quiel laaune

Yola

Alternative forms

• ghiel-laaune

Etymology

First element is likely cognate with English quill (“sharp point”), second element is a variant of laane (“lane”). See also robunkshough (“a stout, stubborn person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiːɫˈlɔːn/, /ɡiːɫˈlɔːn/

Noun

quiel laaune

1. A smart lively fellow.

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 63