cowdealeen

Yola

Etymology

From unattested Middle English *skodlinge, metathesis of Middle English skoldinge. Initial s- was lost before /kuː/, compare keowe (“shove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːdiːˈliːn/

Verb

cowdealeen

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

     A war cowdealeen wi ooree.

     They were scolding with one another.

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 32