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yarth

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English

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Noun

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yarth (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) earth

Anagrams

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Yola

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English art, from Old English eart.

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Verb

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yarth

  1. art, are
    Synonym: is
Derived terms
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  • yarthe (art thou)
  • yarth (you art)

Etymology 2

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ye (you) +‎ yarth (art)

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Contraction

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yarth

  1. you art
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 56:
      Blessed yarth amang meyen.
      Blessed art thou amongst women.

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 79