vethers

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English veþer, from Old English feþer, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛˈðiːz/

Noun

vethers

1. feathers
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:

     Ich zide [a] vethers o' mee cuck,

     I saw the feathers of my cock;

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 75