough.

e haie; s. his satiety, his enough. S

saieid; s. m. satiety. See sonnys.

sail; s. m. seal.

sail; v. seal, secure; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 88; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

sailit; 85. sealed.

saill; v. salt; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 88; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

haill; v. did salt; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sailley or salley; v. salting.

dy hailley; v. to salt. S

saillt; 85. salted.

ro hailt; a. too salted. S

salleyder; s. m. a salter; pl. -yn.

e hailleyder; s. his salter. S

sailleyr; s. f. a salt cellar; pl. -yn.

sailjey; a. salt.

ro hailjey; a. too salt. S

sailjys; s. f. saltness.

yn tailjys; s. the saltness. S

sailjid; s.

e hailjid or hailjys; s. his saltness. S

samark; s. a shamrock; pl. -yn.

e hamark; [s.] his shamrock. S

samarkagh; a. having shamrocks.

samarkee; a. id., comp. and sup.

sambyl; s. m. a sample; pl. 76 [i.e. sambil].

e hambyl; s. his sample. S

sampleyr; s. m. example, pattern, precedent for others to imitate.

e hampleyr; s. his example. S

sampleyragh; a. exemplary, sign; Num. xxvi. 10: As ren y thalloo fosley e beeal, as sluggey ad sheese cooidjagh marish Korah tra va’n cheshaght shen giarit jeh, as ren yn aile stroie daa cheead as jeih deiney as daeed: as haink ad dy ve raaue sampleyragh. And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.

sampleyree; a. id., comp. and sup.

neu-sampleyrit; a. unexampled, unprecedented.

sannish or sonnish; s. f. a whisper; pl. -yn.

e hannish; s. his whisper. S

sannish or sonnish; v. to whisper or susurrate; -agh, 77; -ee 80; -in, 88; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

sansheraght; v. whispering.

sansherey; s. m. whisperer; pl. sansherryn (sic).

sansh or sanshit; a. annunciated. As, laa’l Moirrey ny Sansh.

sap; s. f. a wisp [EDD: A small bundle of straw or hay used for lighting a fire], the outside of timber; pl. -yn.

e hap; s. his wisp. S

sar* or sare; v. command, enjoin; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

har or haree; v. did command or commanded; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sarey; v.

dy harey; v. to command or enjoin. S

sarit; 85. commanded, enjoined. A

ro harit; 85. too enjoined or commanded. S

sarey; s. m. a command, precept or injunction; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

fo-harey; adv. under command.

sareyder; s. m. a commander; pl. -yn.

e hareyder; s. his commander. S

sarkyl; s. f. weed, sarcle [EDD: sarcle, v. to weed corn-fields. [Fr. sarcler, to grub, or dig up weeds (COTGR.).]]. See also far-chail.

sarrah; s. m. sir, in contempt.

saue or sau; v. save; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hau* or haue; v. did save or saved; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sauail; v. saving, saveth, &c.

dy hauail; v. to save. S

sauit; 85. saved.

my haaue; s. my safety; Acts vii. 49: Niau my stoyl-reeoil, as y thalloo stoyl my choshey: cren thie hroggys shiu dooys? ta’n Chiarn gra: ny cre vel ynnyd my haaue? Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? S [Despite Cregeen’s link with saue, the quotation properly belongs under taaue ‘idleness, rest’.]

saueyder; s. m. a saver; pl. -yn.

sauallagh; s. m. a salvor; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

saualtagh; s. m. a saviour; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

yn taualtagh; s. the Saviour. S

dty haualtagh; s. thy Saviour. S

saualtys; s. f. salvation, redemption.

yn taualtys; s. the salvation. S

dty haualtys; s. thy salvation. S

sauçhey; a. safe, not dangerous.

dy sauçhey; adv. safely.

saueçhys; s.

e haueçhys; s. his safety. S

Sauin; s. f. Hollantide, (from saue save) either from All Souls or All Saints Day, kept by the church of Rome on the first and the other on the second of November, to pray for the salvation of all souls and saints departed, to have them saved.

yn Tauin; s, the Hollandtide. S

dy Hauin; of Hollantide, of the 1st of November, or as it is now, the 12th. S

Souney; a. d. of November or Hollantide.

Sauiney; a. d. See Souiney.

saveen; s. f. slumber.

saveen; v. id., -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

saveenagh; a. slumbering, sleepy; s. m. one that slumbers; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

saveenee; a. id., comp. and sup.

saveenys; s. f. supineness, sluggishness; pl. -yn.

sawm; s. f. a psalm; pl. -yn.

saynt; s. f. covetousness, eagerness after gain. It is also used when the plough is set to gripe the land too much; pl. -yn.

yn taynt; s. the covetousness. S

yn thaynt oc; s. their covetousness; Psalms, lxxviii. 19: Ren ad Jee y hrial ayns nyn greeaghyn: as hirr ad bee son y thaynt oc. They tempted God in their hearts: and required meat for their lust. [S]

dty haynt; s. thy covetousness. S

nyn daynt; s. your, &c. covetousness. S

sayntoil; a. covetous, lustful.

sayntoilagh; a. covetous, voraciously eager after gain; s. m. a covetous person; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

sayntoilee; a. id., comp. and sup.

ro hayntoilagh; a. too covetous. S

scaa; s. m. a shade, a shadow.

scaa-liaghee; s. f. an umbrella, a shade to cast off rain.

scaaghey; v. shadowing; Heb. ix. 5: As er-y-skyn ny cherubim dy ghloyr scaaghey yn stoyl-myghin: mychione oc cha vod mayd nish coyrt slane coontey. And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

scadoo; s. shadow, dark shade.

scadooagh; a. shadowing, shady.

scadooee; a. more shady, most shady.

scaalhean; s. m. a broad scatter; pl. -yn.

skaalhean (sic: stress); s. f. dispersion, shed abroad; Jer. xxv. 34: …son ta laghyn nyn stroie as nyn scaalhean er jeet mygeayrt; as tuittee shiu ayns peeshyn myr saagh craie costal. …for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. See also scaalhean.

scaalheaney; v. scattering; Isa. xli. 16: Fasnee oo ad, as hed ad lesh y gheay, as nee geay-chassee ad y scaalheaney. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them.

scaalley; s. m. a scale; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scaaillagh; a. scaly, squamous.

scaaillee; a. id., comp. and sup.

scaallit; a. covered with scales.

scaan; s. an apparition, a ghost, a spectre, a spirit; pl. -yn; Luke <x>xxiv. 37: Agh v’ad seaghnit ayns nyn aigney as agglit, as heill ad dy nee scaan v’ad dy akin. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit, and Mat. xiv. 26: As tra honnick ny ostyllyn eh shooyll er y cheayn, v’ad atchimagh, gra, She scaan t’ayn; as deïe ad magh ayns aggle. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

scaanjoon; s. f. a phantom, a skeleton; pl. -yn.

scaaney; s. m. a crack, flaw, or fissure; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scaant; 85. cracked, having flaws.

scammalt; s. m. a scaffold; pl. -yn.

scammylt; s. f. scandal, reproach, defamation.

scammyltagh; a. scandalous, reproachful, infamous, vile, disgraceful; s. m. a person who defames or reproaches; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

dy scammyltey; v. to scandal or reproach.

scammyltit; 85. scandalized, &c.

scammyltid or scammyltys; s. f. disgracefulness, scandalousness.

scansh; s. f. regard, consequence, respect.

scansh-smoo; a. important.

scansh-vooar; s. f. importance.

neu-scansh; s. f. disregard, disesteem.

scanshoil; a. regardful, &c.

scape; s. m. an escape, a shield; pl. -yn.

scap* or scape; v. escape<d>; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scaap; v. did escape; 1 Sam. xix. 12: Er shoh lhig Michal David sheese trooid uinniag: as hie eh er-chea, as shoh myr scaap eh. So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

scapail; v. escaping.

er scapail; v. hath, &c. escaped.

scapit; 85. escaped, avoided, untaken.

scapaltagh; s. m. one who escapes; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

scar or scarr*; v. separate, disperse, sever; sometimes used instead of the word spread; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scarrey; v. separating, spreading, disuniting, disjoining, severing.

scarrit or scarrt; 85. separated.

scarreyder; s. m. a separator; pl. -yn.

scarrey; s. m. a separation, a disunion; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scarree; a. d. of separation or severance.

scarrey veih yn agglish; s. f. schism.

scarleod; s. m. scarlet, a red colour.

scarrag; s. f. a skate or ray fish; pl. -yn.

scell; s. m. a beam or ray of light; pl. -yn.

scell-greiney; s. m. a sun-beam.

scelt; v. cleave asunder; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

skeilt; v. split or rent; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scelt; 85. cloven, split, bursted.

neu-scelt; uncloven, uncleaved.

skeilt-chassagh; a. cloven-footed.

scelteyder; s. m. a cleaver, a splitter; pl. -yn.

skeiltan; s. m. a lath; pl. -yn.

scolt; v. split; -agh, 77; -ys, 88.

scoltey; v. splitting.

