th'ast
Appearance
Yola
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Contraction
[edit]th'ast
- thou hast
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:
- Ha-ho! be mee coshes, th'ast ee-pait it, co Joane;
- Hey-ho! by my conscience, you have paid it, quoth John;
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 21-23:
- Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,
- The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,
References
[edit]- 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 90