英和和英

短縮形

y'ere

1. (obsolete, まれに) 短縮形 of ye were.
   • 1702, Charles Sedley, The Works of Sir Charles Sedley, Bar^t, page #6:

     Pardon me, Sir, my Bluntneſs muſt go on ;

     By barb’rous Fears and Counſels y’ere undone.

   • 1709, Robert Gould, A Satyr against the Pride, Luſt, and Inconſtancy, &c. of Woman, page #8:

     Rivers adorn the Earth ; the Fiſh, the Seas ;

     Flowers and Graſs, the Meadows ; Fruit and Trees ;

     The Starts, the Fields of Air thro’ which they ride ;

     And Woman all the Works of God beſide ;

     Yet baſe detracting Envy won’t allow

     They ſhould adorn themſelves ; then pray, Sir, now

     Produce ſome reaſons why y’ere ſo ſevere ;

     For envious as you are, you know they’re Fair.

アナグラム

• Eyer, Eyre, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer

発音

• Strong form: IPA^(key): /jiəɹ/, IPA^(key): /iəɹ/; Weak form: IPA^(key): /jɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

代名詞

yere (possessive)

1. (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
   • 2001, Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:

     What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]

   • 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:

     The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)

   • 2012 July 28, Christy O'Connor, “The first great rivalry of the 21st century”, in Irish Independent:

     "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"

使用する際の注意点

Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.

名詞

yere (複数形 yeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of year

アナグラム

• Eyer, Eyre, Reye, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer