to-die
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English today, from Old English tōdæġ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuːˈdiː/
Adverb
to-die
- today
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 59:
- Note will wee dra aaght to-die?
- I don't know will we draw any to-day?
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:
- How yarthe to-die, mee joee?
- How art thou to-day, my joy?
- 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:
- Aar's a dole o' sneow apa greound to-die.
- There is a deal of snow upon the ground to-day.
- 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:
- Caulès will na get to wullaw to-die.
- Horses will not get to wallow to-day.
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 59
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