kisth

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English kissen, from Old English cyssan, from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪst/

Verb

kisth

1. kissed
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:

     Zoo wough kisth, an wough parthet; earch man took his laave;

     So we kissed and we parted, each man took his leave;

Related terms

• kesse

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 96