cowdealeen

Yola

Etymology

Perhaps from unattested Middle English *scodlen, metathesis of Middle English scolden, with unexpected loss of initial s- and an extra syllable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔːdiːˈliːn/

Verb

cowdealeen

1. scolding
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     A war cowdealeen wi ooree.

     They were scolding with one another.

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 32