hyem

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• heyem (Northern English dialect)
• hjem (Geordie)
• yem (Geordie)

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse, compare Danish and Norwegian hjem.

[edit] Noun

hyem (uncountable)

1. (Geordie) home

[edit] Quotations

• [19th c.] 1993, Ned Corvan, “Yer Gannin to be a Keelman,” in Visions of the People, Patrick Joyce [1]

  Ye’ll be comin’ hyem at neets, with yor fyece all ower black,

  And ye’ll lie an snore aside the fire, and never gis yor crack, [...]

• 1848, Sinks of London Laid Open [2]

  “He had just come in,” he said, “to see if his mate was come hyem yet; but as he had not, he thought he could guess right weel where he wad be, and wad just step o’er to Brown’s (the gin-shop) and see.”

• 1985, David Wright tr. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales [3]

  And so Aah’s cum, and also brought Alan,

  To grind wor corn, and bring it hyem again;

  Aah begs ye de the job fast as ye can.

[edit] Related terms

• home (Standard English)
• hyim (South Scots)

[edit] References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [4]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[5]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893-4[6]