breedegroom
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō.
Noun
breedegroom
- bridegroom
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6:
- Boor lithel breedegroom.
- Poor dirty bridegroom.
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 96