ee-halt

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English y-halt, past participle of Middle English halt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈhaɫt/

Verb

ee-halt

1. past participle of houle
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:

     [Wee] vaate apan vaate a met-borde was ee-halt.

     [With vat upon vat a meat-borde was held.]

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 98