Reedforth

Yola

Etymology

reed (“red”) +‎ *forth (“ford”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾiːdˈɸɔːt/

Proper noun

Reedforth

1. a surname, equivalent to English Radford
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     Lhaung life to Misteare Reedforth an his vamilee,

     Long life to Mister Radford and his family;

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 104