yif

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English yif, from Old English ġif, from Proto-Germanic *jabai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪf/
• Rhymes: -ɪf

Conjunction

yif

1. (West Country) If.

Anagrams

• -ify, FYI

Middle English

Conjunction

yif

1. If.
   • 12??, Thomas of Erceldoune, Sir Tristrem

     "Wite thou wele his wille; / Know well what he intends / To wende with him thou say, / And yif he loveth the stille, / "Thou do Tristrem away" / Biseche him he se thertille, / Thi fo is Tristrem ay.

   • 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boethius and Troilus

     And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.