zey

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Yola

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English seien, from Old English seċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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zey (present participle zien, simple past zide or zaid)

  1. to say
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:
      Th' cowlee-man, fausteen, zey well 'twas ee-naate.
      The goal-keeper, trembling, said well 'twas intended them.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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zey

  1. Alternative form of zee (to see)
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:
      Zitch vezzeen, tarvizzeen, 'tell than w'ne'er zey.
      Such driving, and struggling, 'till then we ne'er saw.

References

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  • 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 81