a voorneen
(Redirected from voorneen)
Yola edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- my dear
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:
- Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."
- Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."
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 96