Middle English Dictionary Entry
yẹ̄̆t adv.
Entry Info
Forms | yẹ̄̆t adv. Also yet(t)e, yetȝ, yeȝt, yit, yit(t)e, yut, yt, yt(t)e, ȝet, ȝet(t)e, ȝit, ȝit(t)e, ȝut, ȝut(t)e, get(te, ihet, it, (N or chiefly N) yeit, yiet, yȝet, yhit(te, ȝeit(e, ȝhete, ȝhit, giet(e, giate, (SW) ȝuit(e, ȝuȝt & ȝēt(e, gēte & (early) ȝeiet, ȝiet(e, geth, git, gæt, iet, (SW or SWM) ȝeot, ȝot, ȝuet, hyet & (?errors) yech, ghe, zit, þet, þeit, þat. For forms yhet(e, yhette, yhut, yȝt, yth(e, ȝed, ȝith, ȝid, ȝiehett, ȝyȝt, ȝyht, ȝat, iȝut, hyt, huit see LALME 4.73-4. |
Etymology | OE gīt, gīet, gēt, gȳt & gīta, gīeta, gēta, gȳta; forms with -tt- may ult. be derived from OE gīt plus þā adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. the-yet adv., yetten adv.
1.
(a) In addition to a claim, an assertion, a remark, an explanation, etc. already made, further, additionally; also, moreover, furthermore; also, used parenthetically: to continue, one might add; ~ eft (ferther, firre, more); ~ ther-to; and ~; the ~ [see the-yet adv. (c)];
(b) introducing an additional member of a series: and, also; ~ also, and (ac) ~; ne (neither…) ~, nor also, nor yet; or (other) ~, or, or further;
(c) in addition to a number or quantity already indicated, besides, still, yet; ?also, next in order [quot. a1393]; and ~; ferther ~;
(d) as an intensifier: even;—also used to emphasize one member of a series; with comp.: to a greater extent, even; with sup.: beyond all others;
(e) indicating repetition of an action implied or mentioned: once again, for an additional time; also, back again; ~ ayen; ~ ones, once more.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)42/30 : Drihten…betæhte þæt eadige mæden his cænnestran þan clæne mæn Johanne…Get wislice þæt hire clænesta mægeðhad þan clænen mænn geðeodd wære mid gecwemre geferræddene on wynsumre drohtnunge.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)12/29 : On þam dæȝe ȝe biddæþ on mine nome ȝeornlice; & ic ne sæde eow ȝyt þæt ic sylf wulle biddan ðone ylcæ Fæder.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)8/11 : Ȝif ic wiste, leof, þet ðu mine word hældan woldest…þonne wolde ic ðe sceawian ȝyt sum ðare ðingæ ðe he me swiðlice forbead þet ic ðe sceawian.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17708 : He þær till Nicodem Ȝet spacc þuss off himm sellfenn.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)235 : Ȝeiet he cweð a wunder worder to þar sawle bi þa witie ysaiam.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)65/1 : Þench ȝet [Cai: geth] on oþer half, hwet is word bute wind.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12820 : Ȝet þe cniht seide to þan uolc-kinge…‘We habbeð wið him iuohten wel feole siðen.’
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)309 : Ȝet [Jes-O: Þet] þu me seist of oþer þinge & telst þat ich ne can noȝt singe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)33/26 : And yet eft þer byeþ zix poyns kueade huerby sleuþe brengeþ man to his ende.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 7.20 : What þanne ȝit dauyþ schal mown added þat he speke to þee?
- (a1392) Clanvowe 2 Ways (UC 97)78/810 : And ȝet þerto he shal haaue þe loue of alle þe companye of heuene.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.852 : Yet forgat I to maken rehersaille Of watres corosif or of lymaille.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1105 : Ȝet firre…a forwarde we make.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1245 : Þe world may yhit…Be lykend…To a feld ful of batailles Of enemys, þat ilk day men assayles.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)5/25 : Sain benet spekis yet of þa þat sall be abotis.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.92 : Herto I adde yit this thing.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)2 : Ȝitt ferþer þus: love may not be had anentis eny persone wiþoute knowing, [etc.].
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)143/779 : And ȝit wol y schewe as y haue herde of proued maysterus a good medicyne & swyþe helynge for hors eyen.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)11/6 : Kepe silens but it be for grete ineuitable nede and yit with leve yif þou mayst.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)176/6 : It liketh me yett to speke of the good purpos that longithe to studye for by cause I haue said her befor that the studyantes ought to do gret diligence in the getyng of science.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)187/34 : And ȝeet mor, when Crist was taken, Petyr dro hys sworde, and smot of Malkys ere.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1506 : Where colde werchith in mater moyst & clere, yett of such worching whitnes wil apere.
