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yarthe

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Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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yarth (art, are) +‎ thee (thou)

Pronunciation

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Contraction

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yarthe

  1. art thou? are you?
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      How yarthe to-die, mee joee?
      How art thou to-day, my joy?

References

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  • 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 80