vite

From Old French viste, of disputed origin; see vite.


avant

From Old French avant, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).


pus

Sème tes concombres en Mars,
 Tu n' airas qu' faire de pouque ni de sac;
 Sème-les en Avril, tu en airas ùn petit;
 Mé, j' les semerai en Mai;
 Et j'en airai pûs que té.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 537:

Sow your cucumbers in March,
 you will want neither bag nor sack;
 sow them in April, you will have a few;
 I will sow mine in May,
 and I shall have more than you.

(Jersey) more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)


oui

From Old French oïl, a contraction of o il, from Vulgar Latin hoc ille.


trop

From Old French trop (“unreasonably excessive”), from Frankish *þorp (“a cluster, agglomeration”).


tard

From Old French tard, tart, from Latin tarde.


mux

From Old French mielz, mialz, miels, from Latin melius.

Un mouisson à la main vaut mûx que daeux qui volent.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 514:

A bird in the hand is worth two on the wing.


bein

head

bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)


hors

From Old French fors, hors, from Latin foris, or back-derived from dehors, from Late Latin dē forīs.


souvent

From Old French suvent, sovent, from Latin subinde.


ichi

From Northern Old French chi (“here”), from Vulgar Latin *ecce hīc, with /i-/ added by analogy with Old French iluec (“there, in that place”), from Latin illoc. Compare French ici.


raide

From Old French reit, redde, early alteration of roide, from Latin rigidus.


affectueusement

From affectueux (“affectionate”) + -ment.


itou

Probably an alteration of Old French atout (“with”), influenced by itel (“such”).


grandement

Regularisation of Old French granment; by surface analysis, grand + -ment.


richement

From Old French richement, riche + -ment.


orains

Inherited from Old French orainz, from Latin hora + antes.


sans doute

Trop d'couques gâtent la soupe sans doute, et ché s'sait mus d'penser coumme tchi agrandi la pâte ou affêtchi la soupe au run d'hèrtchîngni tréjous pouor la manniéthe d'la cop'thie, ou la manniéthe dé couté ou d'dréch'rêsse.

2013 March 14, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier, archived from the original on 2016-03-13, page 20:

Too many cooks no doubt spoil the broth, and it'd be better to think about how to make the pie bigger or thicken the soup instead of always arguing over how to carry out the cutting or what type of knife or ladle to use.


biètaot

Compare Old French bientost, modern French bientôt.

Aube gelaïe est biétôt lavaïe.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 533:


auch't'haeure

From à (“at”) + ch't' (“this”) + haeure (“hour, time”).


miyeu

From Old French mielz, mialz, miels, from Latin melius. Cf. French mieux.

(Jersey) comparative degree of bein; better


ach'teu

From à (“at”) + ch't' (“this”) + heuthe (“hour, time”).


terjous

Il y a terjoûs un épi qui mànque à la guerbe.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 516:

There is always a spike of corn lacking in the sheaf.


ich'in

From Northern Old French chi (“here”), from Late Latin ecce hīc, with /i-/ added by analogy with Old French iluec (“there, in that place”), from Latin illoc.


daonc

From Old French dunc (“then”) (compare French donc).


assaïz

From Old French asez, from Late Latin ad satis.

Ill' y en a assaï pour tous les Tostevins.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 523:


d'vànt qué

I' ne faut pas faire le cottìn d'vànt que le viau seit naï.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 513:

One must not make the crib before the calf is born.

(Guernsey) before (at an earlier moment in time)


laongtemps

From Old French lonc tans (compare French longtemps).


ensemblle

From Old French ensemble, from Latin insimul, a variant of simul.


llian

Cherne de llien, tourmente de près; cherne de près, tourmente de llien.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 534:

If the halo round the moon is large, the storm is near; if the halo is small, the storm is far away.


ichîn

From an i taken from an Old French iluec (from Latin illōc) + Old French ci, itself from Late Latin ecce hīc.


drouait

From Old French droit, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin directus.


pourtchi

From Old French por quoi (compare French pourquoi).


quaend

From Old French quant, from Latin quandō.


d'la carre d'san yi

out of the corner of one's eye
out of the corner of one's eye


dans un clyîn dg'yi

in the wink of an eye
in the wink of an eye

(Jersey, idiomatic) in the wink of an eye


par êcantement

(Jersey) for laughs, for the sake of it, out of idle curiosity


dé pus en pus

(Jersey, idiomatic) more and more (used to express a progressive increase)


dé pus'th en pus

(idiomatic, Saint Ouën) more and more (used to express a progressive increase)


à m'suthe

(Jersey) in proportion and at the same time


à m'thuthe

(Saint Ouën) in proportion and at the same time


lamentabliément

lamentabl'ye (“deplorable, lamentable”) + -ment


preunmiéthement

From Old French premierement, equivalent to preunmyi (“first”) + -ment.


vraîment

From Old French veraiement, equivalent to vrai + -ment.


extraordinnaithement

extraordinnaithe (“extraordinary”) + -ment


entchiéthement

From Old French entierement, entchi (“whole, entire”) + -ment.


êlectriquement

êlectrique (“electric, electrical”) + -ment


proprément

(Jersey) cleanly (in a way which is not dirty)


avant-hièr

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


ogniet

I' fait caoud ogniet.


tréjouos

From Old French tresjors, from Vulgar Latin *transdiurnos, equivalent to très (“through”) + jouos (“days”).

Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.

In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.


tchiquefais

tchique + fais. Cognate with French quelquefois.


à dêtre et à s'nêtre

left, right and center
left, right and center

left, right and center (often figuratively, all over, in many different locations)


achteure

From à (“at”) + chute (“this”) + heure (“hour, time”).

(Cotentin, Pays d’Auge, Pays de Bray) now


açtheure

From à (“at”) + çte (“this”) + heure (“hour, time”).


achteû

From à (“at”) + chute (“this”) + heûe (“hour, time”).


achteû maishi

Univerbation of à (“at”) + chute (“this”) + heure (“hour, time”) + maishyi (“presently”).

univerbation

(Cotentin, Pays d’Auge, Pays d’Ouche, Avranchin) now


maishui

From Old French mais (“more”) + hui (“today”).

(Rouen, Roumois, Pays de Bray, Pays de Caux) henceforth, from now on


maishyi

From Old French maishui. Compare French méshui.

(Cotentin, Pays d’Auge) henceforth, from now on


maishi

(Pays d’Ouche, Pays d’Auge, Avranchin) henceforth, from now on


achteur

From à + chûte + heure, literally “to this hour”.


iloc

Inherited from Old French iloc, from Latin illoc.


byintôt

Attested in Old French as bien tost. Compare French bientôt.


tendrément

From Old French tendrement. By surface analysis, tendre + -ment.