vlee
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vliː/
Verb
vlee (simple past vlew)
- to fly
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:
- Th' commanès t'rapple; th' ball skir an vlee;
- The ball-clubs they rattled; the ball rose and flew;
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 75
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