greound

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Noun

greound

1. Alternative form of greoune
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 15:

     F. greound, keow, meouth, pleough, sneow, steout.

     E. ground, cow, mouth, plough, snow, stout.

   • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:

     Aar's a dole o' sneow apa greound to-die.

     There is a deal of snow upon the ground to-day.

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 15