zey

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Etymology 1

From Middle English seien, from Old English seċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan.

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Pronunciation

Verb

zey (present participle zien, simple past zide or zaid)

  1. to say
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:
      Th' cowlee-man, fausteen, zey well 'twas ee-naate.
      The goal-keeper, trembling, said well 'twas intended them.

Etymology 2

Verb

zey

  1. Alternative form of zee (“to see”)
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:
      Zitch vezzeen, tarvizzeen, 'tell than w'ne'er zey.
      Such driving, and struggling, 'till then we ne'er saw.

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 81
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