ee-height

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English heien.

Verb

ee-height (simple past heighed)

  1. raised
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5:
      At aar errone was var ameing 'ar 'ngish ee-height.
      That their errand was aiming to bring anguish upon them.

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 86
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