Part 994 (2/2)

2. Denoting the incessant crying of birds, S. A.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _galp-en_, gannire instar vulpis.

YAWS, _s. pl._ Apparently the disorder called _Syphilis_; also _Sivvens_, Orkn. Galloway.

YAXE, _s._ An axe, Buchan.

YE, YIE, (corr. printed _zei_.)

This seems to have originated from an imitation of the liquid sound used in Fr., in consequence of _g_ preceding _n_; or, where this was not the case, in consequence of the S. noun following the form of the verb which retained the sound of the Fr. infinitive or participle; as, _en-chainer_, _en-chaine_; whence S. _chenyie_.

YEABLES, _adv._ Perhaps, Loth. Border; _yeablesea_, A. Bor.

V. ~Able~.

YEALD, _adj._ Barren.

V. ~Yeld~.

_To_ YED, _v. n._ To contend, to wrangle, Loth. Isl. _odd-a_, _ydd-a_, excerto.

_Ramsay._

~Yed~, _s._ Strife, contention, Loth.

_Ramsay._

~Yealings~.

V. ~Yieldins~.

YEDDLE, _adj._ Thick, muddy; applied to water, Loth.

V. ~Adill~.

YEDE, YEID, YHED, YHUDE, YOWDE, _pret. v._ Went. _Yede_ is still used in Ang., _gaid_, S.

<script>