scoltey; s. m. a split or burst; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scolteyder; s. m. one who splits.

sçhimmeig; s. f. a streak or stripe; pl. -yn.

sçhimmeig; v. streak, stripe, variegate; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

sçhimmeigey; v. streaking, variegating.

sçhimmeigit; 85. streaked, striped.

sçhimmeigeyder; s. m. one who streaks, &c.

sçhimmeigagh; a. having streaks, stripes; variegated, how streaked, &c.

schimmeigeesçhimmeigee; a. id., comp. and sup.

schleï; s. f. skill, art, dexterity.

schleïal or schleïoil; a. skilful, artful, ingenious, dexterous.

neu-schleïoil; unskilful.

schoill; s. m. a school; 2 Kings xxii. 14: Myr shen hie Hilkiah yn saggyrt, as Ahikam, as Achbor as Shaphan, as Asahiah gys Huldah yn phadeyr, ben Shallum mac Tikvah, mac Harhas, va harrish ny coamraghyn casherick; (nish v’ee cummal ayns Jerusalem ayns schoill ny phadeyryn;) as ghow ad coyrle j’ee. So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her; pl. -yn.

schoillar (sic); s. m. f. a scholar; pl. -yn.

scoarnagh; s. f. the throat; pl. 72 [change -agh to -eeyn].

scoarnee; a. d. of the throat.

scobbey; s. m. a snack, a repast; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scoadey; s. a sloop, a smack [OED: A single-masted sailing-vessel, fore-and-aft rigged like a sloop or cutter]; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scoidey; s. m. obliqueness, aslope, askew.

croan-scoidey; s. m. a boom.

lieh-scoadey; a. slopewise, obliquely.

scoidan; s. m. the sheet of a sail; pl. -yn.

scolb; v. chip [EDD chip 4: Of young birds: to break or begin to crack the shell], break the shell; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scolbey; v. chipping; stirring to rise from bed.

scolbit; 85. chipped, &c.

scold; [v.] scald; -agh, 77; &c.

scoldey; v. scalding.

scoldee; a. d. of scalding.

gorley-scoaldee; s. the lues venerea [viz. syphilis].

scoldit; 85. scalded.

scoldey; s. m. a scald; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scollag; s. m. a stripling, a boy in a state subject to stripes, as stripling implies. The Manks etymology might be one fit for school or a scholar.

shenn-scollag-aeg; s. m. a bachelor.

scoilg; s. m. f. a slender grown child.

skiolg; s. m. (from s’keyl), a slender youth.

scoodyn; s. f. a nasty scruff or scum, found on vessels which are not kept properly clean; pl. -yn.

scooir; v. scour or scrub; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87 -ys, 88.

scooirey; v. scouring, scrubbing.

scooirt; 85. scoured.

scooirey; s. m. a scouring; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scooiree; a. d. of scouring.

scooireyder; s. m. a scourer; pl. -yn.

scooyr; s. f. drunkenness, intoxication.

scooyrit; a. drunk, intoxicated.

scowan; s. f. a lung or light; pl. -yn.

scoylg; s. f. a shriek; pl. -yn.

scoylg; v. shriek; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scoylgey; v. shrieking.

scoylgit; 85. shrieked.

scoylgeyder; s. m. a shrieker.

scoylgagh; a. <to be> shrieking often.

scoylgernee; v. cackling as a hen.

scrabey; v. scratching or scraping.

scrabit; 85. scratched, scraped.

scrabeyder; s. m. a scraper, &c.

scrabage; s. f. a scratch; pl. scrabaghyn [pl. of scrabey].

scra-chraaee; s. f. a quagmire, a shaking bog.

scraig; s. f. a scraw [EDD: A thin strip of sward or turf; a sod used in thatching roofs]; pl. -yn.

scraaee; a. d. of scraws.

scraig; v. -agh, 77; -it, 85; -ys, 88.

scra or scraigey; v. scrawing; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scraigey; [v.] covering with scraws.

scraait; 85. covered with scraws.

scraigeyder; s. m. one who scraws.

screau; s. f. a kiln last [EDD: A dry measure, varying in amount, used for corn, &c] , as much corn as is put on the kiln to dry at once; pl. -yn.

screb; s. f. scab; pl. -yn.

screbbagh; a. scabby, how scabby. Prov. “Ta un cheyrrey screbbagh doghaney yn clane shioltane.” [One scabby sheep inflects the whole flock.]

screbbee; a. id., comp. and sup.

screbbid; s. m. scabbedness, scabbiness.

scred; s. f. a gasp; pl. -yn.

screeagh; a. screech; Isaiah xxxiv. 14: …nee yn hullad-screeagh myrgeddin fastee y ghoaill ayns shen, as ynnyd fea y gheddyn er e son hene. … the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

scragh; s. f. a scream; pl. -yn.

screeb; s. f. a scratch or scrape. This is nearly of the same meaning as scrabage, but, perhaps with this difference that screeb is the action of several sharps drawn over, scrabage but of only one sharp;

screeb; [v.] -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

screebey; v. scratching or scratting.

screebit; 85. scratched, scraped.

screebeyder; s. m. a scratcher; pl. -yn.

scribider; s. m. a grater; pl. -yn.

screeu; scrieu, or scriu, v. write, scribble, wrote; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

screeuee; a. d. of writing or penmanship; as fedjag-screeuee (a pen); Psalm xl<i>v. 2: Ta my hengey myr fedjag-screeuee: yn scrudeyr tappee. My tongue is the pen: of a ready writer.

laue-scriuee; s. f. manuscript.

screeut or scruit; 85. written, scribbled.

far-screeu; or far-scrieu, s. m. forgery; pl. -yn.

far-scrieuder; s. m. a forger; pl. -yn.

screeudeyr or scrudeyr; s. m. a scribe, writer or scribbler; pl. -yn.

screeueyrys [l. screeudeyrys ?]; s. f. writing, penmanship.

screeuyn; s. m. a letter, an epistle; Acts xv. 23: As hug ad screeuyn lhieu er yn aght shoh. And they wrote letters by them after this manner. pl. screeunyn.

scri; v. descry, espy; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scrial; v. descrying, espying.

scriit; pt.

scriit; a. how descried or spied.

scrialtagh; s. m. a descrier, a spy; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

scriptyr; s. m. scripture; pl. -yn. “Te coontit tushey ooasle dy hoiggal leighyn as cliaghtaghyn y çheer ta dooinney cummal ayn. Agh cre wooad s’ooasle eh dy hoiggal slattyssyn niau as leighyn beaynid dy bragh farraghtyn ta ain ayns ny scriptyryn casherick.” [’Tis accounted noble knowledge to understand the laws and customs of the country wherein man dwells. But how much more noble it is to understand the statutes of heaven and the laws of everlasting eternity we have in the Holy Scriptures.]

scriptyragh; a. scriptural.

scrobbag; s. f. the crop of a fowl, a gizzard; pl. -hyn; Lev. i. 16: As gow-ee eh ass ny scrobbaghyn echey marish y chlooie, as tilgey ad rish yn altar er y cheu har, liorish ynnyd y leoie. And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes.

scrobbaghyn; s. pl. the dewlap of oxen.

scrod; v. screw; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ym, 86; -ys, 88.

scrodey; v. screwing.

scrodit; 85. screwed.

scrodeyder; s. m. a screwer; pl. -yn.

scroda; s. f. a screw; pl. -ghyn.

scroo; See scroda.

scroig; s. f. a crust, a scruff; pl. -yn.

scruin; s. f. swarm of bees.

scryss; s. m. a pareing, a shaving.

scriss-ny-greg; s. f. a moss that grows on rocks, and is used in dying red.

far-scryss; s. m. the scarfskin [OED: The outer layer of the skin; the epidermis, cuticle] or furfur [OED: Dandriff, scurf], the cuticle, the scruff [sc. scurf] or dandriff.

scriss; v. pare, shave; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88

scrissey; v. pareing, shaving.

scrist; 85. pared, chaft [see under gaaig], shaved.

scrisseyder; s. m. a parer, a shaver.

scrissan; s. m. a pareing, a thin skin or scum.

scudlagh; s. m. a luggage; pl. 72 [change -agh to -eeyn]. [NB Vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx Dialect: scudlagh, scudlok ‘a quantity’, ‘scudlagh of male’ [meal?], ‘scudlagh of priddas’; OED s.v. luggage: a. †In early use: What has to be lugged about; inconveniently heavy baggage (obsolete). Also, the baggage of an army.  .... †a. With a. An encumbrance. Obsolete.]

scugh; v. remove, move, shift; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scughey; [v]. removing, &c.

scughit; 85. shifted, removed, moved.

scughey; s. m. removal; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

scugheyder; s. m. a remover; pl. -yn.

scuirr; v. cease, desist, leave off; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -yms, 87; -ys, 88. Prov. “Tra scuirrys y laue dy choyrt scuirrys yn veeal dy voylley.” [When the hand ceases to give, the mouth ceases to praise.]

er scuirr; v. hath &c. ceased or left off.

scuirreyder; s. m. one who ceases, &c.

