An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

[Y]

Y consonant corresponds to A. S. G before a vowel. This has generally in S. been printed Ʒ, from the resemblance of the A. S. letter to the form of the Roman Ʒ, 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, substituted the long z, or Ʒ, for the A. S. g.

In the south of S., y consonant is prefixed to a variety of words which are elsewhere pronounced 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.