rise - 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.
rise ~ v. raise (We’ll need tae rise it up a hair); stir up (He could rise a ruction ower naethin). rise a story spread a rumour (She riz a story aboot that wee hizzy an naw a word o truth in it). rise the singin act as precentor in church. riz (pt., pp. of rise) raised, arose, rose, arisen, risen (also ruz). riz ooty naethin (of a quarrel or rumpus) arisen out of a trifling matter, etc. n. an increase (a rise in pie); a practical joke, a leg-pull (He couldnae see they wur only takkin a rise ooty him).
