heeve
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi.
Noun
heeve
- hive
- 1867, “THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 102:
- A heeve o' been, an dwanty shilleen.
- A hive of bees, and twenty shillings.
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:
- Lickweese mee been deeth in aar heeve.
- Likewise my bees die in their hive.
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 45
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