ALMONDBURY AND UUDDERSFIBLD. 151 Wnther, to rash, or cause to rush. Said hy one who would not prefer to he huried in the open country : ' If Aw mun goa to f ceme- tery, vnUher me hy t* church gate,' t. e. hasten hy witii a rush. Hall, says, ' Wuther^ to heat or flutter/ See Witiier. Wnthering, or WhntiLering (gl, wuodh'urin), participle or adjective descriptiye of the noise made hy the wind, cattle hollowing, &c. Thus they who know how the winds rage in this district against exposed places will appreciate the title of Miss Bronte's novel, Wuthering BeighU. See Wither. This letter has a very peculiar sound, now going out of usage, hut still well known. It will he host understood hy examples : thus, box, foXy ox were formerly called houaey fouset ou$e. Also the following have for equivalent sounds, kex, kay-eece; wax (pax- wax), wy-eece; veXf vay-eece; six, tay-eece; next, nay-eeat. Box called houz; hex called hai^ees (kai'is). This letter (1) sometimes interchanges with g hoth ways; thus, y(Ue for gate, and garth for yard; also yoldrtng fof goldrtng, and yark for jerk. (2) Sometimes it is introduced where not found in ordinary Eng- lish ; thus we have yai, yerth, yed, yeeter, for out, earth, head, eaater. Thus otU in the dialect is oat, contrary to yat, Yaandy from haand, the pronunciation of hound, Yahr, pronunciation of our (aar) vdien emphatic. See also Wnr and Vb, Yamdy, how many. A word perfectly well known at Almondhury and Lepton ; prohahly thus derived : How many » Ilaamany ^ Yamy ^ Yamdy, Yammer, to contradict sharply. Yark, jerk. Yarm, to speak ill-naturedly. Yam (pronounced yern ; Pemhrokeshire also), woollen thread. Yat, same as aai, out : still very common. Yate, a gate (to a field) ; hut not in the sense of ' way,' or * street.' See the Baron of Brackley, vers. 1, 2 :
- Down Doeside came In very whistling and playing ;
He's lighted at Brackley yatea at the day dawmg.
- Says Baron o' Brackley, ** O are ye within P
There's sharp swords at the yate will gar your hlood spin.*' * Also see the note to Baat, where, however, the word is spelt yetts.
