zince
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Yola
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English synnes.
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]zince
- since
- Synonym: zeeth
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 21-23:
- Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,
- The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,
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 114