theezil

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English thyself, from Old English þīnes silfes, þīnre sylfre, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiːˈzɪɫ/

Pronoun

theezil

1. thyself, yourself, or thee
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 33:

     Deen theezil.

     Dress thyself.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:

     Come w' ouse, gosp Learry, theezil an Melchere;

     Come with us, gossip Larry, yourself and Miles;

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 72