Middle English Dictionary Entry
yit pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | yit pron. Also geit, (early) ȝit, ȝet. |
| Etymology | OE git, gyt pron. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
As subj. of a verb: (a) you two;
(b) ~ (…) bo, ~ (…) bothe, both of you;
(c) with more than two persons as referent: you;—?error for ye pron.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)18/8 : Humeta ne icnawe ȝit hwæt wit beoð?
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12362,12364 : Ȝiff þatt ȝitt etenn off þatt tre…Ȝitt shulenn ben…Wiþþ enngless efennmete.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)93 : Ananias…and…saphira…hwi iwearð hinc swa þet ȝit dursten fondian godes?
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)97/24 : ‘Ðe flæsch…ȝitsið aȝean ðe goste and ðe gost aȝean ðe flesche,’ And naðelas ȝit muȝen habben pais.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2805,2806 : Ich inckere freond wurðe ȝif ȝit me wulleð laden…riht to þan weie þe ȝit witen ful wel.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9035 : Þu and Gillomar þin ifere…brukeð wel Brutlond, for nu ic hit bitæche inc an hond, þat ȝit maȝen to-ȝere mid us wunien here.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)329-30 : Sone ge it ðor-of hauen eten, Al ge it sulen witent…And ben so wise…So ðo ðe wunen a-buuen in heuone.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6202,6206 : Þin macche…& tu…ȝitt baþe follȝhenn rihht &…ȝitt baþe ledenn ȝunnc Clennlike ȝunnc bitwenenn.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)97/26 : Ȝit sculen baðe…folȝin godes wille.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2503 : Ne beon ȝit bute tweien, Mine sunen ȝit beð beien.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2543 : Cnihtes ȝit beoð boðe kene.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)16048 : Yuor and Yuni beiene ȝet senden of mine leode.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12471 : Mine eorles…mine þeines, mine duhti men…To moni feohte ich habbe eou ilad and æuere ȝet [Otho: ȝe] weoren wel irad.