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

Yellowchin, s. Yelling, S.
Ferguson.

YELLOW GOWAN, the name given in S. to different species of the ranunculus.
V. [Gowan].

To YEME, YHEME, YYM, v. a. To keep, to take care of.
Barbour.

A. S. gem-an, gym-an, to take care of, to keep; Isl. geym-a, animum attendere, custodire.

Yemar, Yhemar, s. A keeper, one who has any object in charge.
Barbour.

Yemsell, Yhemsell, s.
1. The act of keeping, custody.
Skene.
2. Used nearly in the same sense with E. wardship, guardianship, tutorage.
Barbour.

Isl. geimsla, Su. G. goemsel, custodia.

YERD, YERTH, s. Earth, soil.
V. [Erd].

Also,

To Yerd, to bury.
V. [Erd], v.