lemethès

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Alternative forms

lemethes

Etymology

From Middle English leme + -eth (“-et”). Compare West English libbets (limbets).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːˈmɛts/

Noun

lemethès

limbs, tatters, torn pieces.
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
  A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,
  A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

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 52

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