see - 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.
see ~ picture; visualise (A can jaist see me! — of something the speaker would not contemplate undertaking); see realistically (Ye’d wunther thon cretter wudnae see hirsel). A see! So that’s the way it is! etc. need seen tae require repairs; require psychiatric treatment (Believe you me, thon boy needs seen tae). see on observe a telling look or expression on (He wuz badly gunked: didnae say ocht, like, but ye could see it on him). see through appreciate; find reasonable or understandable in the circumstances (Ye could see through him liftin things if he wuz ill aff, but he gets al he wants). We’ll see aboot that We’ll find out whether you’re right, whether your actions match your threats, etc. (pt. sa1, seen; pp. seen, occas. sa1.)
