croowe

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kruː/
  • IPA(key): /krəʊ/ (spelled crou)[1]

Noun

croowe

  1. crow[2]
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 108:
      A scalte croowe coome an taak aam awye,
      The scald-crow came and took them away,

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 156
  2. ^ 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 32
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