airm - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
airm ~ the arm. airmfa armful; a stout lass. as lang as yer airm; the lenth o yer airm of great length (He haes letters efter his name the lenth o yer airm). get the airm inty (esp. take advantage of a crisis, etc., to) charge exorbitantly. guerd o the airm the upper part of the arm. hae shoart airms an lang poakets be slow to stand one’s round, etc. stannin wae the twa airms the yin lenth showing no initiative; contributing nothing to the resolution of the problem.
