varreen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Irish fearann (“land”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]varreen
- The headland of a field.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
- A wuf is pa varreen.
- The gad is on the headland.
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 74