(a) A stick, pole, rod; lim yerd [see lim n.(2) 4.(c)] (b) a sapling; a branch on a tree; yerd of hasel (palm, etc.); moises yerd, ?a limb from some kind of tree; note (popel, poplere) yerd, a branch……

(a) A year to the day; at ten (o) yer-dai, in ten years’ (one year’s) time; for two (bi elleven) yer-dai, for a period of two (eleven) years; also, in adv. constructions: this four (seven) yer-dai……

(a) To beat (sb.) with a rod; (b) ppl. ȝerdit, of urine: streaked, barred. …

Resembling a rod, rodlike. …

A landholder having a holding measurable as a proportion of a yardland. …

(a) A plant, probably Cuckoopint, otherwise known as 'Lords and ladies,' 'Wake-Robin,' etc. Arum maculatum; (b) peti yere, a wholly different plant, probably yarrow Achillea millefolium [see yarwe n.]……

(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.) (b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.]; (c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as……

?To make an annual payment. …

(a) New Year’s Day, January 1; (b) an annual commemorative day; also, the anniversary of a person’s death as an occasion for a religious service; (c) as surname. …

(a) A customary feudal payment, commonly made at the turn of the year (b) a gift given, prob. at the turn of the year, in payment for services or as an inducement for favor; also, fig. the gift of a……

An anniversary. …

An animal in its second year, a yearling; yering calf. …

Desire. …

?The warm season of the year, summer's heat. …

Of a shoe: ?with stitches pulled tight. …

(a) Due or incurred each year, annual; also, made annually; of values: reckoned on a year-by-year basis; (b) held, observed, or taking place annually; (c) chronological; (d) of a year’s duration. …

(a) Each year, every year; also, in expressions of rates of payment and income: per annum; (b) as regards an annual payment; (c) year by year, in every year; also, continually. …

(a) An animal in its second year, a yearling; (b) as surname. …

Eagerness. …

(a) Eager, keen; solicitous; also, zealous (to do sth.) (b) enthusiastic, hearty; (c) swift; also [2nd quot.], ?virulent; ?persistent; (d) in combs.: lof-yern, med-yern, soft yern, q.v.; wille yern,……

(a) Enthusiastically, eagerly; gladly, willingly; fervently, passionately; also, willfully; (b) earnestly, sincerely. …

(a) To feel desire;—usu. in as clause; also, gram. of the optative mood: express desire [quot. c1400] (b) with selected prep. phrases: yernen after, to long for (sth.), desire; long for (Christ);……

A state of alertness, heedfulness; also, eagerness. …

(a) Eager; anxious; ?also, diligent, zealous; (b) earnest. …

Diligently. …

(a) Diligence, zeal; ?also, earnestness [quot. c1175]; (b) desire. …

(a) Wishing, longing, desire; also, covetousness; love [quot. a1425 HBk.GDei]; ?diligence [quot. c1400]; in yerning, in a state of longing; also translating F en esveil [quot. a1425(?a1400)]; in thin……

Desirable, precious. …

(a) Eagerly; fervently; also, earnestly; also, willfully; (b) diligently, zealously; carefully; also, attentively. …

(a) To make a strident sound, yell, howl; ppl. ȝerand, howling, yelling; also, shouting [quot. c1400, 2nd]; ?snarling (at sb.) [quot. c1400, 1st]; (b) of stones: to crash together loudly. …

Howling. …

Emphatic plural 2nd person pron.: you yourselves, you: (a) used as an appositive to the subj. of a clause; (b) used independently as subj. of a clause. …

= yespon n. …

A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …

The yeasty froth from the top of fermenting ale, barm;—often used in cooking and medicine; yest fat, ?a vessel for starting fermentation; ale yest. …

The day before today, yesterday. …

(a) On the day preceding the present one, yesterday; also, just recently, only lately; (b) at some time in the past; also, formerly; as yester-dai. …

(a) On the evening preceding the present day, (on) yesterday evening; (b) as noun: the evening preceding the present day, yesterday evening. …

In the morning preceding the present day, yesterday morning. …

During the night preceding the present day, last night, (on) yesterday night; as yester-night. …

Frothing, festering;—used in fig. context. …

(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; yet……

The act or action of casting metal. …

To recognize (sb.). …

(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;……

(a) To pour out (a fluid or liquid) from a container, pour onto a surface or into a receptacle; pour (a fluid over a surface or into a container, a bodily orifice, etc.); also fig. and in fig.……

?To use ‘ye’ in addressing a person; ?address (sb.) as ‘ye’, address politely or formally. …

(a) A smelter or founder of metal; also, one who casts metals; belle yetere, q.v.; metal yetere; (b) as surname. …

Assent, consent; skiles yeting. …

(a) Pouring; also, effusion, shedding; yeting on (oute); yeting in, a pouring in or on; med. the injection or introduction (of an ointment) into the rectum (b) med. a lotion, medicinal liquid, or……

