gooude

Yola

Alternative forms

• gude, gayde

Etymology

From Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːd/, /ɡiːd/
• Homophone: gaed

Adjective

gooude

1. good

   Synonym: gooudee

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 37:

     A gooude earnough.

     A droll man.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 54:

     Hea's a gooude lickeen bye; Shea's a gooude lickeen michel.

     He's a good-looking boy; She's a good-looking girl.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 76:

     Gooude Vreedie.

     Good Friday.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

     Aar was a gooude puddeen maate o bran.

     There was a good pudding made of bran.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:

     An gooude usquebaugh ee-sarith uth in cooanès.

     And good whiskey served out in wooden cans.

Derived terms

• goounees

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 42