vursth

Yola

Alternative forms

• vurst, virst, vrist

Etymology

From Middle English furst, first, frist, from Old English fyrest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vorst/, /vɪrst/, /vrɪst/

Adjective

vursth

1. first
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:

     Wich ad wough bethther kwingokee or baagchoosee vursth?

     Whether had we better churn or bake first?

   • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 108:

     A vursth stroke hea strooke

     The first stroke he struck

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 76