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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English today, from Old English tōdæġ.
Pronunciation
Adverb
to-die
- today
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 59:Note will wee dra aaght to-die?- I don't know will we draw any to-day?
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 80:How yarthe to-die, mee joee?- How art thou to-day, my joy?
1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:Aar's a dole o' sneow apa greound to-die.- There is a deal of snow upon the ground to-day.
1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:Caulès will na get to wullaw to-die.- Horses will not get to wallow to-day.
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 59