Middle English Dictionary Entry
yō̆gh n.
Entry Info
| Forms | yō̆gh n. Also yoȝ, yough, youh, youx, ȝogh(e, ȝoch(e, ȝok, ȝouȝ(e, ȝouh, ȝoux, ȝou, (errors) þouȝ, iye. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE ēoh yew-tree & the name of the thirteenth rune (ēo) (see Paues in MLR 6 [1911]: 441-54; but cp. Bradley in MLR 7 [1912]: 520-21). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ȝ n.
1.
The name for the letter ȝ.
Associated quotations
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)p.31 : Iye: ȝ…ant: &; iyorn: þ.
- a1300 in James Cat.MSS McC.()266 : Yoȝ/ȝ: ȝef, ȝus, ȝender, draȝ, sclaȝ, arȝ, marȝ.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)92/12 : Wee in Englond haue in oure langage & speche ii lettres mo þan þei haue in hire ABC & þat is þ & ȝ, the whiche ben clept þorn & ȝogh [Man.(2): ȝok; vrr. (from the ‘defective version’) ȝoghe, ȝouȝ, ȝowȝe, ȝouh, ȝoch(e, ȝoux, ȝou, ȝow, yough, yowh, youx, þouȝ; F ȝogh].
- c1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)272 : Þe carect yogh, þat is to seie ȝ, is figurid lijk a zed; þerfore alle þe wordis of þis table þat biginnen wiþ þat carect ben set in zed, which is þe laste lettre of þe a,b,c.