hierode

Central Franconian edit

Alternative forms edit

heirode (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology edit

Derived from the noun Hierot (“wedding”), seemingly under the influence of German heiraten (“to marry”). The old verb in the dialects is bestade; this is now obsolete in most places, but compare Luxembourgish bestueden.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhiːˌʀɔːdə/

Verb edit

hierode (third-person singular present hierot, past participle jehierot)

(Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive) to marry
Se hann jehierot un sibbe Pänz jekräje.
They married and got seven kids.
- 1983, “Polterovend”‎^[1]performed by Bläck Fööss:
  Hück es Polterovend en der Elsaßstroß,
  Denn der Pitter hierot morjen et Marie.
  Dat Marie hätt ich su jään für mich jehatt.
  Ich hann et och probeet, doch mich, mich wollt et nie.
  Today there’s Polterabend at Elsaßstraße,
  Because Peter marries Mary tomorrow.
  Mary I wanted so dearly for myself.
  I did try, but me she never wanted.