A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Yow], sb. ewe, CM.—AS. eowu: Goth. awi; see Sievers, 106.

[ Yoye], v. to joy, HD; see [Ioien].

[ Ypocrysie], sb. hypocrisy, PP; ypocrisye, C3.—AF. ipocrisie.

[ Ypocryte], sb. hypocrite, C2.—OF. ypocrite; Lat. hypocrita (Vulg.); Gr. ὑποκριτής.

[ Y-rayled], pp. covered, S3. See [Reȝel].

[ Yre], sb. anger, H; iris, pl., W2.—Lat. ira.

[ Yreyne], sb. spider, W2; see [Aranye].

[ Yrk], v. to make tired, to become tired, H: irkyn, fastidior, Prompt.; erke, SD; irkyt, 1 pt. s., S3; irked, pt. s., SD.—Swed. yrka; cp. Lat. urgere.

[ Yrk], adj. oppressed, tired, S3; irke, SkD. Comb.: irkesum, fastidiosus, Prompt.; irkesumnesse, fastidium, Prompt.

[ Yrous], adj. angry, H.