zey

Yola

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• zei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziː/
• Homophones: zea, zee

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