The act of addressing someone formally or politely as ‘ye’. …

A cooking vessel of cast metal, often brass; yetling pote. …

Moreover, furthermore; also; eft…yetten; other…yetten, ?or else. …

(a) That which is given or offered freely; a gift, present; wille yeve; yeve(s kisti, generous in gift-giving; (b) the act or action of giving. …

A pitchfork; ?also, a file [transl. of L lima];—used fig. [1st 2 quots.; may represent error for file n.(1) 2.]. …

(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……

Forgiveness; specif. forgiveness through the remission of sins; yevenesse of sinne. …

(a) One who voluntarily gives away a possession, one who gives a gift freely and unconditionally, a giver; also, one who gives alms; almesse yever (b) a contributor to an institution, donor; (c) one……

A woman who gives. …

A store of treasure, riches. …

Allotted (to sb.) by fate, ordained. …

(a) The action of conveying possession of something of one’s own or over which one has authority; the act or practice of gratuitous giving, conferring, donating, bestowing, or rewarding; giving as……

The condition of having the hiccups; the yexe. …

(a) To hiccup; also, belch; (b) ?to yawn, gulp, or swallow convulsively; also, ?gasp [2nd quot.]; (c) to sob; (d) transl. of L esse in syncopi. …

(a) Hiccupping, the hiccups; also, a hiccup; the yexinge; (b) ?yawning, convulsive swallowing, or gulping; also, ?gasping [last quot.]; (c) sobbing; a sob; also, visible grief. …

(a) To hiccup or belch; (b) to sob. …

Hiccupping or belching; ?yawning. …

(a) A sensation of itching; a skin ailment, condition, or disease characterized by itching; also, the part of the body affected by itching [quot. c1450]; (b) error for ache n.(1). …

(a) To feel an itch (b) to produce itching; ppl. ȝitchinge, of an ailment: characterized by itching; (c) fig. to feel craving or desire, crave something; have longing (for sth.); ppl. ȝitchinge,……

An itch; a sensation or sensations of itching; also in fig. context [1st quot.]; yicching of wormes, itching caused by worms; ?also, the causing of itching by worms [quot. c1425]. …

(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.……

Without having received a gift; also, not having received a bribe [quot. a1450]. …

(a) An itch; itching; (b) fig. acute desire, craving. …

(a) A precious stone, gem;—also coll. [quot. c1275]; (b) yimme ston [OE gim-stān], a gemstone, jewel; ?also, specif. a pearl [quot. a1225(?OE)]; also fig. and in fig. context. …

Adorned with gems. …

To peep, chirp. …

Peeping, chirping. …

Indeed, truly;—used parenthetically with reduced semantic force. …

(a) As an affirmative reply to a direct or an indirect question: yes; also, as an affirmation of the truth or correctness of an assertion, a proposition, a negation, etc., usu. presented as a question……

Positive, agreeable. …

As subj. of a verb: (a) you two; (b) yit (…) bo, yit (…) bothe, both of you; (c) with more than two persons as referent: you;—?error for ye pron. …

(a) To have longings (contrary to an opposing nature); ppl. gitsigende as adj.: covetous, greedy; (b) to desire (sth.) inordinately or wrongly, covet; also with obj. in gen. [1st quot.]. …

(a) A covetous or an avaricious person; (b) the word ‘yitsere’. …

(a) The act of coveting or desiring inordinately or wrongly (b) inordinate desire for possessions, covetousness, greed;—also pl.; worldes yitsinge, the lust for worldly goods; (c) the vice of……

(a) Gluttonous, greedy; also, rapacious, predatory; yiver after aughte, acquisitive; (b) eager, keen; (c) as noun: those who are gluttonous. …

(a) Greedily; (b) eagerly; willingly; promptly. …

(a) Greediness for food and drink, gluttony; covetousness, avarice; also, gluttony or avarice as one of the deadly sins; (b) eagerness; also, rashness. …

(a) Given to excessive appetite, gluttonous; (b) given to rash or bold action, eager, impetuous; also, eager for renown; yiverous in (of) herte; yiverous of wille. …

Desire, ?eagerness. …

(a) An exclamation used to attract attention; (b) a cry used to goad someone or usu. an animal: get going, giddyap; yo forth. …

The name for the letter ȝ. …

Wretched crying, outcry; also, the hooting or shrieking of an owl. …

Able to be joined together, joinable. …

(a) A collar or other similar apparatus attached to a team of animals and used to form a connection to a wagon, plow, etc., yoke; also fig. and in fig. context; yoke boues, the rounded portions of the……

(a) To put a harness on (a draft animal), yoke; couple (a pair of animals) with a yoke, double harness; also, yoke (one animal to another); also fig.; yoken togeder (b) to harness (an animal to a……

One who yokes animals. …

= yokable adj. …

A joint, juncture; yokinge togeder. …

(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……

(a) Christmas Day, December 25; (b) yol-dai of fish, a fast day during Advent on which fish is eaten. …