scuitçh; v. scourge; -agh, 77; -al, 79; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -it, 85; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scuitçhal; v.

scuitçhit; pt.

scuitçheyder; s. m. a scourger; pl. -yn.

scuyr; s. m. a skewer; pl. -yn.

scuyr; v. -agh, 77; -al, 79; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -it, 85; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -yn, 88.

scuyral; v.

scuyrit; pt.

scuyreyder; s. m. one who skewers.

seaghin or seaghyn; s. m. affliction, sorrow, grief, trouble, agitation. This word comes from seiy (to agitate).

e heaghyn; s. his trouble or affliction. S

seaghin or seaghyn; v. afflict, trouble, grieve, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heaghn* or heaghnee; v. did trouble or agitate; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

seaghney; v. afflicting, troubling.

dy heaghney; v. to trouble, afflict, or agitate. S

seaghnit; 85. grieved, troubled, &c.

ro heaghnit; 85. too troubled or afflicted. S

seaghneyder; s. m. one who afflicts or troubles.

e heaghneyder; s. his troubler. S

seaghinagh or seaghynagh; a. afflictive, grievous, sorrowful, troublesome.

seihll; s. f. world; for the gender of this see Job ix. 24: Ta’n seihll er ny choyrt ayns laue ny mee-chrauee… The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. [NB. the example actually shows, in er ny choyrt, that seihll is masculine gender]; time in the world, a man’s life-time in the world; pl. -yn.

y teihll; s. (from seihll) the world. S

theihll; s. See also teihll.

e heihll; s. his time in the world; his world; laghyn-e-heill (days of his life). S

cre-theihll; <adv>[pron]. whatever, where ever.

seihill; a. d. of the world.

seihllt; a. d. of the world, worldly.

seihlltagh; a. of or belonging to the world; secular, corporeal; how worldly; opposed to spyrrydoil.

seihlltee; a. id., comp. and sup.

ro heighlltagh; a. too worldly. S

neu-heihlltagh; a. immaterial, incorporal.

seihlltagh; s. m. a worldling.

seihlltee; s. worldlings.

seihlltid or seihlltys; s. worldliness or worldly-mindedness.

e heihlltid; s. his worldliness, his worldly mindedness. S

seiy; s. m. a shank, that part of an instrument that goes into the handle; a push or shove, a thrust.

seiy; v. to push or shove; -agh, 77; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heiy; v. did push; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

dy heiy; v. to push, &c. S

seiy; v. ‘mix, stir’

heiy; v. did toss, agitate, mix, &c.; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

dy heiy; v. to mix, stir, &c. S

seiyt; 85. stirred, mixed, muddy, agitated, troubled, rolled; Isa. ix. 5: Son ta dy chooilley vagher-caggee yn treanagh lesh tharmane boiragh, as garmadyn seiyt ayns fuill; agh bee shoh lesh lostey, as stoo son yn aile. For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

ro heiyt; 85. too agitated, mixed, muddy, &c. S

seiyeyder or seiyder; s. m. an agitator, a mixer.

seigh; s. m. a mix or stir. Quallian jeh’n chied seigh (a pup of the first litter); pl. -yn.

seiyjagh; a. agitatious; sore; Micah ii. 10: Trog-jee erriu, as gow-jee reue, son cha nee shoh yn ynnyd-vaghee eu: er-yn-oyr dy vel eh neu-ghlen, nee eh shiu y stroie lesh stroialtys seiyjagh. Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

sessenagh; s. m. a sergeant, a sexton; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

ny hessenagh; s. a sexton or sergeant. S

sett; s. f. a plant, a piece of potato to plant; Ez. xvii. 5: Ghow eh myrgeddin sett jeh mess y cheer, as phlant eh eh ayns magher messoil, hoie eh eh myr billey-shellagh liorish ushtaghyn mooarey. He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree; pl. -yn.

sett; v. plant; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

settal; v. planting, setting.

settit; 85. planted, set.

seyir; s. m. a carpenter, a wright, a joiner.

yn teyir; s. the carpenter. S

e heyir; s. his carpenter; pl. -yn. S

seyirey; a. d. of a carpenter or wright.

sieyr; s. pl. carpenters, joiners, wrights; the pl. of seyir; 2 Kings xxii. 6: Da ny sieyr, as da ny mainshtyryn obbree, as masoonee, dy chionnaghey fuygh as claghyn cummit, dy yannoo seose yn thie. Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

seyir-clagh; s. m. a mason; Galic.

sieyr-clagh; s. pl. masons.

seyir-queeyl; s. m. a wheelwright.

seyirsnys; s. f. carpentry.

seyr; a. free, clear, at liberty; dooiney seyr (a gentleman, a man clear of labour, an independent person).

aigney-seyr; s. m. free will.

ben-seyr; s. f. a gentlewoman.

yn ven heyr; s. the gentlewoman. S

dooinney-seyr; s. m. a gentleman.

seyrey; a. pl. clear<, justify>.

seyr; v. to free, clear, or set at liberty, to justify [OED: To absolve; to declare to be innocent or righteous]; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heyr; s. did free, set at liberty, justify, clear, &c.; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94 S

seyrey; v. [justify]

dy heyrey; v. to justify, free, clear, &c. S

seyrit; 85. justified, freed, cleared.

ro heyrit; 85. too justified, freed, &c. S

seyrsnys; s. f. freedom, justification.

sgairt; s. f. <the> midriff or diaphragm, a partition; pl. -yn.

shag; s. m. a cormorant; pl. -yn. A low word.

shaghey; adv. by, dy gholl shaghey (to pass by).

shaghey; pre. past, past by.

shaghey-eh-hene; adv. out of his senses or reason.

cur shaghey; v.

dy chur-shaghey; v. to adjourn. C.

lhiggit-shaghey; 85. postponed, procrastinated, let by, delayed.

shaghym; p. by me, past me (shaghey aym).

shaghin; p. past us, by us (shaghey ain).

shaghyd; s. by thee, past thee, a contraction of shaghey ayd.

shaghn[*] or shaghin; v. shun, avoid, eschew, spare, escape; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

shaghyn; v. shun. Prov. “Shaghyn dagh olk.” [Shun each evil.]

haghn or haghnee; v. did spare, spared, shunned, or evaded; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

shaghney; v. shunning, avoiding, &c.; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

dy haghney; v. to spare, shun or eschew. S

shaghnit; 85. spared, shunned, avoided.

shaghneyder; s. m. a sparer, shunner, &c.; pl. -yn.

shaghryn; v. See er-shaghryn.

er-shaghryn; v. astray, bewildered, bewrayed [EDD: Seized with a foolish fit of talking], having erred from the right way.

shaghrynagh or shaghyrnagh; s. m. an estray, one astray.

shaghrynys; s. f. the state of being astray, or out of proper mind or senses, confusion; Gen. xi. 7: Tar-jee, lhig dooin goll sheese, as ayns shen coyrt shaghrynys er y ghlare oc, nagh vod yn derrey-yeh toiggal glare yn jeh elley. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech; deviation, error; James v. 20: Lhig da fys ’ve echey, dy jean eshyn ta chyndaa yn peccagh veih shaghrynys e raad, sauail annym veih baase, as ymmodee peccaghyn y choodaghey. Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

shaghrynys credjue; s. heresy; Acts xxiv. 5: Ta shin er gheddyn yn dooinney shoh fer erskyn towse boiragh, as doostey anvea mastey ooilley ny Hewnyn er feaï-ny-cruinney, as ny ard-leeideilagh ayns shaghrynys credjue ny Nazarenee. For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

shalee; s. f. quest, pursuit, design.

e halee; s. his quest or pursuit. S

shallid; s. f. the twinkling of an eye; pl. -yn.

e hallid; s. his twinkling. S

shalmane; s. a mushroom, fungus, club-top, frog-cheese; pl. -yn.

e halmane (sic: stress); s. his mushroom. S

shamyr; s. f. a chamber; pl. -yn.

e hiamyr; s. his chamber. S

shamyrder; s. m. a chamberlain; 2 Kings xxiii. 11: As ghow eh ersooyl ny cabbil va reeaghyn Yudah er chasherickey gys y ghrian, ec giat thie yn Chiarn, liorish shamyr Nathan-melech yn shamyrder, cheu-mooie jeh’n ard-valley, as ren eh lostey fainee yn ghrian lesh aile. And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. Esth. ii. 15: Nish tra va coorse Esther, inneen Abihail, naim Mordecai (va er ghoaill ee son e lhiannoo hene) er jeet mygeayrt dy gholl stiagh gys y ree, cha hir ee veg, agh ny ren Hegai shamyrder y ree, va currym ny mraane er phointeil. Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed; pl. -yn.

shiameyder; s. m. See shamyrder.

shang; a. lank, lean, empty, not swelled or puffed out. This word is very expressive of the state; Gen. xli. 21, where the English is “ill favoured”: As tra v’ad erreish gee ad, cha row eh ry-akin orroo, dy row ad er n’ee ad, agh v’ad kinjagh cha shang as v’ad roie. And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning; and in Isa. xvii. 4: As hig eh gy-kione ayns y laa shen, dy bee gloyr Yacob jeant thanney, as riurid e challin jeant shang. And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

shangey; a. pl. lank not plump.

