d'vànt qué

Norman

Adverb

d'vànt qué

  1. (Guernsey) before (at an earlier moment in time)
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 513:
      I' ne faut pas faire le cottìn d'vànt que le viau seit naï.
      One must not make the crib before the calf is born.
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