d'vànt

See also: d'vant

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French devant (“in front of”).

Preposition

d'vànt

  1. (Guernsey) before
  2. (Guernsey) in front of
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page 518:
      I' s'en est allaï les pids d'vànt.
      He has gone feet foremost.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.