ro hang; a. too lank or empty bellied. S

shang; v. to be lank, lean, not plump; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

shangagh; v. getting lank, less in bulk or thickness, getting shrunk, and not so full or plump.

dy hangagh; v. to become lank. S

shangit; 85. shrunk, or grown lank.

shangid; s. m. lankness, emptiness of the belly or bowels, inanition, leanness; Job xvi. 8: As t’ou er my choodaghey lesh craplagyn, ta feanish m’oï: as ta’n shangid, ta ry-akin orrym, gymmyrkey feanish gys my eddin. And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

e hangid or hangys; s. his lankness. S

shanglane; s. m. one that is lank or empty.

e hanglane; s. his lank creature; S

shanglaney; v. becoming empty bellied.

shanglanit; 85. shrunken by want of food.

shanglanagh; a. empty bellied, comp. and sup.; s. m. an empty person or beast; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

ro hanglaneagh; s. too lank or empty bellied. S

shanglanid; s. m. the state of being empty.

shapp; s. f. a shop; pl. -yn.

yn çhapp; s. 5. the shop. S

e hap; s. his shop. S

sharkagh; s. m. a porpoise; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

sharmane; s. f. a sermon; pl. -yn.

e harmane; s. his sermon. S

sharmane-vuck; s. f. sow thistle. See also onnane meein [sc. onnane veein].

sharmaney; v. preaching sermons.

sharmanagh; a. sermonlike; s. m. one who preaches sermons, a preacher; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

Sharmane; s. [?]

Çharmane; a. d. of Germane. (sic) S

sharragh; s. m. a foal; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

e harragh; s. his foal. S

sharree; a. d.

harree; a. d. of a foal or foals; as, laair harree. S

çharree; a. d. 5. of foals, as Ballaçharree. S

sharroo; a. bitter, acrid, comp. and sup.

shirroo; a. more or most bitter; the comp. and sup. of sharroo; Eccl. vii. 26: As hooar mee ny shirroo na’n baase yn ven ta’n cree eck ribbaghyn as lieenteenyn, as e laueyn myr geulaghyn: quoi-erbee ta dy wooiys Jee shaghnys ee, agh bee’n drogh yantagh goit lioree. And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

ro harroo; a. too bitter. S

sherruid; s. bitterness; pl. -yn.

dy herriuid; s. of bitterness. S

shartanse; a. several. See also shiartanse.

shiartanse; a. several. See also shartanse.

yn çhiartanse; s. 5. the several. S

e hiartanse; s. his several. S

sharvaant; s. f. a servant; pl. -yn.

yn çharvaant; s. 5. the servant. S

e harvaant; s. his servant. S

shaslagh; s. f. bent-grass; pl. -yn.

dy hasslagh; s. of bent [EDD: Any coarse grass, esp. that found on moorlands  or near the sea]. S

shaslee; a. d. of bent-grass.

shass; v. stand, stop; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hass; v. did stand, stood; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

hass ee; p. she stood.

shassoo; v. standing.

dy hassoo; v. to stand. S

shass; s.

shass-greiney geuree; s. the winter solstice.

shass-greiney souree; s. the summer solstice.

shassoo; s. m. erection; pl. -yn.

shasseyder; s. m. a stander; pl. -yn.

shast; a. sterile, barren, dry. See also shiast.

shiast; a. dry, sterile, barren, not giving milk.

shiastey; a. pl. idem.

boandyr shast; a dry nurse.

booa hiast; a. a dry cow, a cow that does not give milk. S

hast; See hiast.

shawk; s. f. the hawk or glede [OED: kite]; Deu. xiv. 13: As yn shawk, as y shyrragh, as y vulture lurg e cheint. And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind.

shawm; s. m. the cornet; pl. -yn; Psl. [x]cvii[i]. [7]: Lesh cayrnyn myrgeddin as shawmyn: O jeeagh-jee shiu hene gennal kiongoyrt rish y Chiarn y Ree. With trumpets also and shawms: O shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King.

shayll; s. f. succession, rotation, gradation, turn about, first come first served; Esth. i[i]. 12: Nish tra haink shayll dagh moidyn mygeayrt, dy gholl stiagh gys ree Ahasuerus, erreish j’ee v’er ve daa vee jeig, cordail rish cliaghtey mraane… Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women….

dty hayll; s. thy turn in rotation. S

sheadin or sheading; s. f. a division into six, as the Island is; the district of a coroner from shey-rheynn.

sheain or shee-ain; s. p. peace to us; a prayer for the peace and blessing of God.

sheain eh mie orrin; in. an interjection of wonder or surprise, praying that God might diffuse his good peace on or among us.

sheayn ny mea; in. (probably a contraction of shee ayns nyn mea) peace in your life, peace be to ye. Prov. “Sheayn dty hie as dty aaght ta’n fer driaght ec dty ghorrys.” [Peace to thy house and thy lodging, the chainer is at the door. (Or, preferably, Peace on thy house and lodging, the officer of justice is at thy door.)]

sheayn; v.

heayn or heaynee; v. did pray or ejaculate [OED: To utter suddenly (a short prayer)]; -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sheayney; v. praying ejaculatory prayers; as, shee Yee dy row marin, shee Chreest hooin, &c. [The peace of God be with us, the peace of Christ to us.]

dy heayney; v. to pray or ejaculate for protection, peace, &c. S

sheaynt; 85. blest with peace; thalloo sheaynt (land of peace); Jer. xii. 5: My t’ou er roie rish coshee, as t’ad er n’yannoo skee jeed, kys eisht oddys oo cummal magh rish cabbil? as my t’ou tooillit oc ’sy thalloo sheaynt, raad va dty haitnys, eisht cre nee oo ayns thooillaghyn Yordan? If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? In Amos vii. 9, the sanctuaries are called thieyn sheaynt: As bee ard-ynnydyn Isaac nyn draartys, as bee thieyn-sheaynt Israel er ny chur naardey; as nee’m brishey magh noi thie Yeroboam lesh y chliwe. And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. fer sheaynt (one who had performed) [?], sheayney (peaceable).

sheayneyder; s. m. one who performs ejaculations.

sheane; s. f. a wen [OED: A lump or protuberance on the body, a knot, bunch, wart]; Lev. xxii. 22: Doal, ny brisht, ny baccagh, ny lesh sheane, ny brooan, ny screb, cha jean shiu ad shoh y hebbal gys y Chiarn, ny oural lesh aile y yannoo jeu, er altar y Chiarn. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord; pl. -yn.

sheanse; s. m. science; pl. -yn.

sheckter; s. m. an executor; pl. -yn.

sheckter-ayns-treisht; s. m. administrator.

sheckteraght; s. f. goods, money, or effects left a person by will; a legacy.

sheckterys; s. f. executorship.

shee; s. f. peace; pl. -ghyn.

y çhee; s. 5. the peace of the peace. S

e hee; s. his peace S

shee dy row marin; peace be with us.

shee dy row mayrt; peace be with thee.

shee dy row meriu; peace be with you.

shee dy row hiu; peace be to you.

shee dy vea; welcome

shee dy vea dty valley; welcome to thy home.

lhiannan-shee; s. f. a familiar spirit.

sheeoil; a. peaceable, quiet, comp. and sup. or sheeoiley.

sheeabin; s. m. soap; pl. -yn.

e heeabyn; s. his soap. S

sheeabinagh; a. soapy.

sheeabinee; a. id., comp. and sup.

ro heeabynagh; a. too soapy. S

sheealtagh; s. m. a mediator, an intercessor, an appeaser. Bishop Wilson’s book on sacrament,^[42] page 40: She eshyn yn oural ain, nyn sheealtagh as nyn vendeilagh. He is our sacrifice, our mediator, our advocate; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

sheean; s. m. sound, noise, clamour. The Hebrew sheon is very like the Manks. The literality of this word would be shee (peace) and an, dim. (little peace).

dty heean; s. thy sound or noise. S

sheean; v. noise, sound, &c. Though this word is seldom used as a verb singly, it is sometimes used pronominally, and with the terminations; -agh; -al; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; & -ys, 88.

sheeanal; v.

sheeanit; pt.

sheeanagh; a. sonorous, sounding.

ro heeanagh; a. too noisy. S

sheeanane; s. f. accent; pl. -yn.

sheeb; s. m. a blast of wind that drifts some thing before it; a sharp scold; pl. -aghyn.

sheeb; v. drift, drive with wind; scold; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heeb or heebb*; v. blew, blasted, did blow; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94; Hag. i. 9: Va shiu jerkal rish mooarane, as cur-jee my-ner, haink beggan jeh; as tra hug shiu lhieu thie eh, heeb mee ersooyl eh. Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. S

sheebey; v. drifting before the wind, as snow, sand, &c.; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

er heebey; v. hath, &c. blown or blew away with the wind. S

sheebit; 85. drifted, driven.

