mair - 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.
mair ~ more. mair aboot it further developments, consequences, etc. (There’ll be mair aboot it This isn’t the end of the matter). mair nor middlin (see middlin). mair nor weel (see weel). the mair though, even though (You neednae stie at hame the mair A’m naw gan). the mair o despite, even allowing for (a dacent wee wumman the mair o that).
