greash
Appearance
Yola
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English grace, from Old French grace, from Latin grātia. Cognate with Scots grece.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]greash
- grace
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Greash an' goouness.
- Grace and goodness.
References
[edit]- 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 43