ro heeblt; 85. too driven or drifted. S

sheebeyder; s. m. a drifter; pl. -yn.

sheebane; s. m. the continuation of a blast of wind, &c., that drives; the dim. of sheeb; pl. -yn.

e heebane (sic: stress); s. his wind, or thing driven with the wind. S

sheeidey; s. m. silk; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

yn çheeidey; s. [5]. the silk. S

dy heeidey; s. of silk, silken. S

sheeidagh; a. d. silken, of silk.

sheeiney or sheeint; s. f. a teat, dug, nipple, pap; first pl. 67 [i.e. sheeinaghyn], last pl. sheeintyn.

yn çheeiney or çheeint; s. 5. the teat or dug, the pap or nipple. S

dty heeiney; or heeint, s. thy teat or dug. S

sheeintagh; a. papillous, having paps or teats, mammeated.

sheel; s. m. oats, from the time it is threshed till sown, or dried for the mill. This word is for seed, Job xxi. 8: T’ad fakin yn sheel oc bishaghey mâroo, as nyn sluight kiongoyrt rish nyn sooillyn. Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes; pl. -yn.

yn çheel; s. 5. the oats. See sheel. S

dy heel; s. of threshed oats. S

sheel correy; s. m. seed oats.

sheel; v. filter, strain, sile [OED: To strain; esp. to pass (milk) through a sieve or strainer], &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heel; v. filtered, did filter, did sneak away, -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sheeley; v. straining, filtering.

dy heeley; v. to filter, &c. S

sheelaghey; v. filtering.

sheelit; 85. filtered, strained.

sheeleyder; s. m. one who strains, filters, &c.

shollane; s. f. a strainer, a filterer; pl. -yn.

sheel; v. sober; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heel; v. [sobered, did] sober, -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sheelaghey; v. sobering.

dy heelaghey; v. to sober, &c. S

sheelit; pt.

sheelt; a. sober, temperate.

sheeltey; a. pl. sober, temperate, comp. and sup.

neu-heelt; a. intemperate, inebriated.

sheeltid; s. m. soberness.

sheeltys; s. f. sobriety, temperance.

dy heeltys; s. of soberness, of temperance. S

sheel; v. ‘sneak away’

heel; v. did sneak away, -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sheeley; v. sneaking.

dy heeley; v. sneak away, &c. S

sheelit; pt.

sheeloghe; s. m. a generation, age; pl. -yn.

yn çheeloghe (sic: stress); s. 5. the generation. S

e heeloghe; s. his generation. S

sheeyl; s. This word is used in the Manks translation of Milton’s Paradise Lost, for a contraction of sheelnaue, which see.

sheelnaue; s. mankind, human beings. This word no doubt is from sheel (seed) as in Job xxi. 8 [see above]; and naue a corruption of niau (heaven), the seed or offspring of heaven.

dy heelnaue; s. of mankind. S

sheeyn; v. stretch, extend, distend; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heeyn; v. stretched, did stretch; -agh; -in; -ins; -it; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sheeyney; v. stretching.

dy heeyney; v. to stretch. S

sheeyney-magh; v. stretching out.

sheeynt; 85. stretched, extended.

ro heeynt; 85. too stretched. S

sheeyney; s. m. a stretch; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

sheeyneyder; s. m. a stretcher; pl. -yn.

sheeynag; s. f. a line, a straight line.

shegin; v. lurking for, lying in wait; Luke xi. 54: Lhie ayns farkiaght er e hon, as shegin er tayrtyn red ennagh ass e veeal son oyr plaiynt n’oi. Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

sheygin; v. watching for prey. See also shegin.

sheh; s. f. hide, felt [OED felt n.⁴: a skin or hide]; pl. -ghyn.

yn çheh; s. 5. the hide, the pate [OED pate n.¹ 3b: The skin of a calf’s head]. Prov. “Shegin goaill ny eairkyn marish y çheh.” [’Tis necessary taking the horns with the hide.] S

e heh; s. his hide. S

nyn gheh (sic: see nyn jeh); s. your, &c. hide or pate. S

nyn jeh; s. your, &c. hide. Sh

sheid; s. m. a blow, blast or puff of wind; pl. -aghyn [= pl. of sheidey].

sheid; v. blow, expel wind; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heid; v. blew, did blow; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sheidey; v. blowing.

dy heidey; v. to blow. S

sheidee; a. d. of blowing.

heidee; a. d. of blowing. S

builg-sheidee; s. f. bellows; Jer. vi. 29: Ta ny builg-sheidee losht, ta’n leoie er n’gholl naardey ’syn aile; ta’n lheeider lheïe ayns fardail; son cha vel ny meechrauee er ny ghaartlian ass. The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

sheidit; 85. blown.

ro heidit; 85. too much blown. S

sheidey; s. m. a windy or blowing time; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

sheideyder; s. m. a blower; pl. -yn.

sheillagh; s. f. salix, black willow<s> or sally. pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee] [Isaiah xliv. 4: As aasee ad seose myr maste’yn faiyr, as myr shellee rish ny coorseyn-ushtey. And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.]

dy heillagh; s. of sallow, sallix, of black sally. S

sheillee or shellee; a. d. of salix or willow; <Isaiah xliv. 4.>[See sheillagh.]

shellee; a. d. See sheillee.

heillee; a. d. of sallow or sallix. S

shelg or sheilg; v. hunt, hunting; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heilg or helg; v. did hunt, hunted; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. The first spelling is in Gen. xxvii. 30: As haink eh gy-kione, erreish da Isaac v’er choyrt e vannaght da Jacob, as scoan va Jacob er n’immeeaght veih fenish Isaac e ayr, dy daink Esau e vraar stiagh veih e heilg. And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting., and the latter in Jer. xvi. 16: …as ver-ym fys er ymmodee shelgeyryn, as nee ad y helg ad veih dy chooilley lieau, as veih dy chooilley chronk, as veih guaggyn ny creggey. …and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. S

shelgit; 85. hunted.

shelgeyr; s. m. a hunter, pl. -yn.

yn çhelgeyr (sic: stress); s. 5. the hunter, S

e heilgeyr; s. his hunter. S

shelgeyrys; s. f. huntsmanship; pl. -yn.

e heilgeyrys; s. his hunting. S

shell* or shellagh; v. imagine, suppose, conjecture; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

heill; v. did suppose or imagine, supposed, imagined; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

sheiltyn or shein; v. supposing, conjecturing, thinking; Acts xiv. 19: As haink shiartanse dy Hewnyn veih Antioch as Iconium, as chleaynee ad y pobble, as ren ad Paul y chlaghey as y hayrn magh ass yn ard-valley, sheiltyn dy row eh marroo. And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

sheltyn; v. See sheiltyn.

er heiltyn; v. hath, &c. supposed or imagined. S

shellan; s. f. (sic) a bee; pl. -yn.

yn çhellan; s. f. (sic) the bee. S

e hellan; s. his bee; pl. -yn. S

shellan-mooar; s. f. (sic) a large bee.

kishan shellan; s. f. (sic) a bee hive.

shelleig; s. f. a bee-hive; pl. -yn.

shelley; s. saliva, spittle; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

yn çhelley; s. the saliva or spittle. S

[e] helley; s. his saliva or spittle; pl. 67. S

shelliu; s. f. salve; pl. -yn.

yn çhielliu; s. 5. the salve; Jer. xlvi. 11: Immee seose gys Gilead, as gow yn chielliu costal, O voidyn, inneen Egypt. Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. S

dy helliu; s. of salve; pl. -yn. S

shelloo; s. a herd of cattle; pl. -yn.

yn çhelloo; s. 5. the flock. S

e helloo; s. his herd; pl. -yn. S

shen; pro. adv. that, so, these, those, thence.

shen bee eh; adv. so be it, amen.

shen-y-fa; adv. therefore, wherefore.

er-shen; adv. on that, thereon, thereupon.

shenn; a. old, aged, senile.

yn çhenn; s. 5. the old. S

ny henn ghooinney; s. an old man. S

shenn-ayr; s. m. fore-father, progenitor.

shaner; s. m. grandfather; dty henn shaner (thy great-grandfather).

shenn-shaner; s. m. great-grandfather.

shenn-scollag-aeg; s. m. a bachelor.

shenn-ven-aeg; s. f. an old maid.

shinney; a. elder, eldest, senior; comp. and sup. of shenn.

by hinney; a. senior, elder. S

fer-shinney, s.

yn er-shinney; s. the eldest one, masculine. F

shinneyid; s. m. seniority, oldness.

shennid; s. m. oldness, senesence.

e hennid; s. his seniority or old age. S

shendiaght; s. m. age, old age, aged, the old, the aged.

yn çhenndiaght; s. 5. the aged, the old. S

shanstyr; s. m. a senator, an elder; pl. -yn.

