yaf

"Some religious leaders are hesitant about disengaging with Jemaah Islamiah and Abu Say-yaf because they have been in bed together for some time," says Jesus Dureza, Arroyo's adviser on Mindanao.

The Road To Peace 2008

However, in the verb yaf'alu (yaf-ah-loo; to do), the dominant vowel is the fatHa (fat-hah; "ah" sound).

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

Se sergant dede þes lordes co {m} ma {n} dem {en} t. so paide þo werkmen and yaf euerich ane peny.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

He yaf an issue large, and ` Deeth! 'he cryde; 205

Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer

That to hir-self she seyde, ` Who yaf me drinke? '

Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer

And yef ye bieþ lepr {us} þurch diadliche senne. greded gode Merci {;} þet þo leprus yaf helþe ine bodie {;} þet he us yeue gostliche helþe. in ure saule.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

QUOTATION: This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf, —

Quotations 1919

Of hem that yaf him wherewith to scoleye [gave, study].

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

For he yaf thee a yeres-gyve, [36] · to yeme [37] wel thiselve,

English Satires Various 1885

And he seyde that kyng Edward maners were acordyng with the maners of his fadyr the water-berere, [37] for as moche as he loved swyche rude werkes: and for this seyenge moche peple yaf credence to hym and leved his wordes.

A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum Anonymous 1823