Middle English Dictionary Entry
yed n.
Entry Info
Forms | yed n. Pl. (early SWM) ȝeddes. |
Etymology | OE ged(d |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A stylized utterance, keening.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12903 : Heo…bi-heold…ænne burinæsse and hire ȝeddes sæide ȝeomere stefne: ‘Wale Eleine; wale deore maide; wale þat ich þe uedde.’