oaskean

Yola

Etymology

From earlier */aːsˈkaːn/, from Old English ascan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːsˈkɛːn/

Noun

oaskean

  1. alternative form of ashen (“ashes”)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Die oaskean.
      Ash Wednesday.

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 35
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