Noun
breede (plural brides)
- bride
- Coordinate term: breedegroom
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:Wee aar lhaung vlealès an pikkès, to waaite apan a breede.- With their long flails and picks, to wait upon the bride.
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."- Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."
1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:Thou ne'er eighthest buskès, whit palskès, breede-kaake.- Thou never eatedst spiced bread, white palskes, (or) bride-cake.
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 28