aamzil

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Etymology

From Middle English amselve, from Old English him selfum, equivalent to aam +‎ zil.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

aamzil

  1. themselves
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:
      Aar gentrize ware bibbern, aamzil cou no stoane.
      Their gentry were quaking, themselves could not stand.

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 21