heeve

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːv/
• Homophones: have, haeve, heve

Noun

heeve

1. hive
   • 1867, “THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 102:

     A heeve o' been, an dwanty shilleen.

     A hive of bees, and twenty shillings.

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:

     Lickweese mee been deeth in aar heeve.

     Likewise my bees die in their hive.

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 45