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

Yerd-fast, adj. Firmly fastened in the ground, S.
Poems Buch. Dial.

A. S. earde-faest, settled, grounded, Isl. iardfastr stein, saxum in terra immotum.

Yerd-meal, s. Earth-mould, church-yard dust, Aberd.
Gl. Shirr.

YERE, adv. Certainly. To yere, too surely, or truly.
Douglas.

A. S. geare, gere, certo.

YERESTRENE, s. The night before last, S. A.
V. [Here-yestreen]; also [Here-yesterday].
Gl. Sibb.

To YERK, v. a. To bind tightly, as with a small cord, S.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. gearc-ian, parare.

To YERK, v. n.
1. To be in a state of fermentation, a term applied to beer, Ang.

Germ. gaer-a, Su. G. goer-a, effervescere.