b
- a1250(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Tit D.18)5/49 : In þis burh was wuniende a meiden…feier ant freoliche…Ah ȝet, þet is mare wurð, staðelfest wiðinnen of treowe bileaue.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1109 : Yiet [vr. And ȝhit] a nomen þornes kene And mad him a gerlond.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1009 : Y make þe here þis present Fram þe maiden Blancheflour…Þe gerfauk & þe stede also…& ȝete hir loue wiþ þan.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1942 : Nat was foryeten the porter ydelnesse, Ne Narcisus the faire of yore agon, Ne yet the folie of kyng Salomon.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2005 : The sleere of hymself yet saugh I ther.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.612 : His lord wel koude he plesen subtilly…haue a thank and yet a coote and hood.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14984 : Þair lauerd was noþer cledd Wit silk ne yeitt cendel.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)7/10 : Perchaunce þou art not so stronge as he þat is þin euenehelde ne he þus as an oþur þat is of euene age, neþur he ȝit as an hors or an olifaunt.
- a1425 Life St.Bridget (Cld B.1)3/7 : Sho departed hir gude amange hir childir and pore folke; and also sho changed hir clethinge and hir lifinge; and þat ;?read: yat or yet] had done grettir þinges had sho noȝt bene bodin to go to Rome.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)18/6 : Noiþer he spekiþ in þis of swannes ne of pekokes…ne ȝett of sewes.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.1 : Þis hasteler, pasteler, and potagere, And ȝet þo scholer þat foloes in fere.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)23 : Such of her servaunts as shall be appoynted, be etynge within the courte or yit taking any lyveres as the King’s charge.
- a1500 NPass.(Hrl 215)173/347 : Wasch honden & fet we biddeþ þe…And ihet forget þou noȝt þat heued.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)473 : I beseche þe…Þat…þou shewe þi powere…þat þe deuel haue no might Ne ȝit þe maistrie forto wynne.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3165 : In God of heue[n] her truþe shal be And her children ȝit also.
- -?-(1415) Will in Som.RS 16401 : If any…man or woman be that cane pleyn him that ich have oppressed hym or do wrange to him, other yete with my bestys, his corne, or his grase and noughte amendyd hit to hym…I bequethe x li.
c
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)77/24 : Se man þe on me belefð, þa weorc þe ic wyrce he wyrcð, & get mare he wyrcð, for ic fare to minen Fæder, & eall þæt ge beseceð æt mine Fæder on minen name, eall hit ic do.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/5 : Git þær is oþer tacnuncg alswa deep swa ðis.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10425 : Tiss mann unnderrstanndenn maȝȝ Ȝet onn an oþerr wise.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)3/7 : Giet is an oðer derne senne ðe me and maniȝe oðre saule hafð beswiken.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)63/682 : Hit…forschaldede of ham as hit up scheat alle italde bitale seoue siðe tene & forðre ȝet fiue.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)47,49 : Ȝit me þuȝte an oþer…Þat te sunne & þe mone fellen to mi fot; Ȝit me þuȝte þe þridde…Þat elleue sterren to fote fellen me.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)14241 : And [Clg: at] Camelford were mid Arthur sixti þousend manne and mo þousendes ȝite.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)490 : Euereche daye fourty mile and ȝeot sumdel mo.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2183 : Get is ðor on…He is gungest, hoten beniamin.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.6.39 : Ne waxe not wrooþ þy woodnes aȝeyns me ȝif ȝet onys y tempte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1402 : Alpheta…is the twelfthe sterre yit.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20053 : Mare þar-of i sai þe yett [Phys-E: giete].
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)796/211 : Ȝuite oþer strange folc hider þou hauest ybrout.
- a1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)147 : Mo tokyns He schewed tham yette.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.915 : And yet another craft sleeth fleen: Wattrid cucumber seed.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1229 : Ȝit sayþ þe wye on þe walle o word mor.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1154 : Anothir mounte there is ȝete Men clepeth þe mounte of Olivete.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)168/183 : But othere offerynge ȝett must ȝe make.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)23b/a : Oþere men putten iiij…and ȝitt summe oþere þuttiþ vj.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)160 : Ȝet ar þer of þeim nyne moo.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)210 : A þousande ȝere and þritty mo and yet threnen aght.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)116/9 : Lucas þe godspellere hit sæȝð ȝyt cyðlicor.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)168 : He beþ full off Haliȝ Gast Ȝet inn hiss moderr wambe.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/347 : Hit is speatewile forte þenche þron, & forte speoken þrof ȝet speatewilre.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)36/10 : Worltliche leueð lut, religiuse ȝet leas.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)505 : Ȝet þu singst worse þon þe heisugge.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)7/70 : For Murri heo weop sore, & for horn ȝute more.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)8/33 : Þe ilke þet berþ longe wreþe ayens oþren, vor zuich wreþe longe y-hyealde and byuealde ine herte is ine wreþe…þet is dyadlich zenne…And yet zeneȝeþ he more þet deþ oþer porchaceþ ssame oþer harm to oþren wrongliche.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Bar.6.40 : Hou therfore is it…to be saide hem for to be goddis; ȝit the ylk Caldeis not honourynge hem?
