Yola edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English wisshen, from Old English wȳsċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

vish

  1. to wish
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 7:
      An vish aal vellas wi a deel.
      And wish all men with the divil,

References edit

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131