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

Su. G. giuta en klocka, to cast a bell; giuta stycken, to cast guns; Teut. ghiet-en, id.

YETHER, s. The mark left by tight binding, as with a small cord. Border; allied perhaps to A. Bor. yeather, a flexible twig, used for binding hedges; Grose.

To YETT, v. a. To fasten in the firmest manner, to rivet, Loth.

Isl. gat-a, perforare.

YEVERY, adj. Greedy, voracious.
Bellenden.

A. S. gifer, gifra, gifre, avidus, vorax, rapax, gulosus; gifer, a glutton.

To YHARN, v. a. Eagerly to desire.
Barbour.

Moes. G. gairn-an, A. S. georn-ian, gyrn-an, desiderare, cupere.

Yharne, Yherne, adj. Eager, keen.
Wyntown.

YHEMAR, s. A keeper.
V. [Yemar].