The Genealogy Pages for the family of Albert and Marjorie Morse

Old Forest Words & Expressions

This list was compiled by Cameron in 1972 under the title of 'Old Forest Words and Expressions that seem to be fast disappearing'.

Idiom	Meaning	Idiom	Meaning
Ash, Mixen	Ash Tip	Apern (long a)	Apron
Acon (short a)	Acorn	Bruck	Brook
Bile	Boil	Biler	Boiler
Bin	Been	Bust	Burst
Bannut	Walnut	Bellocking	Howling
How Bist	How are you?	Thou Bisn't	You are not
I Byunt	I am not	Brum	Brrom (plant)
Butty or Old Butt	Mate or Friend	Browst	Brushwood
Bittle	Beetle	Byun	Bean
Blue Aysaac	Hedge Sparrow	Bunt	Butt. (Sheep)
Bent	Tall coarse grass	Biff	Beef
Chunt	It Isn't	Cawnt	Cannot
Chimmock or Chimley	Chimney	Cognoggler	Large piece of bread
Cossunt	Can't you	Cussunt	Couldn't you
Cyart	Cart	Dout	Extinguish (light)
Daggled	Tired	Dawk	To dig hole
Dicky shirt	Vest	Drew	Through
Drabble	Dribble	Daft	Foolish
Ellum	Elder Tree	Ettles	Nettles
Flummox	To confound	Fadge	To have your whack
Gaust	Gorse	Gyarden	Garden
Gob	Lump of turf	Gob	Mouth (shut your)
Gis	Give	Gyule	Sneer
Gwain	Going	Galls	Baby Geese
Gurt	Very big	Goosegogs	Gooseberries
Hoss	Horse	Housen	Houses
Hain	Forest Enclosure	Humpty Tump	Mole heap
Hommocks	Big Feet	Imbers	Cinders
Jud	Dead	Joy	Jay (bird)
All kiff	Alright	Ketch	Catch
Lush	Brushwood for swatting	Leg it	To run
Moithered	Bewildered	Moochers	Big Hands
Moke	Donkey	Mon	Man
Mael	Meal	Nithered	Very cold
Nist	Nest	Nern	Neither
Ooman	Woman	Owt	Hold. Don't do it
Oy	Yes	Oot	Will you
Ood	Wood	Oodin	Wooding
Cont	Mole	Owd un	Old one
Oggy	Strong drink	Polt	A hard knock
Putt	Put	Quat	Rest on haunches
Quomp	Beat in Argument	Quist	Wood pigeon
Rodney	A lazy person	Raculas	Auriculas
Rot	Rat	Squitter	Run away quickly
Shard	Gap in hedge	Stank	Dam small stream
Surelie	Surely	Snowper	Foxglove
Snomper	Foxglove	Sturt	To make one jump
Snippet	Small piece of bread	Squall	To cry loudly
Sin	Seen	Sid	Seed
Spud or Tater	Potato	Ship	Sheep
Stretch	Mistle Thrush	Spitter	Spade
Swill	Wash face and hands	Ship Badger	Sheep Owner
Slummock	Sloush	Snowl	Hunk of bread
Stwon	Stone	Surry or Zurry	A chum
Splatter vit	Splayed feet	Stutter	Stammer
Skew Whiff	Askew	Smot	Smash
Screecher	Swift (bird)	Stroddle	Straddle
Tallet	Hay Loft	Tap Boots	To sole them
Tamp	To run fast	Tommy	Food
Thee or thou	You	Tith	Teeth
Telled	Told	Thic	That one
Tump	Hillock or Mound	Tup	Male sheep
Tush	To drag something	Twud	Toad
Onyons	Onions	Vyarn	Backen
Vire	Fire	Vit	Feet
Vrog	Frog	Varmer	Farmer
Vinch	Finch (bird)	Vir	Fir
Vust	First	Vowls	Fowls
Vut	Foot	Wesh	Wash
Wopper	Wasp	Wum	Home
Wick	Week	Wet the tea	Make tea
Water (long a)	Water	Weeker	Ear
Wust	Worst	Windy	Window
Watty Handed	Left handed	Yarks	Cord below trouser knee
Yucks	Expression of distaste	Yowl	To cry lustily
Yow (as in low)	Ewe	Yank off	Cut or Pull off sharply
Yut	Eat	Yus	Yes
Zee	See	Zummut	Something

The Forester is a friendly person, and it is customary when walking out in the Dean that he should greet any passer-by he meets.

Have you heard of the old Forester, who had gone to a busy town to spend his week's holiday?

It appears that after he had had breakfast on his first morning there, he decided to take a walk. Opening the door, he found people thronging the pavement going about their business. However, following his custom he began wishing them 'Good Morning' as fast as he could, but naturally he got no response.

After a while, the old man gave up the battle, either through lack of breath or bewilderment and returned to his home quietly and in deep thought.

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I heard of a boy who lived on Blakeney Hill, who boasted that he could speak three languages. When asked what they were, he replied, "One I speak at home, one at school and the other when I am out at play".

Archive retrieval by Richard Chidlaw, recreated for the rest of us by Ken Morse, March 2010