ee-blighte

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English *bleighte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈbliːt/

Verb

ee-blighte

1. have blighted
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 2-4:

     ye wake o'hopes ee-blighte, stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.

     the consequence of disappointed hopes, confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.

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 116