wun(2) - 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.
wun2 ~ n. wind (a wun wud clean coarn: see coarn); breath (A’m ooty wun wae a’ this rinnin); the ability to keep breathing sufficiently to maintain exertion (A hae nae wun); flatus (A’m kilt wae wun); empty, boastful talk (Keep yer wun tae cool yer parridge). hang the wun suppress the inclination to break wind. lift the wun relieve flatulence. loass yer wun waste one’s breath. tak the wun frae wind; leave breathless. wudnae gie ye the wun o his fart (of an extremely mean person). wunny given to bragging (thus, in the presence of one such: Close the wunda, it’s gettin very wunny in here). v. win; dry in the wind (guid wather for wunnin hie). pt., pp. wun (The hie’s weel enugh wun for lappin). wun-ra a raked up row of wun hay. [for v. CSD has: prob. win w. infl. f. wind]
