Geordie Dialect

Auld

Old - From the Anglo-Saxon Eald (e.g. "Old Wife")

Alreet

Alright

Aye

Yes

A Says

I said

Baccy

Tobacco

Bairn

A child - Anglo- Saxon

Bait

Packed lunch to take to work

Bonny

Beautiful - From the French bon

Borst

Burst

Broon

Brown or Newcastle Brown Ale

Caad

Cold

Canny

good/nice/lovely or very - Canny lad - a nice guy/Canny good - very good

Clarts

Dirt or Mud

Da

Dad, faatt the father

Auld

Old - From the Anglo-Saxon Eald (e.g. "Old Wife")

Alreet

Alright

Aye

Yes

A Says

I said

Baccy

Tobacco

Bairn

A child - Anglo- Saxon

Bait

Packed lunch to take to work

Bonny

Beautiful

Borst

Burst

Broon

Brown or Newcastle Brown Ale

Caad

Cold

Canny

good/nice/lovely or very - Canny lad - a nice guy/Canny good - very good Canny job: A good job. Possibly a variation on the Scots word Ken meaning to know

Clarts

Dirt or Mud

Da

Dad - father

Deed

Dead

Dee

Do

Divvent

Do not - i.e. Divent Dee that

Droon

Drown

Fower

Four

Gan

Go from the Anglo Saxon word for go

Gannin

Going - Gannin along the Scotswood Road to see the Blaydon Races

Giveower

Give over - i.e. Please stop doing that

Granda

Grandfather

Hadaway

Get away - you're having me on- it is thought to be navel term

Hanky

Handkerchief

Haway

Come on - Haway or H'way the lads is chanted at football matches

Hinny

Honey

Hoos

House

Hoy

Throw

Hyem

Home, a word of Scandinavian origin

Jarra

Jarrow - Town in South Tyneside

Ket

Sweet or something that is nice to eat

Knaa

Know

Lang

Long - Anglo Saxon word

Lass

A woman or young girl, from Scandinavian word Laskr

Ma

Mother

Mackem

A native of Sunderland. Probably referring to shipbuilders - 'We mackem', ye tackem'

Mag/Magpie

Newcastle United fan

Magpies

Nickname for Newcastle United Football Club, who play in the black and white

Man

Frequently used at the end of a sentence "Divvent dee that man" "Howay man" even when talking to a woman

Marra

Old friend or workmate, particularly in the collieries

Mebbes

Maybe

Nah

No

Nee

No - as in "Nee good luck" but not as a word on its own

Neet

Night

Nettie

Toilet

Nowt

Nothing

Oot

Out - Anglo Saxon word compare to the Dutch Utgang (Go-out-exit)

Ower

Over

Polliss

Policeman

Sel'

Self, Me Sel' - Myself

Singin' Hinny

Type of Scone

Spuggy

Sparrow

Stottie

A kind of flat cake like bread

Strang

Strong

Tab

Cigarette

Tattie

Potato

Telt

Told

Thowt

Thought

Toon

Town

Toon Army

Newcastle United football fans

Us

Me

Wes

Was

Wey

“well” as in “wey ye knaa” (well, you know) or “wey-aye” (well yes). Often also an expression of disdain “Wey its nee use at aal”.

Why-Aye

An emphatic exclamation of reply meaning “Well Yes, of course!” occasionally coupled with the word ‘man’ as in the perceived archetypal Geordie phrase “Wey-Aye Man” that is most often overused by novice Geordie imitators.

Wi'

With

Wife

A woman, whether married or not. Wife was used in this sense by the Anglo Saxons

Wor

Our - Wor lass means our misses, when a chap is referring to his wife. Wor is the Anglo Saxon word oor meaning Our, the 'W' has crept into speech naturally.

Wrang

Incorrect (Wrong)

Ye

You or your

Yem

Home

Yersel'

Yourself

Deed

Dead

Dee

Do

Divvent

Do not - i.e. Divent Dee that

Droon

Drown

Fower

Four

Gan

Go from the Anglo Saxon word for go

Gannin

Going - Gannin along the Scotswood Road to see the Blaydon Races

Give Ower or Gie Ower

Stop doing that, it’s annoying.

Granda

Grandfather

Hadaway

Get away - you're having me on- it is thought to be navel term

Hanky

Handkerchief

Haway

Come on - Haway or H'way the lads is chanted at football matches

Hinny

Honey

Hoos

House

Hoy

Throw

Hyem

Home

Ket

Sweet or something that is nice to eat

Knaa

Know

Lang

Long - Anglo Saxon word

Lass

A woman or young girl

Ma

Mother

Mackem

A native of Sunderland. Probably referring to shipbuilders - 'We mackem', ye tackem'

Mag/Magpie

Newcastle United fan

Magpies

Nickname for Newcastle United Football Club who play in the black and white

Man

Frequently used at the end of a sentence "Divvent dee that man" "Howay man" even when talking to a woman

Marra

Old friend or workmate, particularly in the collieries

Mebbes

Maybe

Nah

No

Nee

No - as in "Nee good luck" but not as a word on its own

Neet

Night

Nettie

Toilet

Nowt

Nothing

Oot

Out - Anglo Saxon word compare to the Dutch Utgang (Go-out-exit)

Ower

Over

Polliss

Policeman

Sel', Self, Me Sel'

- Myself

Singin' Hinny

Type of Scone

Spuggy

Sparrow

Stottie

A kind of flat cake - like bread

Strang

Strong

Tab

Cigarette

Tattie

Potato

Telt

Told

Thowt

Thought

Toon

Town

Toon Army

Newcastle United football fans

Us

Me

Wes

Was

Wey

As in Wey - Aye (see why-aye)

Why-Aye

Why of course - "Why-aye man"

Wi'

With

Wife

A woman, whether married or not. Wife was used in this sense by the Anglo Saxons

Wor

Our - Wor lass means our misses when a chap is referring to his wife.

Wrang

Incorrect (Wrong)

Ye

You or your

Yem

Home

Yersel'

Yourself