yeld
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yeld (not comparable)
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Etymology edit
From Middle English yeld, from Old English ġelde (“barren, unproductive”), probably borrowed from Old Norse geldr (“barren, yielding no milk”), from Proto-Germanic *galdaz, *galdijaz (“barren, unfruitful”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, cry”). Related to Swedish gall (“barren”), German galt, gelt (“yielding no milk, unfruitful”), Old Norse gelda (“to castrate”).
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Adjective edit
yeld (comparative mair yeld, superlative maist yeld)
- barren, not pregnant, not giving milk
- not fertile, unproductive, ineffectual, lacking in substance or value, unprofitable (of inanimate things)
Descendants edit
- English: yell
Noun edit
yeld (plural yelds)
Verb edit
yeld (third-person singular simple present yelds, present participle yeldin, simple past yeldt, past participle yeldt)