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Glossary

agged: irritated // back

bladd: blade // back

crink: a very small, shrunken child // back

dimmet: twilight // back

dumble: very stupid // back

dwindle: a weakly child // back

fardel: 4 cloves (28-40 lbs) // back

keach: to lade or ladle out water; take water out of a well by dipping in a pitcher // back

kilderkin: 2 firkins (63 gallons) // back

loof: the hollow of the hand; that which can hold the loaf // back

midovernoon: 3 pm // back

nantle: to fondle, caress // back

noggin: one-quarter pint // back

routhe: abundance // back

skime: to look at a person furtively, or with half-shut eyes, pretending not to see them, letting them know you are watching // back

skyme: a glance or glean of light // back

slotterhodge: a ravenous eater; one who eats like an animal // back

sprentle: to flutter // back

strome: to walk backwards and forwards with long strides, in anger or in stress // back

thrunch: very angry // back

towziness: softness, tenderness // back

urk: small undergrown child // back

wistness: silence // back