ee-waare

Yola

Etymology

Derived from Middle English ware (“wore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈwɔː/

Verb

ee-waare

1. past participle of waare
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Vear'd nodhing mot Portheare. Na skeine e'er ee-waare.

     I feared nothing but Porter. No skein I ever wore.

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 106