moulteen

Yola

Alternative forms

• moutheen

Etymology

From Middle English moltyng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊɫˈtiːn/, /mʊˈtiːn/

Noun

moulteen

1. (figurative) pining (wearing)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:

     More trolleen, an yalpeen, an moulteen away.

     More rolling and spewing, and pining away.

References

• 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 57