"ey up" meaning in English

See ey up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /eɪ ʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ey up.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ey up ! [canonical], ayup [alternative], ay up [alternative], eh up [alternative], eyup [alternative], hey up [alternative], 'ey up [alternative]
Etymology: Possibly from Old Norse; compare Swedish se upp (“watch out”). By surface analysis, ey + up, ay + up or eh + up. Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{cog|sv|se upp|t=watch out}} Swedish se upp (“watch out”), {{surf|en|ey|up|id1=hey}} By surface analysis, ey + up, {{univ|en|ay|up|notext=1}} ay + up, {{univ|en|eh|up|notext=1}} eh + up Head templates: {{tlb|en|Yorkshire|Northern England|&|Midlands}} (Yorkshire, Northern England and Midlands)
  1. Hello. Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-ey_up-en-intj-LYvX2btf
  2. How are you? Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-ey_up-en-intj-3yh9~BQG Categories (other): English greetings Disambiguation of English greetings: 31 50 10 5 2 2
  3. Look at that!, take notice of that! Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-ey_up-en-intj-FWOb2zuE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English univerbations, Midlands English, Northern England English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yorkshire English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 25 71 4 0 0 Disambiguation of English univerbations: 0 31 61 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Midlands English: 0 36 52 12 0 0 Disambiguation of Northern England English: 0 30 64 6 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 79 5 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 30 66 4 0 0 Disambiguation of Yorkshire English: 0 36 51 13 0 0
  4. Don't do that; a warning. Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-ey_up-en-intj-ZAntMki-
  5. What is that? Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-ey_up-en-intj-CAXfIslT
  6. Expressing joy. Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-ey_up-en-intj-~HW8fQwD

Alternative forms

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