w'ne'er

Yola

Etymology

w' +‎ ne'er

Contraction

w'ne'er

  1. we never
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:
      Zitch vezzeen, tarvizzeen, 'tell than w'ne'er zey.
      Such driving, and struggling, 'till then we ne'er saw.

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 86
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