allaïr
Norman
Alternative forms
allaer
(
continental
)
aller
(
Jersey
)
Etymology
From
Old French
aler
, from
Early Medieval Latin
alāre
, of uncertain origin.
Verb
allaïr
(
Guernsey
)
to
go
Antonym:
v'nir
1903
, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in
Guernsey Folk Lore
[1]
, page
517
:
Va
où tu peux, meurs où tu deis.
Go
where you can, die where you must.