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Etymology
Influenced by Irish ceist.
Adverb
jeist
- Alternative form of gist
1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:Amang wefty jhemes, 'cha jeist ee-rid apan.- Among cobwebby scraps, I have just alighted on.
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 48