ingsaury
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ing (“in”) + Middle English sory (“sorry”). Compare also Middle English insorwen (“to be in pain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ingsaury
- sorrowful
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
- Ingsaury neileare (pidh?) his niz outh o' harr.
- J——N—— put his nose out of socket.
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 100