dwyth

Yola

Alternative forms

• dwithe

Etymology

d- +‎ wiethe. Unetymological <d-> was added to distinguish it from waaite (“to attend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwiːt/

Verb

dwyth (present participle dwythen, simple past dwytheth)

1. to look on, behold

   Synonyms: wiethe, looke

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:

     Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,

     We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,

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 114