Welsh "hur"?
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Jan 22 21:02:43 UTC 2008
In an 18th century rendition of allegedly Welsh dialect, I have seen
"hur" many times. One example:
A Welshman being at the gallows [says] tell hur father and mother,
hur dies a very good Christian.
What are these two "hur"s?
I can imagine the second being "here", but have no idea about the first.
Joel
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