Loiner
Loiner is a demonym, describing the citizens of Leeds.
The Rugby League club Leeds Rhinos were previously nicknamed the Loiners [1]
History
While there are several theories, the actual origin of the term remains uncertain.
The three competing theories are:
- Loiner could derive from the name Loidis (in use by the eighth century for the district around modern-day Leeds).[2]
- Another explanation says that in the 19th century there were many yards and closes around Briggate whose back entrances were known as Low Ins or Loins, hence Loiner.
- A third theory is that, in the area of Briggate, locals referred to numerous nearby streets as 'loins’, as a Leeds cognate for the Standard English word 'lanes'. People who gathered in these loins to gossip were therefore termed Loiners.[3]
Dialect
The term Leeds Loiner was included by Joseph Wright, a native of nearby Thackley, in the English Dialect Dictionary. The definition was "An inhabitant of Leeds". The entry suggests that the origin is linked to Marsh Lane in Leeds.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos/leeds-rhinos-flashback-loiners-come-back-from-the-dead-to-beat-saints-and-retain-the-cup-1-7253506
- ↑ http://www.yorkshire-england.co.uk/Leeds.html
- ↑ BBC - Leeds - voices2005 - Loiners of the world unite!
- ↑ Wright, Joseph (1902), The English Dialect Dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years; founded on the publications of the English Dialect Society and on a large amount of material never before printed, Volume 3 H-L
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