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1806 : This is yet the beste game of alle.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11575 : Ar he self wald, þat mighti king, To ded it moght namen him bring, And not yeitt þan þat he ne suld rise, Al at his aun deuise.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)7437 : More ȝuȝt [A: he ne ouercom noȝt kinges alone ac wel more þer to, Ac he ouercom þe deuel & adoun him caste].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8469 : Hector isseth out…Of alle worþi ȝit þe worþiest Þat euere was.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)142a/b : If in þe stede of water were put wyne, ȝette were it more stronge.
- c1440(?a1400) ?Nassyngton Trin.& U.(Thrn)305 : I halde me ȝitt werse, & mare wode Þan þe Iewes ware.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)298 : If eny man cometh to me and hatith not his…britheren and sistren and ȝit his owne lijf, he mai not be my disciple.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)71 : Emplastre planteyn rote to þat place þat a scorpion haþ stunge…ȝit beter is þe sede of hit.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3168 : Stond nere ȝit the barr.
- a1500 God made (Dgb 88)14 : The xij day goo vppon noo floode, And the xiij ys yet not so good.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)442 : More þan the sonne by vij folde Ȝit haue þei ioye on him to biholde.
e
- 1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Nu him be hofed þæt he crape in his mycele codde in ælc hyrne gif þær wære hure an unwreste wrenc þæt he mihte ȝet be swicen anes Crist & eall Cristene folc.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)127/16 : We sæigden eow, & get secgeð, þæt we ne mugen eall þas raca eow beo ændebyrdnysse secgen.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)17 : Gif he nulle, nim tweien of þine freond and ga ȝet bi-sec hine.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)734 : Floriz forþ his nekke bed, And Blauncheflur wiþdraȝe him ȝet.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)79 : Ȝeot cam seint Miȝhel eft-sone to þe bischope þere.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)505 : Get he sal cumen or domes-day…And tholen dead vnder antecrist.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4031 : Get he [Balaac] ledde him [Balaam] to munt fegor, And efte he sacrede deres mor.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.16.18 : Steȝe ȝee vp ȝit onys.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 3.8 : Þe lord leide to & ȝit clepede Samuel þe þridde tyme.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4203 : Twies in his slepyng dremed he, And atte thridde tyme yet his felawe Cam as hym thoughte and seyde, ‘I am now slawe.’
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2687 : She rist yit up, and stakereth her and there.
- (1431) Will York in Sur.Soc.3015 : Unum flatt pece cum scriptura in cooperculo, ‘Drynk and fyll ȝytt’.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1012-14 : Hit was destroied yitte affter this With the kinge Antiochus, And ȝitte ayenne made was he Of þe kinge Iudas Machabe.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)490 : Now I say ȝet ageyn, caueatis!
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)142/33 : Ofte-tymes y haue sayde the and consaillid, And ytte agayne y say and the amoneste, that the blode of a man gladly ne do noght Shede.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)827 : Whanne þe deuels weren…out of oure goddis cropen, Whanne þei weren brent…Ȝit he and his fel felawes lepen efte In some ymage þat weren lefte.
2.
(a) Nonetheless, even so, anyway; ~ never-the-les (not for-than), no-the-lesse ~; and ~, but ~ (for-thi; thanne ~; the ~ [see the-yet adv. (b)];
(b) contrary or in contrast to the foregoing, however, but; and (ac, but) ~;
(c) in correl. constructions with concessive force: al be hit…~, al be (hit) that…~, al) if…~, al if (hit be so) that…~, al-)though…~, al-though that…~, if al…~, hou be…that…~, not-with-stondinge that (though)…~, so be hit ever…that…~, even if (sth. is so)…nonetheless (sth. else is so), although it may be that (sth. is true, has occurred, etc.)…even so (sth. else is true, etc.); as…as…~, what so…~, no matter (to what extent sb. has done sth., what sb. does)…still (sth. will or did not occur); also, with reversal of the elements: ~…al if (though), (sth. is) still (so) even if (sth. else is the case) [see also though conj. 2b.(b)].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)125/27 : Ne beheolde þu minne þeowe Job, þæt his gelica mis on eorðe, & get he healt his unscæððignysse?
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)42/28 : Þe…ne biþ clæne þe ðe biwepð þa ðurhtoȝene synne, & þonne ȝit ne forlæteþ.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)109 : Ich heuede al uorloren paradises blisse; Þu hauest ȝet forboren me uor þine godnesse.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)679 : Ac noþeles ȝut [Jes-O: hyet] upe þon Her is to red wo hine kon.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1697 : Ȝot ich…wolde rede…Þat ower fihtlac leteþ beo.
