fose

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

fose

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ir
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ir

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

fose

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ser
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ser

• IPA^(key): [ˈfose]

fose f

1. inflection of fosă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

fose

1. inflection of fosar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-West Germanic *hwes.

fose

1. whose
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 11:

     unnere fose fatherlie zwae oure daiez be ee-spant,

     under whose paternal rule our days are spent;

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 18:

     Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,

     We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,

• 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 114