Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See yald.

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  • adjective Scotland Vigorous; strong; healthy.
  • adjective Scotland Active; sprightly; alert.
  • adjective Scotland Supple; active; athletic; nimble.

Etymologies

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From Middle English *yeld, from Old English *ġilde ("valuable, of worth"), from Proto-Germanic *geldiz (“valuable, valid, wholesome, precious”), from Proto-Indo-European *gheldh- (“to pay for, repay”). Cognate with Scots yauld ("active, strong, mighty"), Old Norse gildr ("of full worth, size, measure, or quality; full; complete; absolute; great") (whence Icelandic gildur ("valid, thick, prominent, important"), Swedish gild ("stout, of full size"), Danish gild ("brawny, of full size, fine"). Related to yield.

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Examples

  • There the shepherds they are gathering up wi 'monie a guid yauld grew,

    The Kielder Hunt 1998

  • ` ` Od, ance I gat a wee soupled yestreen, I was as yauld as an eel.

    The Antiquary 1845

  • But there's mony yauld chields amang thae volunteers; and I mauna say muckle about them that's no weel and no very able, because I am something that gate mysell --- But we'se do our best. ''

    The Antiquary 1845

  • It's true, she's as poor's a sang-maker and as hard's a kirk, and tipper-taipers when she taks the gate, first like a lady's gentlewoman in a minuwae, or a hen on a het girdle; but she's a yauld, poutherie

    The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777

  • It's true, she's as poor's a sang-maker and as hard's a kirk, and tipper-taipers when she taks the gate, first like a lady's gentlewoman in a minuwae, or a hen on a het girdle; but she's a yauld, poutherie

    The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Robert Burns 1777

  • a coble, and a _yauld_ old Celt, its master, and are rowed across to

    Spare Hours John Brown 1846

  • But there's mony yauld chields amang thae volunteers; and I mauna say muckle about them that's no weel and no very able, because I am something that gate mysell -- But we'se do our best. "

    The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • But there's mony yauld chields amang thae volunteers; and I mauna say muckle about them that's no weel and no very able, because I am something that gate mysell -- But we'se do our best. "

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "Od, ance I gat a wee soupled yestreen, I was as yauld as an eel.

    The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • "Od, ance I gat a wee soupled yestreen, I was as yauld as an eel.

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

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