yn çhanstyr; s. 5. the senator or elder; Acts iv. 23: As erreish da’n raad ve lhiggit daue, hie ad gys nyn sheshaght hene, as hug ad coontey daue jeh ooilley ny va ny ard saggyrtyn as y chanstyr er ghra. And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. S

e hanstyr; s. his elder or senator. S

sheshey; s. m. a companion, an equal, a mate, one of a pair, a match, a husband; Gen. iii. 6: As tra honnick y ven dy row yn billey mie son beaghey: as aalin gys y thooill, as billey dy ve er ny yeearree dy yannoo creeney: ghow ee jeh’n vess, as ren ee gee; as hug ee myrgeddin da e sheshey va maree, as ren eshyn gee. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn]. Prov. “Ta sheshey chammah as ayrn.” [A companion is as good as a share.]

yn çheshey; s. 5. the companion. S

e heshey; s. his companion, mate, equal, fellow, &c. S

my ven-heshey; s. my wife; Job xix. 17: Ta m’ennal dwoaiagh da my ven-heshey hene, ga dy ghuee mee urree er graih chloan my chorp hene. My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body; all those words compounded with ben, (a woman or wife) might be here inserted, but the reader may refer to ben, and change them to ven, as required. B

sheshee; a. d. of a companion, or pl. Though this word is in Heb. x. 33, for companions, the plural of sheshey, I think sheshaghyn would be more correct: Ayns ayrn tra va shiu soit magh son shilley dy ghannidys daue, chammah liorish oltooanyn as seaghyn; as ayns ayrn tra va shiu nyn sheshee dauesyn hurr y dellal cheddin. Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

e heshaghyn; s. his companions, fellows, equals, mates, matches. S

my ven heshee; a. d. my affianced or betrothed wife; Gen. xxix. 21: As dooyrt Jacob rish Laban, Cur dou my ven, (son ta my hraa cooilleenit) dy vod ee ve my ven-heshee. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her; in Job ii. 9, it is heshey: Eisht dooyrt e ven-heshey rish, Vel oo foast shassoo er dty ynrickys? Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? S

sheshaght; s. company, society; pl. -yn.

yn çheshaght; s. 5. the company. Prov. “Myr sloo yn çheshaght share yn ayrn, Myr smoo yn çheshaght s’reaie yn chloie.” [The smaller the company the better the share; the bigger the company the merrier the play.] S

e heshaght; s. his company; pl. -yn. S

ry-heshaght; <v. to be> in company, accompanying.

shesheragh or shesheraght; s. f. a team to plough with. Perhaps from being formerly made by partners; pl. 72 [change -agh or -aght to -eeyn].

yn çhesheraght; s. 5. the plough team. S

e hesheraght; s. his plough team. S

nyn jesheraght; s. your, &c. team to plough. Sh

shesheree; a. d. of or belonging to a team to plough.

greïe hesheree; s. a plough team gear. S

çhesheree; a. d. 5. of the plough team. S

dty heshereeyn; s. thy plough teams. S

shey; a. six; pl. -ghyn.

e hey; s. his six;

e heyjeig; (his sixteen). S

shey-jeig; a. sixteen.

shey-jeigoo or sheyoo-yeig; a. sixteenth.

sheyoo; a. sixth.

yn çheyoo; s. 5. the sixth. S

e heyoo; s. his sixth. S

sheyn;

ny-sheyn; adv. presently, by and by.

shiaght; a. seven; pl. -yn.

yn çhiaght; s. 5. the seven. S

e hiaght; s. his seven; pl. -yn. S

shiaght-jeig; a. seventeen.

dty hiaght-jeig; s. thy seventeen. S

shiaght-jeigoo or shiaghtoo-yeig; a. seventeenth.

shiaghtoo; a. seventh.

yn çhiaghtoo; s. 5. the seventh. S

shiaghtin; s. f. a week; pl. -yn or 72 [change -in to -eeyn].

yn çhiaghtyn or yn çhiaghtin; s. 5. the week. S

e hiaghtin; s. his week; pl. -yn. S

shiaull; s. m. a sail; pl. shiauihll.

shiauill; v. sail, float; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hiauill; v. did sail, sailed; 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; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

hioill; v. sailed; Mat. ix. 1: As ghow eh lhuingys, as hioill eh harrish, as haink eh gys e ard-valley hene. And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. See hiauill. S

shiaulley; v. sailing, floating.

shiaullagh or shiaullaghey; v. fixing, getting in order to sail, or to do any other work, getting equipped.

shiaullee; a. d. of sailing or getting in order.

leagh-shiaullee; s. fare, payment of passage; Jonah i. 3: Agh dirree Jonah seose dy roie er-chea gys Tarshish veih fenish y Chiarn, as hie eh sheese gys Joppa; as hooar eh lhong goll gys Tarshish: myr shen deeck eh yn leagh-shiaullee, as hie eh er boayrd, dy gholl maroo gys Tarshish, veih fenish y Chiarn. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

shiaullit; 85. set in order.

shiault; 85. sailed, floated.

shiaulleyder; s. m. a person who can set an instrument in order to work; pl. -yn.

shiaulteyr or shiolteyr; s. m. a sailor; pl. -yn.

ny hiaulteyr; s. a sailor. S

shoalteyr; s. m. a sailor; [1] Kings ix. 27: As hug Hiram ayns ny lhongyn e harvaantyn, shoalteyryn schleioil ayns shiaulley, marish sharvaantyn Solomon. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon; pl. -yn.

shiaulteyrys; s. f. sailorship, the business or craft of a sailor.

shibbag; s.

yn çhibbag; s. f. 5. the gentle blow or tap; pl. -yn. <C>[S]

shibber; s. m. supper; pl. -yn.

shickyr; a. sure, certain, steadfast; stable, steady, fixed, fast, firm.

dy shickyr; adv. surely, certainly, firmly, &c.

shickyrey; a. pl. sure, certain, &c.

shickyree; a. the comp. and sup. of shickyr.

anshickyr; a. unsteady, unsure, inconstant, wavering. See also neuhickyr.

neu-hickyr; a. unsure, unsteady, unstable.

shickyr* or shickyree; v. make sure, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hickyr* or hickyree; v. did make sure or certain; did establish, confirm, or fasten; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

shickyragh or shickyraghey; v. making sure, fast, or certain.

dy hickyragh or hickyraghey; v. to certify establish, or make sure. S

shickyrit; 85. secured, established, made steadfast or sure.

ro hickyrit; 85. too established, made too sure or certain. S

shickyreyder; s. m. an affirmer, a securer.

shickyrys; s. f. certainty, security, confidence.

son shickyrys; adv. positively, confidently, assuredly.

shid; adv. yonder, there.

shill; v. shed, spill; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88,

hill or hiyll; v. did drop or shed; did spill or drain; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

hiyll; v. [did] shed, did drop, or drain. See also hill. S

hyll; v. [did] shed, drop. See hill. S

shilley; v. shedding, spilling, draining, dropping.

dy hilley; v. to shed drop or drain. S

dy hiylley; v. to shed. drop or drain. S

shillit; 85. shed; drained.

shillee; s. f. a mass or assemblage of thin slate, or bits of thin stone.

shilleeid; s. f. a slug or soft snail; pl. -yn.

e hilleeid; s. his slug or soft snail. S

shilley; s. m. sight, look, view; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

dty hilley; s. thy sight, visit, or look. S

shillagh; a. d. of sight or sights.

shilley-faggys; a. purblind.

shilley-sooilley; s. f. (sic) eye-sight.

shilley-yindyssagh; s. m. spectacle; 1 Cor. iv. 9: Son ta mee smooinaghtyn dy vel Jee er hoiaghey magh shinyn ny ostyllyn er-jerrey ooilley, myr deiney faagit mooie son baase. Son ta shinyn shilley yindyssagh da’n seihll, as da ainleyn, as da deiney. For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

aa-hilley; s. m. second sight.

ass-shilley; adv. out of sight. Prov. “Ass shilley ass smooinaghtyn.” [Out of sight, out of mind.]

shillish; s. See çhillys.

