d'vànt qué

Norman

Adverb

d'vànt qué

1. (Guernsey) before (at an earlier moment in time)
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 513:

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

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