Vinteen
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vinteen
- a surname, equivalent to English Finton
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Thou leeesth if thou wasth Saan Vinteen, an Saan Vinteen agyne.
- Thou liest if thou wast St. Finton, and St. Finton again.
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 52