'twode

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Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

at +‎ wode

Pronunciation

Contraction

'twode

  1. that would
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:
      Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.
      They kicked and rolled, the few that (would) appeared.

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 86