greash

greash

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace, from Latin grātia. Cognate with West English greäce.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɛːʃ/, /ɡraːs/

Noun

greash

  1. grace[1]
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Greash an' goouness.
      Grace and goodness.

References

  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, pages 76, 43
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