drowe

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan.

Alternative forms

• draugh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾuː/, /dɾɔː/
• Homophones: drue, dra

Verb

drowe (simple past drowe, past participle ee-drowe)

1. to throw

Derived terms

• t'drowe

Etymology 2

From Middle English threw, from Old English þrēow, from Proto-West Germanic *þrē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾuː/

Verb

drowe

1. simple past of drowe
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Ich drowe ham.

     I threw him.

Usage notes

• Yola drowe (throw) and drowe (threw) are homophones.

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 36