- c1300 SLeg.MPChr.(LdMisc 108)682 : Ane daies Jorneie it was fram þe watere of Jordan; ȝeot þis womman for heore broþer to ore louerd heo senden ane Man, þat he come þudere.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)617 : He sag erðe drie & te water awai; Get he was wis and nogt to rad, Gede he nogt ut til god him bad.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1178 : We stryue as dide the houndes for the boon; They foghte al day, and yet hir part was noon.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)63 : He wolde haue red of his folk and fare to hem ȝitte.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)7976 : Dauid regned kyng þore…Not wiþouten strif & fiȝt; ȝitt helde he wel his owne riȝt.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.423 : I haue be prest…passynge thretti wynter; Ȝete can I neither solfe ne synge ne seyntes lyues rede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1759 : Dionisius…Þet [read: Yet] þat tyme, astonyed in his mynde, Seide, [etc.].
- a1425 MChristi (Arun 286)65/2141 : Þis ȝarde of Aaron…was al drye…and ȝite it bare boþe leef and frute.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)91 : Ye ben a-basshed…But yit for-thi ȝe folow shul yn dede.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1465 : Ȝet not-forthan I wyl not blynne…Lyche as I can this story to begynne.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.57.39a : And ȝit neuerþeles…he wulde seien wiþ his mouþ þat he wulde nouȝt chesen pride for his god.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)148 : But yit, not withestondinge þis, It come ayene the thirde day aftir.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)67 : He gaue you the x Comaundementes of youre lawe, And yet, for al thys goodnes, ye mokke youre Lorde.
b
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)293 : Nis hit bute gamen and glie of þat man mai here drie, And ȝiet ne doð hem naht alse wo in þe loðe bende.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)187/28 : Ȝet seið moni mon, hweat is godd þe betere þah ich pini me for his luue?
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)309 : Get ic wene I can a red.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3344 : Þe castel was ynome & þat folc to sprad þere; Ȝute, þo hii adde al ydo, hii ne founde noȝt þe king þere.
- c1390 Bi west (Vrn)143 : Lo! heer…vr lust…Ȝet ȝif we wole repente and ryse, Merci passeþ alle þinge.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.786 : Mundus…was a worthi knyht; Bot yet he was noght of such myht The strengthe of love to withstonde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21534 : Quen he right dipe had doluen þare…He fand tua crosses and þat ilk, Bot yeit ne wist þat quilk was quilk.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)373/23 : Manye wolde seye þat pore Laȝar stood in greet myserie, whanne þe riche man stood in greet ioie & qwietenesse, & ȝit was it not so.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10731 : He tok…mete & drynke & hors prouende; ȝit toke þei non wyþ no maistrie, But bought hit.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)7291 : He was full pale of hewe…Yet [vr. yite] was he of bones large and longe.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)106/17 : He was balled, and ȝet had he a childis face.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)165/27 : He was not no kyng of hy degre…But yit he was kyng of Pelpeson.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)6/28 : He abstaynet hym of his synne a while, but ȝet by entysyng of þe fend, on a day, he forȝet hymselfe.
c
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)118/831 : Þah þu wið þi wicchecreft habbe imaket se monie to eornen towart hare deað as ha weren wode, ȝet, ȝef þu wiðdreiest te…þu maht in alle murhðe longe libben wið me.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)158/18 : Ȝet nis nawt þe deme, þet is skile, ipaiet þat he beo i bunden.
- a1275 Judas (Trin-C B.14.39)34 : Þau pilatus him come wid ten hundred cnistes, yet ic wolde, louerd, for þi loue fiste.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)995 : So bo hit euer in unker siþe Þat þu bo sori & ich bliþe, Ȝut þu aisheist wi ich ne fare In to oþer londe & singe þare.
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.39 : Þey Þouȝ be…blowen wiþ þe wind away…Ȝeot schaltouȝ come wiþ lime and lyþ Agein to me on domesday.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1943 : Quat-so him drempte ðor-quiles he slep…Get wurde he worpen naked and cold.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)515 : Þouȝh he were komen…of kende cherls…ȝut wiþ worchepe I wene I miȝt him wel love.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.255 : Thogh a wydwe hadde noght a sho, So plesant was his ‘In principio’ Yet wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.298 : Al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1154/21 : Þough þe cocatrice be venymous withoute remedy while he is on lyue, ȝit he leseþ alle malice whanne he is ybrent.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)8874 : Alle-if I kan noght descryve þat stede, Yhit wille I ymagyn…For to gyf it a descripcion.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)44/7 : Alle ȝif þat it be not partye of þe anothomie, ȝit wille y write of whiche veynes men ben moste comunelie leten blode off.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)72/11 : Alle ȝif it so be þat þer be but one bone, ȝit it haþ þre names.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.55/18 : Yf I haue vnrightwysly gete my money ȝit sum of that I haue decreid to conuerte yn-to goode werkys.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)3/31 : All though that in me be connyng to lite Where thorugh any myght haue appetite In my wordes ought for to lerne or take, Yit som tyme is seen that symple men make Grete iournaye.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)162/134 : Als wyde in worlde als we haue wente, Itt fand we neuere swilke ferly fare.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13409 : On Iezabell ȝett mynd had he, all yf scho had styrd mekyll stryf.
