varreen

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish fearann (“land”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaˈɾiːn/

Noun

varreen

  1. The headland of a field.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
      A wuf is pa varreen.
      The gad is on the headland.

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 74
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