hoane

Yola

Alternative forms

• hoan, hone

Etymology

From Middle English hond, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic *handu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːn/
• Homophone: hang

Noun

hoane (plural hoanès)

1. hand
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 46:

     Ryaught hoane.

     Right hand.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 64:

     Reicht hoane.

     The right hand.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:

     Yerstey w'had a baree, gist ing oor hoane,

     Yesterday we had a goal just in our hand.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:

     Y'oure w' thee crookeen, an yie mee thee hoane.

     Give over your crossness, and give me your hand.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:

     Outh o'mee hoane ch'ull no part wi' Wathere.

     Out of my hand I'll not part with Walter.

Derived terms

• o'honde

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 46