- c1450 Treat.Perf.(Add 37790)234/7 : Ȝyf alle a man trede it with his fete, ȝit he is not hurte þerwith.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)40/9 : Al be it þat such a mornyng soule in charite come late to here spouse ihesu, yit she hopith to come and bringe many with here.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)408/32 : Howbe I am sure that yondir knyght ys called a passynge good knyght…yett shall I never yelde me.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)43/15 : Notwithstonding that natur of childirn may not be brought to lernyng but only by drede, yett the sone of a prynce behoveth to be brought in by other maneir.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)49/13 : Notwithstonding thoughe he by the grace of God be chosen to so grete estate, yet he is as mortall as an othir.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.283 : Alþei þe precept pasyd in þat it was cerimonial…ȝet it dwellyd in þat it was and is moral.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)731/4 : Þowȝe prelates…of holy chyrch preche to hem þe worde of gode…Yetȝ þey say, ‘whyle we may lyve her And haue all þe solas & þe myrth of þis worlde…Oþer Ioye of heven kepe we non to haue.’
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)1/21 : Al-be-hit I am vnsufficient…Vnder youre supporte yut aunter wyl me.
3a.
(a) Still at this or that time; also, to this day, even now; ~ hider-to; ~ in-to this houre, ~ this dai, etc.; as ~; the ~ [see the-yet adv. (a)]; ~ in-to (unto), to (a specified time); also, right up till (a specified time);
(b) for the time being, for a while yet; in negative statements: just yet; ~ a while (litel time); as ~;
(c) after or from this or that time, hereafter, thereafter; also, still (for a specified time) after this or that point; also, with diminished force: ?after this [last quot.]; ~ after this; ~ todai (to-yere, etc. ), before this day (this year, etc.) is out, in this coming day (this very year, etc.); ever ~ of, continuously from (someone’s childhood);
(d) in negative statements, limiting statements, etc.: as of yet, so far; (not) yet; also, as of that time; (not) then; as ~;
(e) in questions and implied questions: by now, at this point;
(f) not ~, no longer.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)50/6 : Synd swa þeh get þa dwollice bec, æigðer gea on leden gea on Ænglisc & heo rædeð ungeræde mæn.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : He hadde get his tresor, ac he to deld it & scatered sotlice.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)104/25 : Ofte siþæs hit ilamp, & nu ȝyt deþ.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)34/32 : He…heom…in to þare halȝæ rode ahon het, ðær ȝyt oð þysne andweardan dæȝ heo ihealdene weron.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)5 : Vnnet lif ich habbe iled & ȝet [Eg(2): ȝyet; Eg(1): ȝuet] me þingþ ilede.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)27/27 : Ðe wrihte his timber to keruen after ðare mone…is ikyndelich þing; elles hit is al ȝedwoll and of haðenesse ȝiet wiðhealden.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)184/21 : He þe is ure heaued sweatte blodes swat for ure secnesse to turnen us of þet lond uuel þet alle londes leien on & liggeð ȝette [Cai: gette] monie.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)161/12 : Þeos two þinges, wo and scheome…beren him up to parais, þer he liueð ȝut.
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)344 : Sein gregori prechede…Is tales þat he tolde, heo beit þeit [read: yeit] ful coiþe [read: couþe].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3559 : Eorles…leiden þene king bi ane ȝate þat ȝet me cleoped ful iwis Port Lud a Bruttisce.
- a1300 Ancr.(Cai 234/120)46/32 : Þus neod ful he wes & is iet þis dai.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)507-8 : Þe Aumperour song þo þis song þat wel is ȝvyt vnder-stonde, For ȝuyt men it singueth in holie churche.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(LdMisc 108)195 : Þare he hath euereft to þis dai i-beo; and so he is ȝuyte.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1488 : Iacob an time him seð a mete, Ðat man callen lentil gete.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7543 : Bote a man conne frenss, me telþ of him lute, Ac lowe men holdeþ to engliss & to hor owe speche ȝute.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1955 : Alle real reveles rinkes rif bigunne, ridende þurth Rome…riȝt to þe chef cherch þat chosen is ȝutte, and clepud…þe cherche of Seynt Petyr.
- (1376) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.2 : Þe forseide water weddede margerie, wuch þat ȝut lyueth.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2772 : Yit into nou it hath be thus, At alle time if it befelle So that I mihte come and duelle In place ther my ladi were, I was noght slow ne slepi there.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14237 : Lazar was a heie-born man; His kin war yeit [Göt: ȝeite] abute him þan.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)22 : He…was ay als wys and ful of wytte And als myghty als he es yhitte.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.63/9 : Ȝeit abydyth that mervelous and glorious myracle of that howse to be seyn.
- (1434-43) Doc.Trade in BRS 782 : They hafe refused and yet refusen and converten thes said godes…to their owen propre use.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)4537 : Þe water hette ywisse ȝett hiderto via gehennis.
- c1450 All this day (Cai 383/603)p.306 : All vnswope ys owre vlech…Oure ruschen ben vnrepe yech [read: yeth].
