Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Supple; active; athletic.
- Same as
yeld .
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- adjective Alternative form of
yauld .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An 'see the lish yald shepherd lads how Monkside heights they climb,
The Kielder Hunt 1998
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Fraunce he was worthyly resceyved, and so yorned a certeyn time with the kyng of Fraunce at Parys, whiche yald up certeyn londes of
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In this yere the kyng helde his parlement at Westm '; and at Estre next suynge he sente be his lettre to Thlewelyne prynce of Walys that he schulde comen to his parlement: wherof Thlewyne hadde gret dispite, and rebelled ayeyne: and thanne the kyng made newe werre to Walys so scharply that of verry nede the prynce of Walys yald hym to the kyng; and longe tyme he knelyd before the kyng, and the kyng dede hym grace.
JoeCoolHiker commented on the word yald
Not a real word. This is based on misspellings and nonsense.
February 25, 2013
alexz commented on the word yald
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