n'eer

Yola

Adverb

n'eer

1. Alternative form of near (“never”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:

     Chote well aar aim was t'yie ouz n'eer a blowe.

     I saw (well) their intent was to give us ne'er a stroke.

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 84