- c1450 All this day (Cai 383/603)p.306 : Yut is the dow vndur my nayl As ic knad this holyday.
- (c1460) Paston (EETS)2.341 : Youre seid suppleaunt…paied x marc. more…to his gret hurt at that tyme being a yong begynnere, and so as yette berith the seid losse.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1049/6 : Thys was well yet unto the end of mete.
- a1500 St.Brendan Conf.(Lamb 541)14/226 : I haue resseyued goodis of myn euencristen…and ȝit in to þis hour I haue not ne can not ȝelden it iustli aȝein.
b
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Þis was his in gang; of his ut gang ne cunne we iett noht seggon.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)100/13 : He walde þæt his godcundlice miht wære ȝyt þam deofle bihud.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)71/294 : Vre deð he [God] do in firste ȝet.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)270 : Abid a lutel yete.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2060 : For godes loue a-bid ȝut here.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10174 : Þoru bisokne of þe king delayed it was ȝute Vorte wiþinne leinte.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)988 : Les nouȝt is liif ȝut for a litel wille.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2676 : Meyntenes ȝit ȝoure manchip manli a while.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 7.33 : Ȝit a litel tyme I am with ȝou, and I go to the fadir, that sente me.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.120 : Thogh youre grene youthe floure as yit, In crepeth age alwey.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)614 : Ȝif þou childest in þis stounde, Þi childe shal be myd sorouȝ bounde…Wiþhelde þee ȝut.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.105 : I shal fynde a meene That she naught wite as yet shal what I mene.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)306 : Þat he had sene before in spirit, he helde it all’ pryue ȝyt.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)10241 : Thow ow not yet in no wyse To make here no sacrafice.
- (1470) Paston (EETS)1.417 : He oweth not to assent as yit that W. Passton shold relese.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)696 : Nauȝt wyue yet Y ne may: J haue for-to wende Wyth þys mayde.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)116/18 : God heom unwreah…alle þa ðing þe us haliȝe bec nu ȝyt towearde secgæð, bi domes dæȝ & bi Drihtines cyme æft hyder.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)124/15 : Iu ic wæs swylc þu nu eart & ȝyt þu iwurðæst swulc ic nu eom.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.245 : Þe seffnde god uss shal ȝet don Þe Laferrd Crist onn ende.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17696 : Godess witt…all cnaweþþ, Ȝa þatt tatt wass, ȝa þatt tatt iss, Ȝa þatt tatt ȝet shall wurrþenn.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)25 : Ȝet ic mei longe libben.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)29/300 : Les me þet ich mote…i seon him ischeomet ȝet þe weneð me to schrenchen.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)56 : Ȝut we hit ssulen ise Þat ich…& þine breþren ek Moten for fine nede comen to þine fet.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)661 : Þou schalt ȝeot in þe se fourti dawes fare.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)641 : Ðe rede wid-innen toknet on Wreche ðat sal get wurðen sent.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1477 : Ghe [?read: Ghet] was abraham liues her, After ðis, fiftene ger.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.40.12 : Þree ȝit days ben, after whiche pharao schall recorden of þi seruyce.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15567 : Þou sal þam se yeitt to night do me ful gret spite.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)517 : Alle mannez wyttez To unþryfte arn alle þrawen…And ay hatz ben, and wyl be ȝet.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)25/129 : Inglis men sall ȝit to ȝere Knok þi palet or þou pas.
- a1450(?c1350) Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)452 : Hit schal be sene…ȝit to-daye Qwher Deth me durst tene And mete in þe waye.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3367 : He leyȝe in þe vrthe ȝet þretene ȝere & more.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)1515 : ‘How longe Haþ he hade þese paynes stronge?’…‘Euer ȝett of his childhede.’
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)876 : Thou shalt have yet, or hit be eve, Of every word of thys sentence A preve by experience.
- c1450 Earth(3) (Hrl 1671)9/12 : Yeȝt schalle erhte [read: erthe] for the erthe suffre scharpe schourys.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)19b/2 : I ȝit will make A booke [L intendens…componere librum] in which I will take by þe grace of god a full lore þat fallithe to þe instrument of Surgery.
d
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)68/29 : We nateshwan get swutellice tacnen on sunne & on mone & on steorren ne ge-segan.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)239/9 : Nim æppel mid þinre wynstran handa…hwitne æppel þe þanne ȝyt ne readiȝe.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)18/10 : Ne bæde ȝe nan þing gyt on mine nome.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8205 : Cristess time nass nohht ȝet Þatt he ȝet wollde swelltenn.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)10/53 : Ha þis iherde ant nuste ȝet wet hit wes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)56 : On Italiȝe heo comen to londe þar Rome nou on stondeð…nas ȝet Rome bi-wonnen.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)583 : Ich ne astey nouht yete vp to myne vadere.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)736 : ‘Gij,’ seyd Felice, ‘heye þe nouȝt; Ȝete hastow no þing of armes y-wrouȝt.’
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1577 : I failled neuere of my trouthe as yit.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9321 : Ful littel se we yeitt…Of al þat euer we her þai sai.
- ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A.(Benson-Robinson)12-13 : No man yit knew the forwes of his lond; No man the fyr out of the flint yit fond.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16872 : He dowtes hym to hent more harme þen he ȝett hade.
- (c1462) Paston2.280 : As ye wolde haue vndrestondyng and knowleche of how moche malte ye haue at Castre, I can be in no certeynte verely, for the malters haue not moten all vp yette.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)86b : Noght ȝitt: Nondum, non adhuc.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)386 : Wyth love it is not dauunyd [read: dauntyd] yte, Thowȝe she be shene in scherovde.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)762/14 : The bestes þat bowed her hedes to hym are moche oþer folke þe wyche dyd it non homage to yowr son.
e
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)541 : Hu þincþ þe, artu ȝut inume? Artu mid riȝte ouercume?
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)518 : Knowestu oȝt ȝete þis flur? A litel er þu noldest hit se.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1876 : How sal we o þis waters weit Quedir þai be fulli fallen yeit [Göt: ȝeitt]?
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)51/186 : It waxes clere aboute…loke þare owte Yf þat þe water wane ought ȝitt.
f
- c1480(?c1470) Fortescue Art.Warw.(Add 48031)352 : The King…may not yit susteyne thexpences of so grete an housolde as he kepte somtyme.
3b.
As intensifier, in misc. collocations, usu. with adverbs: (a) ever (…) ~, at any time before, ever;—usu. with comp. or sup. [see also ever adv. 9.(u)];
(b) ever ~, always before, always;
(c) never (…) ~, never ~ biforen (hider-to), ~ never, ~… never (her-toforen, never before, never so far; never at all, never; also, not at all [see also never adv. 1.(b)];
(d) with pron. or adj.: non ~, none at all; no…~, no (fire) at all, no (fire) yet made.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)11/31 : Ic not ȝif ich auerȝete ani ðing dede ðat ic nolde habbe sumes kennes lean.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)31/7 : Nim nu ȝeme hwet uuel beo icumen of totunge: nawt an uuel ne twa, ah al þe wa þet nu is & eauerȝete wes.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)45/788 : He is þe faireste man þat eureȝut on þi londe cam.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)804 : Ihc wulle ȝeue þe a kinedom, Also long & also brod, Also eure ȝet þi fader ibod.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)214 : He is sekere þan euere ȝit he was.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)609 : Þis seknesse…is feller þan any frek þat ever ȝit hadde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16214 : He es þe selcuthest man þat euer yeit [Frf: ȝette] we sei.
- c1400 Why werre (Peterh 104)28 : Þey he were þe holyest man þat euer ȝet was ibore, But he bryng gold or syluer, al hys while is forlore.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.693 : Now is wors than evere yet I wende!
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)900 : Þou hase slayne þe moste foo Þat euer ȝitt i hade.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)619 : Thou…Hast served so ententyfly Hys blynde nevew Cupido…Withoute guerdon ever yit.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1137/18 : Never harde ye that ever he fayled yet hys parte.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.50 : Here is comun the fayrist knyȝte That euyr ȝette I see with syȝte.
b
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)10/103 : O lef liif, what is te, Þat euer ȝete hast ben so stille & now gredest wonder schille?
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)342 : Falshede euer ȝite heo souhten.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.545 : Euere yet I loued to be gay.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.240 : Youre frendshipe have I founden evere yit.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.995 : I have evere yit Ben redy the to serve.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3488 : Lord, graunte me myn askynge sonn, Þat I may euermore dwelle wyth þe As I haue euere ȝyt donn.
c
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Wes næure gæt mare wrecce hed on land.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)116/25 : Eliæs næfre ȝyt deaþ ne þolode.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)17/30 : Þe uttreste is se þiesternesse of helle, ðar næure ȝiete liht ne cam.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)13/139 : Ne ich nes neuer þet ich wite ȝet wið him icnawen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)81/15 : Neauer ȝete imonne floc ne cahte he swuch biȝete.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)495 : Sweren y wole þat bircabein neuere yete me ne gat.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)657 : I ne sachȝ him neuir yȝet [vr. ȝhytt].
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)14/147 : Y no seiȝe neuer ȝete bifore So fair creatours y-core.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.65 : In full possession of love Yit was I nevere hier tofore.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.423 : Ther nas neuere man yet on lyue…That herde of swich another of fairnesse.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19125 : Þai wald neuer yeit [Phys-E: giate] for-think þar suld be euer ani vprising.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21605 : Was neuer yeitt [Phys-E: giet] na tre in land Sua riche ne sua fair scinand.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)825 : Þat alle þys worlde hatz wroȝt vpon, Hymself ne wroȝt neuer ȝet non.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)381 : Ofte was that knyghte bothe wele and woo, Bot never ȝitt als he was thoo.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)157 : He com to the derke valeye…Ther never yet grew corn ne gras, Ne tre.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)146/16 : Ȝit saw I nevyr so selkowth syne.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)4/5 : In contrarye manere to þis gouernaunce y was neuere ȝit hidirto disposid.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)949 : Ȝet neuer þey ne seyȝ Man þat myȝte dreyȝ To justy wyth Gyffroun.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)476 : She was curteys and swete; Such a lady herde y neuur of ȝete.
d
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)99 : May no fir get melten ðat ys.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1061 : Kyrk þerinne watz non ȝete.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)29/83 : Might had þai none zit [read: ȝit] Ne strenkth forto gaynstand his wit.
