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yeelde

yeelde is the archaic spelling of yield.

Meaning of yield

Verb

yield (third-person singular simple present yields, present participle yielding, simple past yielded or (obsolete) yold, past participle yielded or (obsolete) yold or (obsolete) yolden)

  1. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
    • This method generally yields better results.
    1. To produce as return from an investment.
      • Historically, that security yields a high return.
    2. To produce as a result.
      • Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
    3. To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
      • Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
    4. (obsolete) To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
      • God 'ild [yield] you, sir!c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.
    • They refuse to yield to the enemy.

See all 22 meanings of yield

Forms of yeelde

third-person singular presentyeeldes
present participleyeelding
pastyeelded
pastyolde
past participleyeelded
past participleyolde
past participleyolden

Questions about yeelde

What is yeelde the archaic spelling of?
Yeelde is the archaic spelling of yield.

Words near yeelde in the dictionary

  1. yeek
  2. yeelaman
  3. yeelamans
  4. Yeelanna
  5. yeeld
  6. yeelde
  7. yeelded
  8. yeelding
  9. yeelds
  10. yeelin
  11. yeelins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yeelde (page history and authors); yield (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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