mosth
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English moste, from Old English mōste.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mosth
- must
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:
- 'Cham afear'd ich mosth cress a Shanaan,
- I am afraid I must cross the Shannon,
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
- Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.
- But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.
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 104