rumcht
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ronage, from Old French arrumage (compare French arrimage), from arrumer (“to arrange the cargo in the hold”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
rumcht (past participle a rumcht)
- Speaking badly, at random, from rumch'd (tumbled or tossed).
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
- Ayenst zim vartful ropeare at a rumcht ouse avar.
- Against some wanton ranter that has raved (at) us before.
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 65 & 100