tak(2) - Hamely Tongue

tak² ~ v. take; marry (‘Wha wud tak the lake o iz?’: said to have been a man’s rejoinder to his long-time companion’s suggestion that they might get married). tak aff inherit (a trait, etc.) from (He taks that aff the fether’s side). tak an dae, etc. get on with doing, etc. (Why but ye tak an dae a turn, for a change? Tak an redd up that yaird). tak a turn suffer a sudden, usu. short, bout of sickness or weakness (Ay, but that’s the thurd wee turn she haes took this week). tak bad (see bad). tak bae the ear lead away in a submissive state. tak efter (see efter). tak for mistake for (An a’ the time me takkin him for the brither). tak ill wae (see ill). tak it ooty provoke to say (Ye neenae be scowlin him for sweerin, for it wuz you took it ooty him). tak notaice observe (esp. of an infant: He’s startin tae tak notaice). tak seek (see seek). tak tae take to; beat with (took a whup tae them). tak tae the fair entertain or amuse greatly (It wud tak ye tae the fair watchin the antics o the pair o them); strike as being extraordinary and (usu.) outrageous (Nooadays the less ye dae the mair ye hae — that’s what taks me tae the fair). tak the feet frae trip up; cause to slip up. tak the wrang wie o (see wie). tak the wun frae (see wun). tak up bring to court, prosecute; (of the weather) improve, become fair. tak up on catch up with (Rin on an ye’ll tak up on him afore he’s hame). tak up wae begin to live with (outside marriage). tak whut ye get be punished accordingly (Let him tak what he got whun he landed hame wae nether money nor erns). tak yersel bae the han take oneself off. tak ye tae be necessary/advisable for one to (It’ll tak ye tae mine yersel wae thon boy). tak ye up tae reach up as far as (He haes coarn wud tak ye up tae the oxters). (See taen, took.)

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