dwyth
Yola
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editd- + wiethe. Unetymological <d-> was added to distinguish it from waaite (“to attend”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdwyth (present participle dwythen, simple past dwytheth)
- to look on, behold
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:
- Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,
- We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,
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