ALMONDBURY AND HUDDKRSFIELD. 147 inBtead of eoap» even for washing themselves ! < Aw'U gf^t me some weei
and nov a gooid u^ee^tn lather/ old folks would say, using
soap also with it. Weigh-balk, a beam to weigh on ; also the beam or balk of an engine. Welking, applied to a man means bulky, fat, &c. Welt, to beat, or thrash. Wemmle, to cockle, or topple. A thing which does not stand steadily wemmles. It seems to be connected with wammie^ though used in a slightly different way. We'll (pronounced ween), we ha'n, i. e, we have, when used as an auxiliary. ' W(^n had that a long time.' As a principal verb : * We han him,' t. e. we have (got) him. Also in interrogative sentences :
- Ha'n yo' getten that brass yet ? * = Have you got that money yet f
See Han. We'se, Ye'se, &c., uped for toe shall, ye sJiall, &c. Etin the Forester ^ ver. 40: 'When he came in before the Earl He fell down low at his knee.
- Win up, win up, now, Etin I
This day yt^se dine wi* me." ' What (the a sounded as in cat, sat, pat, &c.). What'en (pronounced watien, like flatten), in such phrases as
- Whafen a fooil he is.' [Short for O.Eng. whatkin, i. e. what kind.
— ^W. W. S.] Occurs in the baUad, Edward^ Edward, ver. 4 : ' And whatten penance will ye dree for that, Edward, Edward P Whatten penance will ye dree for that ? My dear son, now tell me, O.' What for, used dose together for why. ' What for doesn't he do that?' What sort en, for what sort of, Whe&t, pronunciation of whettt, Whe&t-twingey a very small insect, in form something like the ear- wig. It lives in wheat when growing, and sometimes leaves it in swarms, when they are very troublesome. Whetter, to worry ; to repeatedly complain. Whew, or Whue (pronounced weoo), a whistle. ' Like Cawthome feast, is all ended in a whew,* or nothing. See Robin Hood and the CurtaU Fryer, ver. 31 : ' The fryer set his fist to his mouth. And whuted whues three : Half a hundredth good bandogs Came running over the lee. WMecalf, or Whycatf {gl. wau-cauf), a female calf. While, until. La
