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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language

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Y, == in. Pol. S. 151

Yard, sb. == rod. RG. 22; [ȝurd]. 2385 B.

—— == staff or sceptre. Ps. xliv. 7. AS. gyrd

Yard, sb. == courtyard. HD. 702. AS. geard

Yare, adj. == ready. RG. 396; [ȝarte]. O. and N. 1220. AS. gearo

—— v. a. == make ready. HD. 1350

Yare, adv. == of yore. 1512 B. AS. geara

Yate, v. a. == tell. Ritson’s AS. viii. 80. ON. géta

Yawn, v. n. [ȝonie]. O. and N. 292; [yene]. Body and Soul, 202. Alys. 485. AS. ganian

Ybrad. See Braid

Ycholle, == I shall. RG. 405

Ycoled, part. == helmeted, armed. Alys. 2686. AS. col, a helmet

Ydle. See Isle

Ydought. See Dow

Yea. 36 B.; [ya]. Alys. 3571

Year, sb. RG. 373. AS. gear

Yearn, v. a. Wright’s L. P. p. 43; [eorne]. O. and N. 1202

—— v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 63. AS. geornian

Yearning, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 72

Yell, v. n. [ȝulle]. 498 β; 2 s. pres. ‘ȝollest.’ O. and N. 223; pret. ‘ȝal.’ 502 β. AS. geallian

Yelling, sb. [ȝullinge]. 487 β. O. and N. 1641

Yellowman, sb. [ȝeolumon], Pol. S. 158

Yelp, v. n. == speak. Alys. 1065. AS. gilpan

—— == boast [ȝulpe], O. and N. 1650; part. ‘y-yolpe.’ Alys. 3368

Yelping [ȝulping], sb. == boasting. RG. 209, 210

Yeme, Yheme, Yheming. See ȝeme

Yene, sb. == yawn, q. v.

Yepe, adj. == ready. Alys. 1193. See ȝep

Yering, sb. == yearning, desire. Ritson’s AS. viii. 79

Yesterday. Ps. lxxxix. 4

Yet, adv. [ȝut]. RG. 372; [ȝot]. O. and N. 1695

Yfere, sb. == companions. Alys. 6906. AS. ge-fera

Yhaht. See Hatch

Yhatered, part. == clothed. Alys. 5922. See Hattren

Yhete, v. a. == cast, pour out. Ps. lxviii. 25; pret. ‘yhet.’ Ps. xli. 5; pl. ‘yhotten.’ Ps. lxxviii. 3; part. ‘yotten.’ Ps. lxxiii. 21. AS. geotan. See ‘ȝete’

Yhoten, sb. == giant, Ps. xviii. 7. AS. eóten

Yield, v. a. == give up. Alys. 3176; pret. ‘yolde.’ RG. 387; part. ‘y-yolde.’ RG. 449; ‘iȝulde.’ 612 B. AS. geldan

—— == repay. Alys. 132

—— v. n. == turn out. K. Horn, 495

Ylef, vb. == believe thou. RG. 265

Ylome, == frequently. See Ilome

Ylong, adv. == belonging to, proper to. Wright’s L. P. pp. 61, 74. AS. gelang

Ymette, adj. == moderate? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. gemet

Ymone, adv. == together, in concert. 380 β AS. gemana

Ympne. See Hymn

Ynele, == I ne will—I will not. RG. 314

Ynote, part. == noted, known. Alys. 59

Yoke, sb. RG. 453. AS. geoc

—— v. a. part. ‘y-yoked.’ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Yolk, sb. Fr. Sci. 240. AS. geolca

Yond, adv. [ȝund] == yonder. 1 β. AS. geond

Yond, adj. == farther, as the ‘yond half,’ or farther side. Ritson’s AS. viii. 200. 713 β

Yornandlike, adj. == desirable. Ps. xviii. 11

Young, adj. RG. 377; comp. ‘younger.’ RG. 423; sup. ‘youngest.’ RG. 381. AS. geong

Younghede, sb. [ȝonghede] == youth. Legend of St Cuthbert, in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15, n.

Younglike, adj. Ps. cxviii. 141

Youngling, sb. Alys. 2366

Your, adj. RG. 455; [ower]. RG. 500; [or]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Youth, sb. Body and Soul, 111; [ȝeuȝede]. Moral Ode, st. 178. AS. geogoð

Youthhede, sb. Ps. xlii. 4

Yox, v. n. == sob. 1570 B. AS. geocsa

Yoxing, sb. == hiccuping. RG. 34

Ypotanos. See Hippopotamus

Yraȝte, vb. == procreated? O. and N. 106

Yse, sb. == iron. Alys. 5149. AS. ísen. Germ. eisen

Ysome, adv. == together. RG. 3, 83. AS. gesome

Ysteot, part. == fastened. Alys. 2768

Yswerred, adj. == having necks. Alys. 6264. AS. sweora

Yswowe, part. == in a swoon. Alys. 2262. See Swoon

Ythe, adv. == easily. K. Horn, 61. AS. eáðe

Ythen, part. == flourishing, prosperous. See The, vb.

Ytolde, part. == pitched (of a tent). Alys. 5901. See Teld

Yvortrou, adj. == mistrustful. RG. 342

Ywrye. See Wreon

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