thaaye
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Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English þei, from Old Norse þeir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
thaaye
- they
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 12:
- Yet spite o hays praachin a mugges thaaye zunk.
- Yet spite of his preaching they emptied the jugs.
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 15:
- Thaaye got up a dance wi light hades an heels,
- They got up a dance with light heads and heels,
References[edit]
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133