blayeen

Yola

Alternative forms

• blauyeen

Etymology

From Middle English blawing, from Old English blāwung (“blowing”), equivalent to blay +‎ een.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːˈiːn/, /blɔːˈiːn/

Noun

blayeen

1. blowing, shouting
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Zitch blakeen, an blayeen, fan ee ball was ee-drowe!

     Such bawling and shouting, when the ball was thrown!

Verb

blayeen

1. present participle of blay

References

• 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 26