Posted by Pal Osgyany on 08/07/00 from 10.1.3.1 via proxy line-210-164.dial.matav.net:
In Reply to: Re: Picts and Martyrs Oddities posted by Robert Hill on August 07, 2000 at 17:29:13:
#23: "Girt old hen"
Girt - gert /adj. With a hard 'g'. emphasises or strengthens an adjective. Thu's nobbut a girt soft lass. You
are very soft hearted. (To a male person). Her bruther's a girt big feller. Her brother is extremely well built.
From the Lakeland dialect dictionary
See also:
The GonMad Cumbrian Dictionary
(As I'm translating PM into Hungarian and searching for resources I've found these two dialect dictionaries on the Internet.)