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ˈyoldring, ˈyeldring Sc. and north. dial.
Also youldring, yowdring, yoldrin, yaldrin, -an, yeld(e)rin, yieldrin.
[Variant of yowlring.]
(Also yellow y.) A yellow-hammer.
1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Yold-ring, a yellow-hammer. North. a1810Tannahill Midges dance aboon the burn ii, While weary yeldrins seem to wail Their little nestlings torn. 1815G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (1826) 37 Three yaldrin's eggs. 1820Scott Abbot xvii, You heed me no more than a goss-hawk minds a yellow yoldring. 1865Alex. Smith A. Hagart's Househ. v, The yellow yelderin builds in dry banks. |