dher

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English dur, from Old English duru, from Proto-West Germanic *dur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː/
• Homophone: dear

Noun

dher

1. door
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 34:

     Lhause a dher; Theene a dher.

     Open the door; Shut the door.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 72:

     Tine a dher.

     Close the door.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 34