Weisforthe
Yola
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse Veisafjǫrðr (literally “inlet of the mudflats”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWeisforthe
- Wexford
- 1867, “Prologue”, in CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114:
- Ye soumissive Spakeen o'ouz Dwelleres o' Baronie Forthe, Weisforthe.
- The humble Address of the Inhabitants of the Barony of Forth, Wexford.
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 114