get - 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.
get ~ n. (a general term of scorn or abuse for) an idiot; a nasty or objectionable person. v. be customarily or erroneously called (He’s Lawrence, like, but he aye gets Lachie); manage to go to, attend, etc. (It’s a spite ye didnae get); (w. a verbal noun) be allowed (I hope we get stiein), succeed in (We couldnae get sleepin for the noration). get away die (esp. after prolonged suffering). get in get through, pass (time: It’s ill gettin the time in whun ye haenae ocht tae dae. A’ll get mae wee bit o time in someway). get inty (of a belief, urge, obsession, etc.) enter or possess one’s mind or emotions (God alone knows what got inty me, tae dae the like o that). get it tight find the going hard (physically or financially). get on accord; behave (The wie thon two got on last night wuznae canny). get on for be appointed or (esp.) promoted to the position of (got on for an inspector). get the name o have the reputation of (He gets the name o bein ill tae get on wae. Get the name o risin early an ye can lie tae dinthertim). get through spend; get by. get yer heid in yer han (see heid). gettin/got noticeably becoming/having become (Note: These participles are often placed at the end of the sentence: He’s very owl, gettin. Prootas is saerious dear, got). tak whut ye get (see tak2).
