wasth

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Yola

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Etymology

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From Late Middle English wast.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wasth

  1. wast
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Thou leeesth if thou wasth Saan Vinteen, and Saan Vinteen agyne.
      Thou liest if thou wast St. Finton, and St. Finton again.
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References

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  • 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 52