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yedder, n. north. dial.|ˈjɛdə(r)|
Forms: 5 ȝedd-, yeddyr, 6 ȝedder, 7–9 yeather, 8–9 yether, 9 yadder, 6– yedder.
[Variant of edder n.]
1. An osier, or rod of pliant wood, used for binding a hedge. Also attrib.
1512–13Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 106 Pro cariag. xij plaustrat. lez thornes, ȝedders, et rysez ad prædict. sepes. 17..[see strut n.2 1 b]. 1691Ray N.C. Words 152 A yeather, vimen. 1764Museum Rust. III. iv. 10 Yethers (as binders of hassel or willow are here [sc. Yorks.] called). 1779Charlton Hist. Whitby 96 A certain stake and yether hedge. 1829J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1858) II. 156 Great abundance of fine osiers will be thus produced, but a few of the strongest shoots should be left on each stake, for other stakes and poles and yeathers. 1852Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIII. ii. 281 Farmers find posts and rails cheaper..than the old system of ‘stake and vice’. Footnote. Called..in some parts..‘stower and yedder’. 1876Whitby Gloss., Yethers, oziers and similar flexibilities.
2. The mark of a blow or stripe, or that made by tight binding; a weal. Also, a smart blow.
c1440Alphabet of Tales 286 He..grapyd his bakk, & it was passand sare & full of yeddyrs & wowndis as he had bene betyn. 1483Cath. Angl. 426/1 A ȝeddyr, liuor, vibex. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. xxviii. 17 The stroke of y⊇ rod maketh yedders. 1802Sibbald Chron. S.P. IV. Gloss., Yether, the mark left by tight binding, as with a small cord. 1825Jamieson, Yether,..a severe blow, Upp. Clydes. 1877Holderness Gloss., Yether, a discolouration of the skin caused by a blow.
Hence ˈyedder v. (see quots.).
[1523edderinges: see edder. 1691 Ray N.C. Words 152 Eathering of hedges being binding the tops of them with small sticks as it were wooven on the stakes.] 1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck etc. II. 131, I hae heard o' some o' them that fought the deil,..yethered him and yerked him till he coudna mou' another curse. 1825Jamieson, To Yether,..to bind firmly, Roxb. 1825in Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1381 Yadder them with your yadders, and..stake them on each side, with street stowers. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., To Yedder or Yether, to interweave or connect with pliable twigs or osiers a row of upright sticks or stobs in hedge work. 1876Ibid., Yether, v. to interweave with twigs, as in basket-making. 1877Holderness Gloss., Yether, v. to lash with a whip. |