bethther

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English better, from Old English betera, from Proto-West Germanic *batizō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈtiː/

Adjective

bethther

1. better
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Wich ad wough bethther kwingokee or baagchoosee vursth?

     Whether had we better churn or bake first?

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 78