Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
earl .
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Examples
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"I dinna freely ken what that means; but gien 't be yer leddyship's wull to mak a yerl o 'me, I'm no to raise ony objections."
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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COOPER: So some of these spots, I mean, you were talking earlier about those about yerl art the hay bales that can burn for hours.
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"Never yerl o 'Colonsay had a better," said Miss Horn.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various
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"Weel, hoo are ye gettin 'on wi' the yerl?" asked the cobbler.
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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They tell me nane can be said to ken the yerl but his ain man.
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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"Hoo ken ye the auld yerl sae weel?" asked Mrs. Brookes, with a sly glance.
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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The auld yerl was something o 'a sanct himsel', rist the banes o '' im!
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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"We thoucht ye was awa 'for the simmer, seein' ye tuik the yoong gentleman wi 'ye, an' the yerl himsel 'followt!"
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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An 'wha kens what the mad yerl, for mad I s' uphaud him, an 'fit only to be lockit up -- wha kens what he may do neist!
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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But he was far frae stoot, an 'was a heap by himsel', nearhan 'as mickle as his lordship the present yerl.
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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