Reedforth
Yola
editEtymology
editreed (“red”) + *forth (“ford”)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editReedforth
- a surname, equivalent to English Radford
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:
- Lhaung life to Misteare Reedforth an his vamilee,
- Long life to Mister Radford and his family;
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 104