yauldyaldadj.
/jɔːld/, U.S. /jɔd/, /jɑd/, Scottish English /jɔd/ Scottish and northern dialect.
Active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fresh or vigorous
vigorousc1330
frikea1400
freck?a1513
flourishing?1555
flush1604
caller1754
yauld1787
strengthful1830
beany1852
pithsome1864
the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble
lightOE
quiverOE
yepec1275
taitc1300
yap13..
delivera1375
swippera1387
wight1390
nimblea1400
yarea1400
yerna1400
smitherc1475
leger1483
agilea1500
liver1530
lightsome1567
wimble1579
nimble jointed1591
nimble shifting1591
agilious1599
nimbling1599
nimble spirited1611
expedite1612
fitchanta1616
airy1642
fantastic1645
volant1650
clever1691
light-limbed1695
spry1746
swack1768
swank1786
yauld1787
deliverly1820
slippy1847
nippy1849
springe1859
pantherish1869
pantherine1890
flippant1895
loose1907
Tarzanesque1933
Tarzan-like1943
1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 She's a yauld, poutherie Girran.
1794 Har'st Rig viii. 7 A bang O' Highlanders, a fendy rout, Baith yawl and strang.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xv. 326 There's mony yauld chiels amang thae volunteers.
1873 D. Maclagan in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1881) 3rd Ser. 177 Though somethin' auld An' no sae yauld.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1787