onnaïe

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French anee, from an (“year”) from Latin annus (“year”). Perhaps alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *annāta, from Latin annō, annāre, compare French année, Walloon anêye, Italian annata.

Noun

onnaïe f (plural onnaïes)

  1. (Guernsey) year
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page 533:
      Si le soleil liet à méjour, le jour de Noué, il y aura bien des faeux l'annaïe ensuivant.
      If the sun shines at noon on Christmas Day, there will be many fires lighted in the ensuing year.

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