bothom

Middle English

Noun

bothom

  1. Alternative form of botme

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English botom, from Old English botm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔˈtuːm/

Noun

bothom

  1. bottom[1]
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 108:
      A bothom vele udh.
      The bottom fell out.
  2. The thread wound into balls.[2]

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
  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, page 135
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