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1681. yẹ̄n prep.

33 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Next to (a land), bordering; also, placed against (sth.), in contact with; (b) on or along (a riverbank).

1682. yẹ̄n- pref.

3 quotations in 3 senses
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‘Away, back’; specif. (a) ‘back to someone or a place’ and (b) ‘away from someone or something’: for (a), e.g., the nouns yencome, yenfare, yenrase, the verbs yencomen, yenpassen, and the gerunds…

1683. yespon n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together.

1684. yēten v.(2)

56 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To convey (sth. to sb. or an institution) by a grant; bestow (sth. on sb.), confer; accord (sth. to sb.); provide (sth., sth. for sb.); yeten and yeven, yeven and yeten (b) to yield (sth.) up;…

1685. yēven v.

1371 quotations in 35 senses
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(a) To give alms, gifts, etc., give something voluntarily, make a gift; give generously (to sb.); give alms, gifts, etc. (to sb.) in response to a request; also, in partitive construction: yeven of

1686. yift(e n.

Additional spellings: yifte
187 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) That which is given or offered; a gift, present; also iron.;—also coll.; maken yift (of, yeven yift; neue yer yift, ?a small item to be given as a gift at New Year’s; yeres yift [see yer n.(2) 2b.

1687. Yọ̄l n.

40 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The Christmas season generally, Yuletide or Christmastime; specif. the festival season from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, Christmastide; on (o) the Yol manere, in the manner in which something is…

1688. yolster n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A willow tree.

1689. York n.

47 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In combs. referring to the city, county, or ecclesiastical see of York: York (yorkes) cite, York toun; York (yorkes) lond; York minster, York Minster; York peni, a type of bronze coin minted at…

1690. youlen v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make a loud cry because of grief, pain, rage, etc., cry out, wail; also fig.; (b) of an animal: to howl.

1691. yǒure n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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An udder.