ee-naate

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English nẹ̄den, from Old English nīedan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈneːt/

Verb

ee-naate

1. constrained
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:

     Th' cowlee-man, fausteen, zey well 'twas ee-naate.

     The goal-keeper, trembling, said well 'twas intended them.

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 86