n'eer

Yola

Adverb

n'eer

  1. Alternative form of near (“never”)
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4:
      Chote well aar aim was t'yie ouz n'eer a blowe.
      I saw their intent was to give us ne'er a stroke.

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 84
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