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Etymology
Derived from Irish maslaigh (“to dishonor”).
Pronunciation
Verb
masled (past participle a masled)
- rotten
1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 13:A big daal a masled, slavaak an a kernt.- A big lot were rotten, dirty and half-hatched.
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129