loothee

Yola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːθiː/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *leuþen (“to shelter”) + Irish -aí (“verbal noun suffix”).

Noun

loothee

  1. shelter

Etymology 2

From Middle English leuþe (“shelter”) + Irish -igh (“verb suffix”).

Verb

loothee (simple past lootheed)

  1. to shelter from cold

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 54
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