nae - 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.
nae ~ adj. no. nae age young, very young (rinnin merryin an them nae age). nae beauty tae keep hir aff hir work (a deflationary comment on a girl’s looks). nae goat’s toe no ordinary, run-of-the-mill person (Sowl an she thinks she’s nae goat’s toe). nae guid tae; nae use tae (see guid; use). nae metter(s) occas. no matter. adv. not (= -n’t in neg. forms of auxiliary verbs when used affirmatively; in interrogative uses -n’t is usu. retained: cf. daenae, daen’t, etc.).
