theezil
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English thyself, from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
theezil
- thyself, yourself, or thee
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 33:
- Deen theezil.
- Dress thyself.
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:
- Come w' ouse, gosp Learry, theezil an Melchere;
- Come with us, gossip Larry, yourself and Miles;
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 72