vlee

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vliː/

Verb

vlee (simple past vlew)

1. to fly
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:

     Th' commanès t'rapple; th' ball skir an vlee;

     The ball-clubs they rattled; the ball rose and flew;

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 75