ill - 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.
ill ~ adv. badly. ill-aff poorly placed; under an imposition (Ye’r naw a bit ill-aff tae wak it). ill agane strongly opposed to (ill agane Sunday openin). ill-bred (see breed2). ill come yer road may bad luck, retribution, etc. befall one (esp. to one guilty of gross ingratitude: Ill come his road tae say ocht aboot hir efter a’ she daen for him). ill-daein wasteful of money; spendthrift. ill put-on poorly or badly dressed. ill-set badly disposed; of a malevolent nature. ill-tongued insultingly, viciously, etc. spoken. tak ill wae take a dislike to; take badly to (He’s takkin ill wae a’ these changes). adj. fond (only in ill aboot: A’m naw ower ill aboot parridge); hard. ill-luckin unhandsome; ugly (He merried the ill-luckinest cretter in the country). ill on hard on (She’s very ill on petrol. Hir dyin’ll be very ill on him. Ye’r far ower ill on that wain). ill tae learn hard to teach. ill tae pie hard to pay (as ill tae pie as a Bellamaina solicytor). ill tae stan hard to put up with (His smudgin an smirkin’s ill tae stan). ill tae work wae hard to handle or cope with (esp. of a fighting man).
