bethther

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English better, from Old English betera, from Proto-West Germanic *batizō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛˈtiː/

Adjective

bethther

  1. better
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Wich ad wough bethther kwingokee or baagchoosee vursth?
      Whether had we better churn or bake first?

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 78
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