yold

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/ˈjoʊld/

A form of yield — To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.

OriginMiddle English yold ← Old English ġeald →
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Meanings

yold1

verb
  1. obsoletepastsimple past of yield.

    The soring clouds into sad showres ymolt; So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

yold2

verb

alternative yolden

  1. obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of yield

    to yield him loue she doth deny, Once to me yold, not to be yold againe […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

yold · verb

  1. Old Englishġeald“yielded”
  2. Middle Englishyold“yielded”
  3. Englishyold

From Middle English yold (“yielded”), from Old English ġeald (“yielded”), 1st and 3rd person preterite of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”).

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yold · verb

  1. Old Englishġegolden“yielded”
  2. Middle Englishyolde
  3. Englishyold

From Middle English yolde, yolden (“yielded”), from Old English ġegolden (“yielded”), past participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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