need - 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.
need ~ (as in) hae mair need to be do better to be (She wud hae mair need tae be at hame luckin efter thon bits o wains). needcessity necessity. neednae needn’t (also naenae; neenae). wudnae need tae had better not (A boady wudnae need tae say the wrang thing. Sowl an ye wudnae need tae!). Ye neednae be sayin, but (the prelude to the imparting of gossip or scandal).
