Thursday 30 May 2019

Jèrriais words of Norse origin

Jèrriais words of Norse origin

This is a non-comprehensive list of words of Norse origin in Jèrriais. Some words have also been borrowed into French or English (sometimes via Norman)

ain hook
bel (court)yard
bète bait
bîngue skip, basket
bliâse fog, mist
blyîntchi blink
bôlinne bowline
bru bride
brueûtchet brisket
bruman bridegroom
cotte sty, cave
crabe crab
cricots eyes
cro hook
dalle opening in pigsty for feeding
dalot scupper
drannet net
dun down
êcrède scale (fish)
êcréder scrape
êcrilyi slide, slip
ênas remains
enhalaûdes hobbles, fetters
êtâne stem (of boat)
êtibotchi stir up, tease
fa suit
fale throat
fliandre flounder
fliée limpet
fliotchet flock
gabet weathercock
gênotte crocus
gîndas windlass
gradile (black)currant
graie do, make, repair, fix
la graie harness
greune rock below surface of water
hague haw
han galingale
hardelle girl
haû tope (originally shark)
haûbans shrouds
haûgard stackyard
haûter doze
have shrimping net
hâvre harbour
hèrnais cart
honmard lobster
horfi garfish
hougue mound
houle hole
hueûlîn small spidercrab
ladgi set
laûner waste (time)
mauve seagull
melgreu marram grass
melle ring
mèr landmark (usually rock)
mèrcrole coot
meûque rancid
mielle dune
mogue mug
mucre damp
naûmier to fine
pouque bag
râtchillon apple core
ris reef (sail)
rîsi to reef
run space, room
sandron lugworm
stégrîn stingy
stipanne beating
super slurp
tangon oarweed
tangue tang (of tool)
tchelle keel
tchèrlîngue keelson
tîl'ye adze
tondre tinder
tro trough
videco woodcock
vitchet small door, wicket
vlicot winkle
vlique whelk
s'vouaûtrer wallow
vrai seaweed
vrangue ship's bottom


Sources:

Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français (Le Maistre 1966)
Les Vikings et les Patois de Normandie et des Îles Anglo-Normandes (Renaud 2008)
A Brief History of Jèrriais (Spence 1993)

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