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Webster 1913 Edition

Yold

Yold

,
obs.
p.
p.
of
Yield
.
Yielded.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yold

YOLD

, for yielded. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

yold

yold

English

Alternative forms

Verb

yold

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense of yield
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xi:
      to yield him loue she doth deny, / Once to me yold, not to be yold againe [...].

Etymology 2

From Middle English yold ‎(“yielded”), from Old English ġeald ‎(“yielded”), 1st and 3rd person preterite of ġieldan ‎(“to yield, pay”).

Verb

yold

  1. (obsolete) preterite of yield.

Etymology

From Middle English yolde, yolden ‎(“yielded”), from Old English ġegolden ‎(“yielded”), past participle of ġieldan ‎(“to yield, pay”).

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