wi'
English
Preposition
wi'
- (poetic, dialectal) with
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Let's all sink wi' th' king.
- 1871, S. T. C., The Court and the Kiln: A Story on the Church Catechism, page 187:
- He's going to get some pots and pans Market-day, and then we'se going up country wi' 'em.
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Anagrams
Scots
Yola
Preposition
wi'
- Alternative form of wee (“with”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Dinna mell wi' it.
- Don't meddle with it.
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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 56
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