4.
In misc. uses with diminished semantic force: (a) already; just now, now; also, in narration: and again, and so then;
(b) as mild emphatic, esp. in expressions of volition or preference: indeed, yet truly; ~ have ich levere, I would far rather (do sth.); ich kepe ~, I should never wish (to be called sth.);
(c) in correl. constructions with conditional force: if…~, if…then.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/31 : Ne sæcge ic eow ȝyt na mare þonne ic ær sæde.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)67/2 : Ȝet sæiþ þeo sowle soriliche to þen licame…‘Þu scalt nu ruglunge ridæn to þære eorþe.’
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)298 : Take assample of me yȝet [vr. ȝhete], Kneled doun on and oþir.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)153 : Þe sayl sweyed on þe see…Ȝet coruen þay þe cordes and kest al þer-oute.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)489 : Ȝet oure lorde to þe lede laused a speche: ‘Is þis ryȝt-wys, þou renk, alle þy ronk noyse?’
- a1450 SLeg.Cuth.(Bod 779)2 : God dede many fayr meraklus, as ich ȝit ondirstonde, þe whyle he was a ȝonge child.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3367 : Ȝon gose I bad ȝow is noȝt etyn…I bid ȝow þat ȝe take it ȝit.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)339 : Þan take youre loof of light payne as y haue said ȝett.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1824 : Þanne was he bette y-payd And to hymself he sayd, ‘Ȝet Y hope to playe!’
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)757/5 : Þe ijde tyme He takes fro þe…þi broþer or þi syster, Þat þu schuldest ȝit be-war’ & a-mende þe.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)546 : Do him loþe mi love, ȝit have y lever deie!
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)993 : I kepe ȝut for no creature manquellere be clepud.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.78 : That were a gret mescheef…yet hadde I leuere payen for the mare.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)324/26 : Wheþir þis myȝte not make warm þe coold herte of mankynde þat by obstynacie is maad coold…Ȝit may it, if he wil forsake þe loue of hymsilf and loue me.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4598 : If that I were as ye, Yit sholde I seyn, as wys god helpe me, ‘Turneth agayn ye proude cherles alle.’
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)758 : Ȝif þou ȝernez hit, ȝet ȝark I hem grace.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)182/149 : If þou thyn herte will to me helde…ȝitt will I baynly be thy…faithfull frende.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)5089 : Yff that he goo, yt levys he thare The kyng [read: þyng] that he louyd.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)5423 : But neuer the lesse, yf þou wilt here Become my lege man…Yet wyll I save the thanne!
5.
As conj. and in conjunctive collocations: (a) even if, although; ~ forthen though; ~ if; and…~;
(b) ~ as (while), whanne ~, while still, even while; ~ er, before; the ~ [see the-yet adv. (a)].
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6142 : Te birrþ lufenn wel þin preost…Ȝet forrþenn þohh he nohht ne beo Swa god mann summ himm birrde.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1424 : In whonhope and doute heo weoren vchon, ȝit heo seȝen him alyue a lyues mon.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)12119 : Ȝit [Vsp: þof] þou wenest makeles to be þat noon in lore shulde teche þe, I con þe teche þat þou not can.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1009 : For to telle þerof hit me tene were, & to poynte hit ȝet I pyned me parauenture.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)161a/a (1st occurrence) : Alle medicines maie not be founden at alle tymes in euerye place; and ȝit ȝif þei myȝte be founden at al tymes & in euerye place, ȝit summe medicines be so dere þat pore men maye not haue hem.
- c1475 Brm.Abraham (Brm)70 : Wollecom to me be my Lordys sond, And hys hest I wyll not wythstond, Ȝyt Ysaac, my ȝowng sonne in lond A full dere chyld to me haue byn.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Esd.7.3 : Whan ȝit I stood neeȝ, þe ȝatis ben closed and stoppid.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)648 : I schal efte here away…Ȝet er þy lyvez lyȝt leþe upon erþe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1122 : To bed ȝet er þay ȝede, [they] Recorded couenauntez ofte.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)99/20 : Arisinge, he to his fadur com, And forsoþe, ȝut while he was afer, his fadir sai him and was meued wiþ merci, and renninge to him, fel on his necke and custe him.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.21/19 : Yete as the word was yn the moweth of the speker, And at the nomynacioun of the glorious Apostle, the same fyre semyd to suffre violence.
6.
As interj.: again!, carry on!
Associated quotations
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)10/30 : Yit, shrew, yit, pull on a thraw!