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▪ I. yed, n. Now Sc.|jɛd| Forms: 1 ᵹied(d, ᵹed(d, ᵹid(d, ᵹyd(d, 3 ȝed, 8– yed. [OE. ᵹiedd: see next.] †1. A song, poem, speech, tale, riddle. Obs.
Beowulf 1160 Leoð wæs asungen, gleomannes ᵹyd. Ibid. 1723 Ic þis ᵹid be þe awræc. c1205Lay. 25853 Heo..hire ȝeddes [later version wordes] sæide ȝeomere stefne. b. A fib, an exaggerated tale (Jam.). Sc. 2. Contention, wrangling; strife.
1719Ramsay 3rd Answ. to Hamilton ii, [The soldier] Wha now to youngsters leaves the yed, To 'tend his fauld. 1808, etc. [see Eng. Dial. Dict.]. ▪ II. yed, v. Now Sc.|jɛd| Forms: 1 ᵹieddian, ᵹeddian, ᵹiddian, ᵹyddian, 3–7 ȝedde, 3–5 ȝede, 6 yedde, 8– yed. [OE. ᵹieddian, f. ᵹiedd (see prec.), ? f. root gad- to put together, as in gather, together. For the development of sense 2 cf. OE. ᵹieddum wrixlan to dispute, and the use of the vb. in Daniel 728.] 1. intr. To sing, recite, talk, discourse.
c888ælfred Boeth. xii. 26 Þa ongan se Wisdom gliowian & ᵹeoddode þus. Ibid. xxxi. 71 Þa ongan he eft ᵹiddian & þus singende cwæð. c1205Lay. 21429 Arður..þus ȝeddien agon [later version þes word saide] Mid gomenfulle worden. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. i. 138 Prechet in þin harpe Þer þou art Murie at þi mete whon me biddeþ þe ȝedde. c1425Seven Sages (P.) 215 Thay nolden no langer with hym ȝede, Ne suffry langer lygge in bede. b. To fib, exaggerate a tale (Jam.). Sc. 2. To contend, wrangle.
1570Levins Manip. 48/35 To Yedde, chide, iurgare. 1721Ramsay Poems l. 398 Gloss., Yed, to contend, wrangle. Contention, Wrangling. ▪ III. yed, yedd(e obs. pa. tense of go: see yode. |