An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 998
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 998
_Barbour._
A. S. _gese_, _gise_, _gyse_, immo, etiam.
YHUDE, _pret._ Went.
V. ~Yede~.
YHULL, _s._ Christmas.
V. ~Yule~.
YHUMAN, YUMAN, YOMAN, YEOMAN, _s._
1. A person of inferior station; as, a husbandman or farmer.
_Reg. Maj._
Teut. _ghe-meyn_, A. S. _geman_, communis, vulgaris.
2. It seems to signify a farmers servant.
_Barbour._
3. A peasant or inhabitant of the country employed as a foot-soldier.
_Barb._
4. A soldier on horseback.
_Wallace._
~Yhumanry~, _s._ The peasantry armed as foot soldiers.
_Barbour._
YIE, _term_ (printed _Zie_).
V. ~Ye~.
YIELD OF THE DAY, the influence of the sun; also the height of the day, Ang.
From E. _yield_, as denoting that the frost gives way.
YILL, _s._ Ale, S. O. and A.
_Burns._
A. S. _eale_, id.
~Yill-wife~, _s._ A woman who brews and sells ale, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ ~Yill~, _v. a._ To entertain with ale, a term commonly used by the vulgar, S. O. to denote one special mode in which a lover entertains his _Dulcinea_ at a fair or market.
YIM, _s._ A particle, an atom; the smallest portion of any thing, Ang.; at times p.r.o.n. as if _nyim_; perhaps q. _ane yim_.
Su. G. _em_, _im_, _ime_, vapour; Isl. _hiom_, the most minute object.
_To_ YYM, _v. a._ To keep.
~Yimmit~, kept.
V. ~Yeme~.
YING, YYNG, _adj._ Young.
O. E. id.
_Douglas._
YIRDIN, _s._ Thunder, S. B.
V. ~Erddyn~.
_To_ YIRM, _v. n._
1. To whine, to complain, S.
2. To ask in a querulous tone; implying the idea of continuation, S.
Isl. _harm-a_, lugeo, plango; _harm-r_, luctus; G. Andr. p. 107.
_Jarm-a_, balare, _jarm-r_, lamentatio.
_To_ YYRNE, _v. n._ To coagulate, to curdle.
V. ~Earn~.