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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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DIS, adj. Sh. and Ork. form of this; see P.L.D. § 165. Used also for these and as contr. for this time.Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 23:
Says one of the boys: “Guid be naar dee, daa, whaar's du been aa dis?”Sh. 1918 T. Manson Humours Peat Comm. I. 16:
Some o dis men at akses whestins in Parliament, is laek dis men at writes ta da papers: dey hae mair time as wit.Sh. 1994 Laureen Johnson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 168:
I wis ta watch dis een, an look oot for dat een, and mind foo I spak,...Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 56:
Afore folk began tae fish lapsters . . . selkies wur terrably plenty afore dis days.