[yn] çhillys; s. f. 5. [the] cherry. See also shillish.

shimmey; a. how many, many.

cha nhimmey; a. not many. S

shin; pro. we, us; -yn, id. em.

shin-hene; pro. ourselves.

shioltane; s. f. a flock; pl. -yn.

yn çhioltane; s. 5. the flock. S

e hioltane; s. his flock; pl. -yn. S

shioltaney; v. flocking.

dy hioltaney; v. to make into flocks. S

shioltanagh; a. being in flocks.

shione; v. do or doth know.

cha nhione or nione; v. know not. Prov. Share yn olk shione dooin, na yn olk nagh nhione dooin. [Better the evil that we know than the evil which we know not.] S

bione; v. knew, did know, the past tense of shione.

shir or shirr*; v. ask, seek, endeavour, require; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hir or hirr*; v. did seek, or enquire, sought, besought, asked; Jud. v. 25: Hir eh ushtey, as hug ee da bainney; hoie ee roish eeym ayns claare stoamey. He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

shirrey; v. seeking, asking, endeavouring; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

dy hirrey; v. to seek, ask &c. Prov. “Goll thie yn ghoayr dy hirrey ollan.” [Going to the goat’s house to seek wool.]

shirrit or shirrt; 85. sought, desired, bidden, asked, invited, solicited, required.

ro hirt; 85. too sought or besought. S

shirrey; s. m. a request; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

shirreyder; s. m. an asker, seeker.

shirk; v. shrink, dry up, contract, shrivel; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hirk* or hirkee; v. did shrink, shrunk, or shrank; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

shirkaghey; v. shrinking, shrivelling, &c.

dy hirkagh or hirkaghey; v. to shrink, &c. S

shirkit or shirgit; 85. shrivelled, shrunk.

ro hirkit; 85. too shrunk. S

shirkeyder; s. m. a shriveller.

shirveish; s. m. service, servitude.

yn çhirveish; s. 5. the service. S

sherveish; v.

dy herveish; s. to serve, to minister. S

shirveishagh; a. serviceable, &c.; s. m. one that serves or officiates; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

yn çhirveishagh; s. 5. the server, the minister. S

e herveishagh; s. his server or officiater. S

shiu; pro. ye, you; -ish, id. em.

shlearagh; a. delaying, postponing, procrastinating time.

shleayst; s. f. thigh, flank; pl. -yn; Lev. iii. 4: As yn daa aarey, as yn eeh t’orroo liorish ny shleaystyn, as y skairt erskyn yn aane marish ny aaraghyn; shen nee eh goaill ersooyl. And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

slheeayst; s. f. thigh; pl. -yn; Gen. xxiv. 9: As hug y stiurt e laue fo slheeayst Abraham e vainshtyr, as ren eh breearrey da, mychione y chooish shen. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

yn cleeayst; or cleeaysid, s. the thigh. S

e lheeayst; s. his thigh. S

ry-lheayst; adv. by the thigh, on the thigh; Cant. iii. 8: T'ad ooilley glackey nyn gliwenyn, aghtal ayns caggey, dagh dooinney as e chliwe ry-lheayst, son arrey ny hoie. They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

slheeasid; a. d. of the thigh. [In the Bible, slheeasid is just an alternative form for slhe(e)ayst.]

e lheeasid; s. of his thigh; Gen. xxxii. 25: As tra honnick eh nagh chossyn eh er venn eh rish kione e lheeasid: as va slheeasid Yacob ass ynnyd, myr v’eh gleck rish. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. S

shlee; a. more or most in number.

slhee; a. more or most in number; Jud. xvi. 30: Myr shen dy varr eh ny slhee ec e vaase, na v’eh er varroo ooilley e vea roïe. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Prov. “Myr sniessey da’n oie slhee mitçhoor.” [The nearer the night, the more rogues.]

shleeu or shlieu; v. sharpen, whet; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -yn, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

shlieeu; See shleeu.

shleeuee; a. d.

clagh-shleeuee; s. a whetstone.

shleeuit or shleeut; 85. sharpened, whetted; a. fain, keen, bent for.

sleggan-sleeu; s. f. foxglove.

shleeuder; s. m. a sharpener; pl. -yn.

shleiy; s. f. a spear, a scimitar, a short sword; pl. -ghyn.

shliawin or shliawn; a. slippery, slape [OED: Slippery; smooth. Also fig., crafty, cunning, deceitful], or slapy [EDD slapey: Slippery; also fig. deceitful, untrustworthy]; sly, insidious.

shliawney; a. pl. slippery, slapy; Jer. xxiii. 12: Shen-y-fa bee’n immeeaght oc myr raaidyn shliawney ’sy dorraghys; bee ad immanit er nyn doshiaght, as tuittee ad ayn. Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein.

shliawinagh or shliawnaghey; v. getting slippery.

shliawnid or shliawnys; s. slipperiness, slapiness.

shliee; v. lick or lap up; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

sliee (sic); v. did lick. See also shlee.

dy lheeagh; v. if would lick. S

dy liee; v. to lick or lap with the tongue; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

er lhee or liee; v. hath, &c. licked, lapped, or cleansed with the tongue.

shlieet; 85. licked or lapped up.

shlieeder; s. m. one that licks; pl. -yn.

shleaig; s. f. a small lick, a stinted bit.

sleig; s. a small bit or morsel. [cf. shleaig ?]

shlig; s. f. a shell, a sherd; Isaiah xxx. 14: …myr shen nagh bee er ny gheddyn ayns y vrishey echey wheesh shlig dy ghoaill aile veih’n chiollagh, ny dy hroggal ushtey ass yn phouyl. …so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit; pl. -gyn.

yn tlig; s. the shell. S

shliggagh; a. shelly.

shliggee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58.

shlingan; s. f. the shoulder, or back part of the shoulder; pl. -yn.

yn clingan; s. the back of the shoulder. S

dty lingan; s. thy shoulder. S

e lhingan; s. his shoulder; pl. -yn. S

shlinganagh; a. d.

linganagh; a. d. of the shoulders. S

lhinganagh; a. d. of the shoulder. S

shnoag or shnoagerey; s. m. a sneakup [OED: A mean, servile, or cringing person; a sneak; a shirk]; pl. -yn.

shnoagagh; a. sneaky or sneaking.

shnoagyraght; v. sneaking.

shoggyl; s. f. rye; Exod. ix. 32: Agh cha row’n churnagh ny’n shoggyl naardey, son cha row ad foast ass yn oashyr. But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were not grown up; pl. -yn.

faiyr-shoggyl; s. f. rye grass.

shoh; adv. this, here.

er-shoh; adv. whereupon, on this.

sholl; s. f. the wax of the ear, the natural greasiness or eek [EDD eik: The natural grease or perspiration that oozes through the skin of sheep; the liniment used for greasing sheep; the dressing or oil in woollen cloth] of wool; pl. -yn.

e holl; s. his earwax, or eeking in wool. S

shooill; v. walk; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hooyl or hooyll*; did walk, walked; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

huill; v. did walk; Esther ii. 11: As huill Mordecai dy chooilley laa roish cooyrt thie ny mraane dy vriaght kys va Esther, as cre’n erree harragh urree. And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her; Acts iii. [8]: As lheim eh seose, as hass eh, as huill eh, as hie eh stiagh ayns y chiamble maroo, shooyl as lheimyragh, as cur moylley da Jee. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

shooyll; v. walking. Yn un shooyll (the one fate or pass).

shooillit or shooylt; 85. walked.

shooyll-ny-dhieyn; v. begging.

shooilleyder; s. m. a walker, a pedestrian.

er-sooyl; in. away; pt. gone.

er-sooyl-jee; adv. p. away with you or ye.

er-sooyl-lhiat; adv. p. away with thee.

cur-er-sooyl; v. averting, turning off.

shoushan; s. f. a shive [EDD: A small wild onion; a spring onion, esp. Allium Schoenoprasum]; pl. -yn.

shu; v. sue, prosecute; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

shual; v. sueing, prosecuting.

shuit; 85. sued, prosecuted.

shualtagh; s. m. plaintiff, a complainant; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

shuit or shooit; s. m. a suit; pl. -yn.

shuddyr; s. f. scissors; pl. -yn.

shughlaig; s. f. sorrel or sourdock.

shughlaigagh; [a]. abounding in sorrel.

shugyr; s. m. sugar; pl. -yn.

shuilg; v. nibble, eat in small morsels; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

shuilgey; v. nibbling, eating by small morsels.

shuilgit; 85. eaten slowly, &c.

shuilgeyder; [s]. a nibbler; pl. -yn.

shuit or shooit; s. m. a shift [OED shift 5a: An expedient necessitated by stress of circumstances; a forced measure] or effort; pl. -yn.

shuitit; 85. shifted, &c.

shuitelagh; s. m. a shifter, a progger [OED: A person who solicits for something, esp. habitually; a beggar]; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

shune; shioon, or shuin, s. f. a rush; pl. -yn.

e hune; s. his rush. See also hioon. S

e hioon; s. his rush; pl. -yn. S

shunagh; a. d. rushy, of rushes.

shutternee; v. neighing.

dy hutternee; v. to neigh. S

shuyr; s. f. a sister; pl. -aghyn.

y çhuyr; s. the sister; Jer. iii. 10: As ny-yeih son ooilley shoh, cha vel y chuyr foalsey eck Judah er hyndaa hym’s lesh e slane cree, agh ayns molteyrys, ta’n Chiarn dy ghra. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord; Gen. xxxiv. 31: As dooyrt ad, Kys by-lhoys da dellal rish y chuyr ain, myr rish streebagh? And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?. S

e huyr; s. his sister; pl. -aghyn. S

shayraghyn; s. pl. sisters. A corruption of shuyraghyn, probably because it sounds better in opposition to braaraghyn.

dty hayraghyn; s. thy sisters; Ez. xvi. 45: T’ou uss inneen dty vayrey, ta dwoaie eck er e sheshey, as e cloan, as t’ou uss shuyr dty hayraghyn, oc va dwoaie er nyn sheshaghyn, as er nyn gloan. Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children. S

shayrey; a. d. of a sister or sisters.

