Logy

logy a heavy and dull in respect of motion. Anglo-Saxon _liggan_, Dutch _logge_, a sluggard. In the United States the word is applied to men or animals, as a _logy_ preacher or a _logy_ horse. In Newfoundland, in like manner, they will speak of a _logy_ vessel, a slow sailer, and in addition, when f...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1959
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48594
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/48594 2023-12-31T10:16:46+01:00 Logy 1959/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48594 eng eng L 1896 PATTERSON Dialect of Nfld 23 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13445 L_13445_logy a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48594 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1959 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z logy a heavy and dull in respect of motion. Anglo-Saxon _liggan_, Dutch _logge_, a sluggard. In the United States the word is applied to men or animals, as a _logy_ preacher or a _logy_ horse. In Newfoundland, in like manner, they will speak of a _logy_ vessel, a slow sailer, and in addition, when from want of wind a boat or vessel cannot get ahead or can only proceed slowly, they will speak of having a _logy_ time. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1959 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I loggy Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jul 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Logy
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description logy a heavy and dull in respect of motion. Anglo-Saxon _liggan_, Dutch _logge_, a sluggard. In the United States the word is applied to men or animals, as a _logy_ preacher or a _logy_ horse. In Newfoundland, in like manner, they will speak of a _logy_ vessel, a slow sailer, and in addition, when from want of wind a boat or vessel cannot get ahead or can only proceed slowly, they will speak of having a _logy_ time. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1959 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I loggy Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jul 2015
format Manuscript
title Logy
title_short Logy
title_full Logy
title_fullStr Logy
title_full_unstemmed Logy
title_sort logy
publishDate 1959
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48594
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation L
1896 PATTERSON Dialect of Nfld 23
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13445
L_13445_logy a
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