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weddeen

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English weddynge, from Old English weddung.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wɛˈdiːn/, /waˈdiːn/

Noun

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weddeen [1]

  1. wedding
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 94[1]:
      Aar was a weddeen ee Ballymore,
      There was a wedding in Ballymore,
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 1[2]:
      Chul zing o a weddeen o Paudeen Foughlaan,
      I'll sing of the wedding of Paddy Coughlan,

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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 77
  2. ^ 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