zey

Yola

Verb

zey

  1. Alternative form of zee (“to see”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English seien, from Old English seċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan.

Alternative forms

Verb

zey (present participle zien or zyin, simple past zide or zeid or zaid or zed)

  1. to say
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in GLOSSARY OF 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 81 & 86
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