comfoort

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort.
From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʊmˈfɔːt/

Noun

comfoort

comfort
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:
  Mye thee friend ne're waant welcome, nor straayart comfoort.
  May thy friend ne'er want welcome, nor the stranger comfort.

Verb

comfoort

to comfort
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 104:
  Ar aany noor dhing at woode comfoort mee,
  Or any other thing that would comfort me,

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 31

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