vourthe

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English fourthe, from Old English fēorþa. Cognate with Scots fourt (“fourth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɔːt/
Homophone: Vorth

Adjective

vourthe

fourth
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 1-3:
  Wee, Vassalès o' 'His Most Gracious Majesty,' Wilyame ee Vourthe,
  We, the subjects of his Most Gracious Majesty, William IV.,

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 114

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