weddeen
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English weddynge, from Old English weddung.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
weddeen [1]
- wedding
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 94[1]:
- Aar was a weddeen ee Ballymore,
- There was a wedding in Ballymore,
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 1[2]:
- Chul zing o a weddeen o Paudeen Foughlaan,
- I'll sing of the wedding of Paddy Coughlan,
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 77
- ^ 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