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foryoudent, foryowdent, yald, yeeld, yiel, yiel$, yield, yieldit, youden, yowden,
yield [jil(d)]
n. A partial thaw, a relaxing of hard frost. A yield, a payment for loss or injury, compensation.
v. To give way, submit, succumb under pressure, fail in strength.
pt. yieldit, yald [jald]
pp. yieldit, yowden [ˈjʌudən] adj. Yielded.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
foryowdent: Tired, out of breath, overcome with weariness.
ale, aleberry, ale-berry, cap_ale, cap-ale, caup_ale, ile, meal_an_ale, meal_and_ale, meal-an-ale, yel, yill, yuill, yull,
yill [jɪl, jɛl, jʌl]
also ale [el]
n. Ale.
v. To serve with or treat to ale.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
alehoose: A house where ale is sold.
aleberry: MN. Oatmeal boiled in ale and sweetened with sugar.
caup ale: Once a kind of beer between table-beer and ale.
meal and ale: A mixture of oatmeal, ale, sugar and whisky consumed at harvest-home celebrations. The celebration itself.
jelin, yillen, yillin,
yillin [I.Sh. ˈjɪlɪn]
n. A windy shower of rain or drizzle.
Ale_Watter, Yill_Waeter, Yill_Watter,
Yill Watter [S. jɪl ˈwetər, -ˈwatər]
pn. Ale Water (Borders).
aert, airth, airthlins, eard, eart, earth, earthlins, eerd, eird, eirde, eirth, erd, erdit, erdlins, erdy, irth, irthlins, jard, yard, yarth, yearded, yearth, yerd, yerded, yerdid, yerdie, yerdit, yerdlins, yert, yerth, yird, yirded, yirden, yirdet, yirdid, yirdie, yirdit, yirdlins, yirdly, yirdy, yirth, yirthlins, yirthlins,
yird [jɪrd]
also erd [ɛrd], earth [eːrθ, S. jɪrθ, I.Sh. ert, ɪrt]
n. The Earth, the world. Soil, the grave. In ploughing: depth of furrow, also the angle at which a plough-sock is set to achieve that.
v. To lay in the earth, to bury a dead body, inter. To soil, cake or bespatter with earth, dirt or other filth. To bring violently to the ground.
pt. pp. yirdit adj. Bogged down. Burried.
 
yirdie
adj. Earthy.
 
yirdly
adj. Earthly
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hert o the earth: S. The self-heal Prunella vulgaris.
yirden: Earthen.
yirdlins [-lɪz]: adv. Earthwards, down to or along the ground.
earn, earned, ern, erned, ernit, jarm, jurn, yearn, yearned, yern, yerneens, yirn, yirnam, yirned, yirneens, yirnin, yirnins, yirnt,
yirn [jɪrn, jeːrn, NEC. eːrn, ɪrn]
v. To curdle milk etc. by adding rennet and applying heat. To cause to coagulate.
pt. pp. yirnt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
yirnin: The act of coagulating or curdling. Rennet. The human stomach.
yirnins: Rennet.
earn, ern, irm, jarm, jarmer, jurn, njaarm, njarm, njarm, nyaarm, nyaarm, nyarm, nyarm, nyirm, yaarm, yaarm, yaarmer, yairm, yarm, yarm, yarmer, yarmer, yearm, yearn, yerm, yern, yirm, yirn, yirnin,
yirn [jɪrn, jʌrn, jɪrm, jɛrm]
also I. (n)yaarm [(n)jaːrm]
n. A complaint, a whine.
v. To whimper, whine, nag, grumble, complain. I. To bleat likef a sheep. To mew like a cat in a plaintive, persistent manner. To yell, scream, shriek, vociferate.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
yaarmer: I. A fishermen's a taboo word for a sheep.
yirnin: Complaining, whining.
yairn, yern, yirn, yirned, yirnin, yirnt,
yirn [jɪrn]
v. To yearn.
pt. pp. yirnt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
yirnin: Yearning.
erp, irp, yarp, yarpid, yerp, yerp, yirp, yirpit,
yirp [jɪrp]
v. To chirp in a piping fashion. Bark, grumble, fret.
pt. pp. yirpiit
yerr, yirr,
yirr [jɪr]
n. The snarl or growl of a dog.
v. To snarl or growl.

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