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57001. yolk(e n.

Additional spellings: yolke
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(a) The yellow part of the interior of an egg, as distinguished from the white; also in conventional comparisons; yolk of an egge (ei), egge (ei) yolk (b) in medicinal or culinary recipes; yolk

57002. yolster n.

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A willow tree.

57003. yọ̄mer adj.

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(a) Wretched, miserable, unhappy; also, of a ship: in dire circumstances; of a voice: expressing sorrow, mournful, sad;—used in adv. phrase (b) of a time: unfortunate, unfavorable; of an affliction:…

57004. yọ̄mere adv.

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Sorrowfully, mournfully.

57005. yọ̄meren v.

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To cry out in sorrow, wail, lament; also, groan in grief or pain; ppl. ȝeomerinde as adj.: sorrowful, woeful [1st quot.].

57006. yọ̄mering ger.

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Sorrowing, mourning, lamenting; also, a cry, wail.

57007. yọ̄merlī adj.

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Mournful, piteous; also, causing distress or affliction.

57008. yọ̄merlī adv.

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Dolefully, piteously; also, so as to cause pain, harshly.

57009. yọ̄mernesse n.

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A sorry condition, wretchedness.

57010. yon pron.

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As dem. pron., pointing to a person, an animal, etc.: that one over there, that one; also, those over there, those; that yon.

57011. yon adj.

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As dem. adj., pointing to a person, place, or thing: that…over or up there, that; also, those…over there, those: (a) with noun only; (b) with intervening adj.; yon ilke (self, same).

57012. yon adv.

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(a) At a distance, over there, yonder; don wei yon, to send (sb.) away; (b) after in time.

57013. yon prep.

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Through all parts of (one’s land, the earth, etc.), throughout; also, over the surface of (the sea), on, across.

57014. yond pron.

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As dem. pron., pointing to a person or an animal: that one over there, that one; the (that) yond.

57015. yond adj.

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As dem. adj., pointing to a person or thing: that…over there, that; also those…over there, those: (a) with noun only; (b) with intervening adj.

57016. yond adv.

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(a) At a distance, over there, yonder; her and yond, here and there (b) yond of, ?from (a place); ?far away from (a place); (c) to that place, there; comen (gon, leden) yond; hider and yond, this way…

57017. yond prep.

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(a) In every part or region of (a town, land, the world, etc.), throughout the extent of, everywhere in; throughout (a population); also, within (a country), in; (b) among (ships).

57018. yond- pref.

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An infrequent suffix derived from OE; it appears in two verbs, yondbreden and yondfaren, and has the meanings ‘across’, ‘through’, ‘over’.

57019. yondbrēden v.

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To go beyond (limits), extend over.

57020. yonder pron.

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(a) As dem. pron., pointing to a person or persons: that one over there, that one; also, those over there, those; the (thilke) yonder (b) Comp. that part of a country which is more remote or more…