redd - 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.
redd ~ v. free; release (bit through its leg tae redd itsel); (w. o) free from (A’ll shane redd maesel o this plester). adj. freed (from trial: got redd an wuznae even fined; from work: gets redd early on a Friday; from an entanglement: taen oors tae get redd). get redd o get rid of. [in these senses f. OE hredden to rescue (CSD)] v. (often w. oot) empty, clear out (pt. and pp. also redd: A took an redd oot the shade. A doot the purse is redd). reddin-kaim (see kaim). reddin-oot a clearing-out (esp. of surplus staff). redd the bake (same as scatter the bake). redd the belly (same as redd the bags: see bag). redd the road clear the way. redd up clear up, tidy up; discuss the faults, shortcomings, etc. of (jaist waitin tae redd me up as shane as A’m oot the dorr); subject someone to a severe denunciation of his character, etc. [in these senses prob. f. cogn. MLG, MDu. reden to put in order (CSD)]
