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

YAWS, s. pl. Apparently the disorder called Syphilis; also Sivvens, Orkn. Galloway.

YAXE, s. An axe, Buchan.

YE, YIE, (corr. printed zei.)

This seems to have originated from an imitation of the liquid sound used in Fr., in consequence of g preceding n; or, where this was not the case, in consequence of the S. noun following the form of the verb which retained the sound of the Fr. infinitive or participle; as, en-chainer, en-chainé; whence S. chenyie.

YEABLES, adv. Perhaps, Loth. Border; yeablesea, A. Bor.
V. [Able].

YEALD, adj. Barren.
V. [Yeld].

To YED, v. n. To contend, to wrangle, Loth. Isl. odd-a, ydd-a, excerto.
Ramsay.

Yed, s. Strife, contention, Loth.
Ramsay.

Yealings.
V. [Yieldins].

YEDDLE, adj. Thick, muddy; applied to water, Loth.
V. [Adill].