Dialect ‘N’
Nail strike, ‘nail him on the chin’
(on the) nail promptly, ‘pay on the nail for it’
Narra narrow
Narley small, ‘narley potatoes,’ ‘a wee narl of a calf’
Near close, ‘a near friend’, ‘near hand’, ‘near hand couped’, almost overturned, ‘a near hand way’, short cut, mean, ‘she’s that near, she’d starve ye’.
Near-legged bandy-legged
Neb nose
Nebby inquisitive
Newance news, ‘it’s newance to me’
Newans unexpected, ‘it’s newans to see you’
Newfangled fancy
Nick devil; ‘nick of time’, a nick in the post, a mark
Nick to steal: past tense, nyuck, ‘He nyuck it on me’ (Newry Nyuck – see Guestbook) Nicker ‘the horse nickered’, neighed
Nip to punch or nip
Nips little bits
Nipping cold, ‘my toes are nipping’
Nobbin raised land in a field, a small hill
Norration oration, speech, ‘I heared the norration’, ‘that was the bloodiest norration ye ever heard’, commotion
Note time of cow’s calving
Notice small nip of drink, ‘just what ye’d notice in the glass’