yarth

English

Noun

yarth (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) earth

Anagrams

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English art, from Old English eart.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jart̪/, /jart/

Verb

yarth

  1. art, are
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Contraction

yarth

  1. alternative form of yartha
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 56:
      Blessed yarth amang meyen.
      Blessed art thou amongst women.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 79
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