come - Hamely Tongue

come ~ come; came. come aff happen, take place (D’ye think it’ll come aff at al?); strike (He come aff me wae a stick). come-aff a notable or surprising event (Wuzn’t it a come-aff him merryin the ither yin instead?); a witty or pithy remark (She’s jaist full o these owl come-affs). come-all-ye a folk-song, etc. [from the opening words]. come-an-go flexibility, willingness to compromise or modify one’s position (naw an inch o come-an-go in him). come at (see at). come here! command to a horse to turn to the left (cf. hedaff! hoaf!). come in (of the weather) change to being (Surely it’ll come in dry shoartly); (of cereal crops) begin to ripen (The barley’s comin in very early the year). come in handy turn out to be useful. come in on have subsequent ill effects on (Gettin watshod iverytim ye g’oot the dorr: it’ll come in on ye whun ye’r owler). comin-an-gan social intercourse (There’s nae comin-an-gan between the two femlies this mony’s a day). come o become of (Guid knows whut’ll come o him); became of (A wunther whut come o wee Tam?). come on happen (What come on ye ye wurnae at the meetin last nicht?); strike (He come on him a terrible leenge). come o naethin (see naethin). come on dark grow dark. come on rain start to rain. come oot wae say, express (Whiles he comes oot wae a rail smairt yin). come ower come upon; repeat (For oany sake daenae come ower that tae yin). come roon recover consciousness; recover from a fit of sulking (Lee him alane an he’ll shane come roon). come speed make rapid or reasonable headway (A’m tearin away, but someway A’m comin nae speed). come tae come to; be remembered (It’ll come tae me in a minute); be understood or mastered (e.g. of a skill: Keep at it an it’ll come tae ye through time). come up the Bann in a bubble be naive, be a (born) fool (Wha dae ye think ye’r coddin? - dae ye think I come up the Bann in a bubble?). (Also loc. kim.)

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