weddeen

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English weddynge, from Old English weddung.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wɛˈdiːn/, /waˈdiːn/

Noun

weddeen [1]

  1. wedding
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 94[1]:
      Aar was a weddeen ee Ballymore,
      There was a wedding in Ballymore,
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 1[2]:
      Chul zing o a weddeen o Paudeen Foughlaan,
      I'll sing of the wedding of Paddy Coughlan,

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, page 77
  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
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