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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Ȝerning], sb. desire, MD; yornyng, S3; yherninges, pl., S2.—AS. geornung.

[ Ȝernliche], adv. diligently, MD; ȝeornliche, S.—AS. geornlice.

[ Ȝerre], sb. outcry, loud lament, WA.—Cp. AS. georran, to make a noise.

[ Ȝe-sceaft], sb. creature; ȝesceafte, dat., S.—AS. ge-sceaft. Cf. [Schaft].

[ Ȝe-sceapen], v. to create, MD; ȝescop, pt. s., S; ȝesceop, S; ȝescepe, pp., S.

[ Ȝe-sceod], sb. distinction, difference, discrimination, reason, S; ȝescod, S.—AS. ge-scéad, ge-scád. See [Scheden].

[ Ȝescung], sb. covetousness, S; see [Ȝiscunge].

[ Ȝe-secðe], sb. sight, S; see [I-sihðe].

[ Ȝet], conj. yet, S, S2; giet, S; gæt, S; ȝiet, S; yete, S; ȝeiet, S; ȝut, S, S2, P; ȝete, S; ȝette, S; ȝute, S, S2; yhit, S2; ȝit, W; ȝhit, S3; yit, C2, C3; yet, C3; ȝyt, S2; get, S.—AS. get.

[ Ȝeten], v. to pour, MD; ȝeoten, MD, S; ȝett, WA, Cath.; ȝeat, pt. s., S; ȝet, S; ȝoten, pp., PP; ȝotun, molten, W2; ȝeten, PP.—AS. géotan, pt. géat (pl. guton), pp. goten: Goth. giutan; cp. Lat. fundo (for fu-d-no); see Douse, p. 112.