a voorneen

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”).

Noun

a voorneen

  1. my dear
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4:
      Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."
      Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 96
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