10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRIEGH»
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal
Driegh,' said I, ' I am sorry I don't just understand you — what's the meaning of the
word, friend, if you please ? — I am but a new comer, and don't yet understand
the Scots quite so well as I could wish.'— 'Troth,' cried the fellow, with a most ...
driegh." " Are the weavers hereabouts discontented with the present state of
thiugs in general ?" said I ; "or are you singular in your opinions about political
matters ? — I have heard a great deal of the men of your profession in this ...
3
The Chase, Field Sports, Rural Games, and Other Poems ... ...
William SOMERVILLE (the Poet.) Nor will North Britain yield for fouth Of ilka thing,
and fellows couth, To any but her sister South.— True, rugged roads are cursed
driegh,' And speats' aft roar frae mountains heigh : The body tires—poor ...
William SOMERVILLE (the Poet.), 1812
4
The Irish Language in Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim
6 may say Dun na n'Giall dim a n'inl, for drt'm a n'r'al (pl.—n.). $3. <§48> This is a.
palatal fricativ'e, as in Lowland Scottish "driegh" (='tediou_s'), or the initial sound
in English 'human,' 'huge' (cf. local 'driegh ' drig, ' Michel' literal). It is it] THE ...
5
Peters Letters to His Kinsfolk, 3
... that muckle o't— it's very driegh" — " Driegh" said I, «« I am sorry I don't just
understand you — what's the meaning of the word, friend, if you please ? I am but
a new comer, and don't yet un- 4 derstand the Scots quite so well as I could wish.
6
Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk
Driegh" said if " I am sorry I don't just understand you — what's the meaning of the
word, friend, if you please ? I am but a new comer, and don't yet un- derstand the
Scots quite so well as I could wish." 210 PHILOSOPHICAL WEAVER.
John Gibson Lockhart, 1819
7
The Songs of Robert Burns
ca'd called shanks lower legs driegh dreary There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg,
And She held o'er the moors to spin; There was a lad that follow'd her, They ca'd
him Duncan Davison. The moor was driegh, and Meg was Skeigh, Her favour ...
Dry, in the sense of tedious, wearisome, devoid of interest, as " a dry book," "a dry
sermon," is the same word as the Northern dree, tedious, Prov. Eng. drreigh, Scot
, driegh, Icel. drjugr, substantial, slow and sure. Cf. Swed. dryg-mil, a long mile, ...
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The works of the English poets from Chaucer to Cowper: ...
... fish and cattle, claith and corn, In blyth abundance :—and yet mair, Our men
are brave', our ladies fair. Nor will North Britain yield for fouth Of ilka thing, and
fellows couth, To any but her sister South.True, rug,-sod roads are cursed driegh
...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, 1810
Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Albert Borg. dras dras ta' l-ghaqal hanck is-saqaf tal-
halq ilsien il-ponta ta' l-ilsien qanpiena tonsilli gerluma geddum widna dcndula il-
qarquca tal-widna ghonq il-gewza ta' l-ghonq spalla abt driegh minkeb polz id ...
Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Albert Borg, 2013
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