An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 996

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 996

_Cleland._


~Yellowchin~, _s._ Yelling, S.


_Ferguson._


YELLOW GOWAN, the name given in S. to different species of the ranunculus.


V. ~Gowan~.


_To_ YEME, YHEME, YYM, _v. a._ To keep, to take care of.


_Barbour._


A. S. _gem-an_, _gym-an_, to take care of, to keep; Isl. _geym-a_, animum attendere, custodire.


~Yemar~, ~Yhemar~, _s._ A keeper, one who has any object in charge.


_Barbour._


~Yemsell~, ~Yhemsell~, _s._


1. The act of keeping, custody.


_Skene._


2. Used nearly in the same sense with E. _wardship_, _guardianship_, _tutorage_.


_Barbour._


Isl. _geimsla_, Su. G. _goemsel_, custodia.


YERD, YERTH, _s._ Earth, soil.


V. ~Erd~.


Also,


_To_ ~Yerd~, to bury.


V. ~Erd~, _v._


~Yerd-fast~, _adj._ Firmly fastened in the ground, S.


_Poems Buch. Dial._


A. S. _earde-faest_, settled, grounded, Isl. _iardfastr stein_, saxum in terra immotum.


~Yerd-meal~, _s._ Earth-mould, church-yard dust, Aberd.


_Gl. Shirr._


YERE, _adv._ Certainly. _To yere_, too surely, or truly.


_Douglas._


A. S. _geare_, _gere_, certo.


YERESTRENE, _s._ The night before last, S. A.


V. ~Here-yestreen~; also ~Here-yesterday~.


_Gl. Sibb._


To YERK, _v. a._ To bind tightly, as with a small cord, S.


_Gl. Sibb._


A. S. _gearc-ian_, parare.


To YERK, _v. n._


1. To be in a state of fermentation, a term applied to beer, Ang.


Germ. _gaer-a_, Su. G. _goer-a_, effervescere.


2. To do any thing with agility, S. B.


_Gl. Shirr._


3. To be busy, or keenly engaged, applied to the mind.


_Kelly._


Su. G. _yrk-a_, postulare, insistere.


_To_ YERK, YARK, _v. a._ To beat, to strike smartly, S. _jerk_, E.


_Ferguson._


Isl. _hreck-ia_, to beat, pulsare; _jarke_, pes feriens.