zwae
Yola
Etymology
Probably from Middle English swathe.
Noun
zwae
- rule
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 12:
- Fatherlie zwae.
- Paternal rule.
Verb
zwae
- to govern
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 19:
- Ye zwae.
- You govern.
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 114