ee-naate

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English neden, from Old English nīedan (“to force”).

Verb

ee-naate

  1. intended
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6:
      Th' cowlee-man, fausteen, zey well 'twas ee-naate.
      The goal-keeper, trembling, said well 'twas intended 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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