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56981. yit pron.

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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. …

56982. yī̆tsen v.

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(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.]. …

56983. yī̆tsere n.

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

56984. yī̆tsinge ger.

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(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……

56985. yīver adj.

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

56986. yīverlī adv.

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

56987. yīvernesse n.

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

56988. yīverǒus adj.

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(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. …

56989. yīverǒushēde n.

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Desire, ?eagerness. …

56990. yō interj.

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

56991. yō̆gh n.

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The name for the letter ȝ. …

56992. yoȝelinge ger.

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

56993. yōkāble adj.

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Able to be joined together, joinable. …

56994. yōke n.

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(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……

56995. yōken v.

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(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……

56996. yōker n.

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One who yokes animals. …

56997. yōkī adj.

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= yokable adj. …

56998. yōkinge ger.

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A joint, juncture; yokinge togeder. …

56999. Yọ̄l n.

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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……

57000. yọ̄l-dai n.

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

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