e hayrey; a. d. of his sister; Gen. xxix. 13: As haink eh gy-kione, tra cheayll Laban imraa jeh Jacob mac e hayrey, dy roie eh ny whail, as ghow eh ayns e roihaghyn eh, as phaag eh eh, as hug eh lesh eh gys e hie. And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. S

liass huyr; s. f. a step sister.

shuyrys; s.

e huyrys; s. his sisterhood. S

shyml or shymlee; v. pine or languish; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

hyml* or hymlee; v. did pine or decay; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. S

shymley; v. pining, languishing.

dy hymley; v. to pine or waste away. S

shymlee; a. d.

gorley-shymlee; s. a consumption.

shymlit; 85. pined away.

shymleyder; s. m. one who pines as in a consumption.

shynnagh; s. m. a fox; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

shynnee; a. d. of a fox or foxes.

laa-shynnee; s. a fox day [EDD: a single fine day followed by rain].

shynney; v. do or doth like or love.

cha nhynney; v. like not, do not like. S

bynney; s. did prefer, or hold in estimation, had fondness for, did like; the past time of shynney.

shyrragh; s. m. a kite; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

shirragh-ny-giark; s. m. <the>a falcon, a hawk.

side; s. f. an arrow, a shaft; pl. -yn.

syde; s. f. an arrow; Exod. xix. 13: Cha benn laue rish nagh bee eh dy jarroo er ny chlaghey, ny er ny varroo lesh syde: lhig da ve baagh ny peccagh cha jig e vioys lesh.There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live. See side.

y tide; s. the arrow, the shaft. S

e hide; s. his arrow; pl. -yn. S

sidey; a. d. of an arrow or shaft.

sideyr; s. m. an archer; pl. -yn.

ny hideyr (sic: stress); s. an archer; pl. -yn. S

sideyrey; s.

sideyragh; a. d. of archery.

sideyrys; s. f. archery.

e hideyrys; s. his archery. S

sidoor; s. m. a soldier; pl. -yn.

e hidoor; s. his soldier; pl. -yn. S

sidooragh; a. d. of a soldier.

sidoor marrey; s. m. a marine.

sidoorys; s. f. soldiery, soldiership.

e hidoorys; s. his soldiery. S

sie; a. sad, bad, ill.

siey; a. pl. sad, bad, ill.

sie; s.

dy hie; a. (sic) of bad, ill, badly. S

y tie; s. the ill, the bad. S

siyr; s. m. haste, hurry, expedition.

e hiyr; s. his haste or hurry. S

siyrragh; a. hasty, expeditious, in a hurry.

siyrree; a. more or most hasty.

ro hiyrragh; a. too hasty, &c. S

siyrree; v. hasten, make haste, move swiftly.

hiyrree; v. did hasten or hastened. S

siyrraghey; v.

dy hiyrraghey; v. to hasten, to hurry. S

siyrrit; pt.

ro hiyrrit; 85. too hastened or hurried. S

siyrrid; s. m. hastiness, expeditiousness.

e hiyrrid; s. his hastiness or hurry. S

skaal; s. f. a flat dish, a saucer; pl. -yn.

skaaley; s. f. a flat wooden dish used in wort [? OED wort n.²: A sweet liquid produced by steeping ground malt or other grain in hot water, which is then fermented to produce beer and distilled malt liquors; unfermented beer].

skabbag; s. f. a lock or handful of green flax; pl. -yn.

skah; s. f. a mark in the ear of sheep; pl. -ghyn.

skah; s. f. a strong wind that sheds or shakes corn or fruit; pl. -ghyn.

skah; v. shed, shake; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

scaa; shed. See also skaa and skah.

skahee; a. d. of shedding or shaking.

skahit or skaht; v. shook, scattered, shed.

scaht; 85. shook. See skaht.

neu-skaht; a. unshook, unshaken, unshed.

skaheyder; s. m. a shedder or shaker.

skaig or skeag; s. f. a haw; pl. -yn.

drine skeag; (the haw thorn), &c.

skaigagh; a. having hawthorn berries or haws.

skairt; s. f. the caul; 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; pl. -yn.

sgairt; s. f. <the> midriff or diaphragm, a partition; pl. -yn.

skaugh; s. f. disgust, nauseousness.

scoigh; s. f. squeam [not in OED in this sense ? = nausea], disgust; pl. -yn.

skeab; s. f. a besom [i.e. a broom]; pl. -yn.

skeab; v. sweep; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

skeabey; v. sweeping, brushing.

skeabit; 85. swept, brushed.

skeabeyder; s. m. a sweeper; pl. -yn.

skeaban; s. f. a brush; pl. -yn.

skeah or skeay; s. spew, vomit.

skeeah; s. See skeah and skeay.

skeah or skeay; v. vomit, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

skeayit or skeayt; 85. spewed, vomitted.

skeayder; s. m. one who spews or vomits.

skeayagh; a. squeamish; Isa. xxiv. 9: Cha jean ad giu feeyn lesh arrane; bee jough lajer skeayagh dauesyn ta dy iu eh. They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

skeayl; v. spread, scatter, dispel, dispense; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

skeayley; v. spreading, scattering; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

skeaylt; 85. spread, scattered

skeddan; s. m. a herring, herrings; pl. -yn.

scaddan; s. m. herring. See also skeddan. C

skee; a. tired, weary, fatigued.

skeey; a. pl. tired, weary.

neu-skee; a. untired, unweary.

skeeys; s. f. tiresomeness, wearisomeness.

skeeagh; a. tiresome, wearisome.

skeeal; s. f. story, tale, narrative, tidings; pl. -yn.

far-skeeal; s. f. a fable; pl. -yn.

skeealagh; a. having stories.

s’skeealee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58.

far-skeealagh; a. fabulous.

skeealerey or skeealleyder; s. m. a storyteller, a news-monger; Pro. xviii. 8: Ta focklyn skeealleyder myr lhottyn, as ta’n ghah oc roshtyn eer gys y chree. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

skeerey; s. f. (from scarrey), a parish; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

skyll or skylley; s. f. (corrupted from skeerey), a parish.

skeet; s. m. a creeping, sneaking fellow.

steet; s. Though this is the orthography in Jude 4 [see below], I have written it skeet, which see. [See skeetagh.]

skeetagh; a. in a sneaking manner. [Jude 4: Son ta shiartanse dy gheiney dy steetagh er hayrtyn stiagh, nyn gour va’n vriwnys shoh roïe er ny oardaghey; deiney mee-chrauee, chyndaa grayse yn Jee ain gys rouanys, as gobbal yn ynrycan Chiarn Jee, as nyn Jiarn Yeesey Creest. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.]

skeetee; a. id., comp. and sup.

skeiee; s. f. the scathe [not in OED or EDD in this sense] or stilt [OED: The handle of a plough], of a plough.

skeilley; s.

skielley; s. m. hurt, harm, scath [i.e. scathe: hurt, harm, damage]; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

lus-skeilley; s. f. loosestrife, or willow-wort.

skeiy; s. f. a faggot or bundle of something to shut a door or gap; pl. -ghyn. “Skeiy sy doarlish.” [A bundle of faggots in a gap.]

skelf; s. m. a rail; pl. -yn.

skelim; s. a whim, a freak [OED: A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a capricious humour, notion, whim, or vagary]; pl. -yn.

skelimagh; a. whimish, freakish.

skelimee; a. id., comp. and sup.

skell; v. to vanish, to disappear; Luke xxiv. 31: As va ny sooillyn oc er nyn vosley, as hug ad enney er; as skell eh ersooyl ass nyn shilley. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

skelloo; s. f. a shelf; pl. -yn.

skelt; s. a squat; pl. -yn.

skelt; v. to squat; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83, -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88. [OED squat. v.¹  a. trans. To crush, flatten, or beat out of shape; to smash or squash; to bruise severely. Now dialect., †3. intr. To fall or dash with some force or violence. Obsolete. n.¹  a. A heavy fall or bump; a severe or violent jar or jolt. Now northern dialect. rare. n.]

skeltagh; a. apt to squat.

skeltee; a. id., comp. and sup.

skeltagh; a. apt to start aside.

skeltee; a. id., comp. and sup.

skeog; s. f. a lock of hair or flax, &c., pl. -yn.

skiog; See skeog.

kiog; s. f. a lock or ringlet of hair or flax; pl. -yn. Whether this word is in its proper form or not I cannot tell, but as I find it pluralized in Numbers vi. 5: (Ooilley ny laghyn t’eh fo kiangley’n vreearrey shoh, cha jig razor er e chione: derrey vees ny laghyn harrish, ayndoo t’eh dy scarrey eh hene gys y Chiarn, bee eh casherick; as nee eh lhiggey da kiogyn folt e ching gaase. All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow), I have inserted it, yet I think it ought to be initialled by s, as in Jud. xvi. 13: Eisht dooyrt Delilah rish Samson, T’ou foast dy m’y volley, as ginsh breagyn dou: insh dou cre lesh oddys oo ve kianlt. As dooyrt eh r’ee, My nee oo rheynn folt my ching ayns shiaght skeogyn, as fee ad dy cheilley, as jannoo ad shickyr lesh kibbin ’sy gharmin [hed my niart voym]. And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.