galshied
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Metathesis from Middle English glasyd, past of glacen (“to glide”). Compare also hol (“from Middle English hlouen”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
galshied
- passed
- 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 10:
- Van a vierd durst a bargher an a haar galshied too,
- When a weasel crossed the road, and a hare
gazedat me too,
- When a weasel crossed the road, and a hare
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 129