An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 992

Y

Y consonant corresponds to A. S. _G_ before a vowel. This has generally in S. been printed ?, from the resemblance of the A. S. letter to the form of the Roman ?, although there is not the least affinity as to power.

This, I apprehend, must be ascribed to the inaccuracy, or to the ignorance of the writers or copyists of MSS., who, misled by the very near resemblance of the letters, subst.i.tuted the long _z_, or ?, for the A. S. _g_.

In the south of S., _y_ consonant is prefixed to a variety of words which are elsewhere p.r.o.nounced without it; as, _yaik_ for _ache_, _yield_, age, for _eild_, &c.

YA, YHA, _adv._ Yea, yes, Moray.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _ja_, _jai_, Su. G. _ja_, A. S. _ia_, _ya_, id.

_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ To gabble, Fife.

YAD, _s._ A piece of bad coal, which becomes a white ashy lump in the fire, Fife; _gaist_, synon.

YAD, YADE, YAUD, _s._ Properly, an old mare, S.; E. _jade_, a worn-out horse. A. Bor. _yaud_.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _jad_, or _jada_, denotes the failure of the teeth.

~Yad-skyvar~, _s._ Apparently, one who drives an old mare.

_Dunbar._

_Yad_, and perh. Su. G. _skiufwa_, to drive.

_To_ YAFF, _v. n._

1. To bark; properly denoting the noise made by a small dog, to yelp, S.

_A. Scott._

2. To prate, to talk pertly; used as expressive of contempt, S.

A. S. _gealp-an_, exclamare, gloriari; Isl. _gialf-ra_, incondita loqui.

_To_ YAIK, YAICK, _v. n._ To ache, S. A.

_L. Scotland._

_To_ YAIK, _v. n._ To quiver, to shake.

_Burel._

YAIR, YAIRE, YARE, _s._

1. An inclosure, stretching into a tideway, for the purpose of detaining the fish when the tide ebbs, S.

_Stat. Rob. I._

2. A sort of scaffolding, which juts out into a river or frith in a straight line, S.

_Stat. Acc._

A. S. _waer_, _wer_, piscina, septum; Su. G. _fisk-gaerd_, id.

~Yair-net~, ~Yare-net~, _s._ A long net extending into the bed of a river inclined upwards, and fixed by poles, S. B.

_Law Case._

YAKEE, _s._ A double tooth, whether in man or beast, Orkney.

Isl. _iaxl_, dens molaris.

_To_ YALD, _v. a._ To yield; pret. _yald_.

_Douglas._

Isl. _gialld-a_, retribuere, luere.

YALD, YAULD, _adj._

1. Sprightly, alert; active, vigorous, S. A. Loth.

Isl. _gilld-r_ expresses the same idea; viribus et virtute praestans.

2. n.i.g.g.ardly, parsimonious, Galloway.

YALLOCH, _s._ A shout, a shrill cry; the act of _yelling_. S. also _yalloch_.

_Doug._