greash

Yola

Alternative forms

• graace

Etymology

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace, from Latin grātia. Cognate with Scots grece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiːʃ/, /ɡɾiːs/

Noun

greash

1. grace
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Greash an' goouness.

     Grace and goodness.

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 43