dearnt
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Yola
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with English derned (“hided”). The dearnt in quotation should be dearn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dearnt
- hided
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:
- Our eein wode b' mistern t' dearnt up ee skee.
- Our eyes would be dazzled to
lookup to the sky.
- Our eyes would be dazzled to
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 33