vatherless

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English faderles, from Old English fæderlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *faderlaus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaðərləs/

Adjective

vatherless

1. fatherless
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:

     Neen chickès have hea ee-left vatherless.

     Nine chickens has he left fatherless.

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 102