vish

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English wisshen, from Old English wȳsċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪʃ/

Verb

vish

1. to wish
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 7:

     An vish aal vellas wi a deel.

     And wish all men with the divil,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131