zwae
Yola
Etymology
Probably from Middle English sweyen (“to go, to drop”), from Old Norse sveigja, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.
The attested senses are a semantic loan from English sway; presumably this word had unattested senses directly inherited from Middle English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zwiː/
Noun
zwae
- rule
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 2-4:
- ye wake o'hopes ee-blighte, stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.
- the consequence of disappointed hopes, confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.
Verb
zwae
- to govern
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:
- Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,
- We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,
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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