yie
Iu Mien edit
Pronoun edit
yie
Middle English edit
Pronoun edit
yie
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of ye (“you”)
Yola edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan. Doublet of gee.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /jiː/, /jiːv/
- Homophones: ye, yee
Verb edit
yie (simple past ya)
- to give
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:
- Y'oure w' thee crookeen, an yie mee thee hoane.
- Give over your crossness, and give me your hand.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90