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yauld

yauld adjective: vigorous; strong; healthy.

Adjective

yauld (comparative yaulder or more yauld, superlative yauldest or most yauld)

  1. (Scotland, Now chiefly dialectal) Vigorous; strong; healthy.
  2. (Scotland, Now chiefly dialectal) Active; sprightly; alert.
  3. (Scotland, Now chiefly dialectal) Supple; active; athletic; nimble.

Forms of yauld

comparativeyaulder
comparativemore yauld
superlativeyauldest
superlativemost yauld
alternative formyald

Origin of yauld

From Middle English yeld, from Old English ġilde (“valuable, of worth”), from Proto-Germanic *gildiz (“valuable, valid, wholesome, precious”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay for, repay”). Cognate with Scots yauld (“active, strong, mighty”), Old Norse gildr (“of full worth, size, measure, or quality; full; complete; absolute; great”) (whence Icelandic gildur (“valid, thick, prominent, important”), Swedish gild (“stout, of full size”), Danish gild (“brawny, of full size, fine”). Related to yield.

Questions about yauld

What does yauld mean?
Yauld means vigorous; strong; healthy.
What part of speech is yauld?
Yauld is an adjective.

Words near yauld in the dictionary

  1. Yauheni
  2. Yauhenii
  3. Yauheniy
  4. Yauhens
  5. yaul
  6. yauld
  7. yaulder
  8. yauldest
  9. yauls
  10. Yaumatei
  11. Yaumati

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