valler

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See also: väller

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

vāller

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of vāllō

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English farrer (great, much).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

valler

  1. more, longer in time.
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:
      Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.
      The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.

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 74