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Look up bairn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bairn is a Northern England English, Scottish English and Scots term for a child. [1] It originated in Old English as " bearn ", becoming restricted to Scotland and the North of England c. 1700. [2] In Hull the r is dropped and the word Bain is used. [3]
coyne – A kind of billeting, from Irish coinmheadh. crock – As in 'A crock of gold', from Irish cnoc. cross – The ultimate source of this word is Latin crux. The English word comes from Old Irish cros via Old Norse kross. crubeens - Pig's feet, from Irish crúibín. cudeigh – A night's lodging, from Irish cuid na hoíche.
Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch, Irish: Albainis Uladh), [6] [7] also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots spoken in parts of Ulster, being almost exclusively spoken in parts of Northern Ireland and County Donegal.
Here are some Gaelic words, phrases and other slang terms to help you sound authentically Irish this Saint Patrick's Day weekend. How to say 'Erin Go Bragh' on Saint Patrick's Day How to say it ...
a cirque or mountain lake, of glacial origin. (OED) Irish or Scots Gaelic coire 'Cauldron, hollow'. craic. fun, used in Ireland for fun/enjoyment. The word is actually English in origin; it entered into Irish from the English "crack" via Ulster Scots. The Gaelicised spelling craic was then reborrowed into English.
The asterism of the Big Dipper (shown in this star map in green) lies within the constellation of Ursa Major. The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the Plough (UK, Ireland) [1][2] is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; [3][4][5][6] six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude.
Hiberno-English [a] or Irish English (IrE), [5] also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, [6] is the set of dialects of English native to the island of Ireland. [7] In both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland , English is the dominant first language in everyday use and one of two official languages, along with the Irish language .
Ulster English, [1] also called Northern Hiberno-English or Northern Irish English, is the variety of English spoken mostly around the Irish province of Ulster and throughout Northern Ireland. The dialect has been influenced by the local Ulster dialect of the Scots language , brought over by Scottish settlers during the Plantation of Ulster and ...