shimmereen
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English schimeringe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
shimmereen
- glittering
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:
- Zitch vaperreen, an shimmereen, fan ee-daff ee aar scoth!
- Such vapouring and glittering when stript in their shirts!
Verb edit
shimmereen
References edit
- 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 67