aamzil
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Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English amselve, from Old English heom selfum, equivalent to aam + zil.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
aamzil
- themselves
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:
- Aar gentrize ware bibbern, aamzil cou no stoane.
- Their gentry were quaking, themselves could not stand.
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 21