avancet

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English avauncen, from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre.

Verb

avancet

  1. came
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 4:
      Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye,
      Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot,

Derived terms

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 116
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