galshied

Yola

Etymology

Metathesis from Middle English glasyd, past of glacen (“to glide”). Compare also hol (“from Middle English hlouen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːɫˈʃiːd/

Verb

galshied

1. passed
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 10:

     Van a vierd durst a bargher an a haar galshied too,

     When a weasel crossed the road, and a hare gazed at me too,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129