angish

Yola

Etymology

Derived from Middle English ange, means pinchedness or straitness of life.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /anˈɡiːʃ/

Noun

angish [1]

  1. poverty
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 15[2]:
      Maa bee haghed i more caar an angish than Ich."
      May be upset in more care and hardship than I."

References
  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 23
  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
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