yacker n.

an acre

< OE. æcer , acer

yackrons n.pl.

acorns

< OE. æcern

yaffle(r)

the green woodpecker

echoic

yah a.. &. n

See yan

yak n.

an oaktree

< OE. āc

yal n.

ale

< OE. ealu (ale, beer)

yam n.

home; also ’eeam, heeam. hooam

< OE. hām

yamly a. & adv.

homely

See yam

yammer v.

to chatter

< OE gēomrian , gēomerian (to lament, to bewail)

yan a. & n.

one; also ane; un, yah, yar

< ME . ane f. OE. an

yance a. adv. conj. &n.

once

< OE. ǣnes

yanly a.

alone; shy; solitary; also yannerly

< OE. ānlic

yannerly a.

See yanly

yar a. & n.

See yan

yarbs n.pl.

herbs

< ME. yerbe f. OF. erbe

yaup v.

to shout; to bawl; also yawp, yope, youp

echoic

yawd n.

inferior breed of horse

< ON. jalda (mare)

yawp v.

See yaup

yed 1 n.

yard

< OE. ȝeard (yard, garden)

yed 2 n.

yard (measure of length)

< Ang. ȝerd (yard, rod, staff)

yedders n.pl.

osiers (branches of willow) used for binding a hedge; also yethers

??? < ON. jaðrr (edge, border)

yell v.

to weep; to cry loudly

< Ang. ȝellan (to yell, to shout)

yest n.

yeast.

< OE ȝist (yeast, froth)

yesterneet adv. & n.

last night

< OE ȝiestranniht (yesternight)

yeth n.

earth

< OE eorþe

yethers n.pl.

See yedders

yetling n.

an iron pot, usually with three feet

< OE ȝēotan (to pour) + suffix –ling (in the sense of to be concerned with)

yewer n.

an udder

< ON. * júðr

yoller a. & n.

yellow

< OE. ȝeolu

yon dem. a. & pron.

that; those;

< OE. ȝeon (that)

yond pron.

that person over there

< OE. ȝeond

yonder adv. & a.

over there

< ME. ȝonder

yonderly a.

preoccupied; with a faraway look; distant; reserved; sullen; depressed; gloomy; melancholy;

See yonder

yope v.

See yaup

yorks n.pl.

something used to tie a trouser leg below the knee

??? < ME. yerk (to draw stitches tight e.g. in shoemaking)

youp v.

See yaup