Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Supple; active; athletic.
  • Same as yeld.

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  • adjective Alternative form of yauld.

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  • Not a real word. This is based on misspellings and nonsense.

    February 25, 2013

  • Challenge accepted!

    Dictionary of Lowland Scotch. page 289

    http://books.google.ca/books?id=FckRAAAAIAAJ

    "Yald sprightly active nimble alert yald-cuted (erroneously spelled yaul-cuted in Jamieson) nimble footed; from yald, nimble, and cute, an ankle

    Being yald and stout he wheel'd about

    And clove his head in twain

    -Hogg's Mountain Bard " (link to the Mountain Bard : http://books.google.ca/books?id=Zvw0AAAAMAAJ )

    February 25, 2013