yeltn.
/jɛlt/ dialect.
A young sow.
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c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 119/25 Suilla, uel sucula, gilte.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 614/30 Suillus, i. parva sus, a yelte.
1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 18/1 A yelt or yonge sow, sucula.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 661 We call a young swine a Pigge, A weaning Pigge, a sheate, a Yealke [read Yealte], and so foorth.
1746 Exmoor Courtship 24 Es must ha' wone that es can trest..to zar tha Ilt and tha Barra.
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) at Elt Elt, or ilt, is also a spayed sow. Exm.
1903 E. Angl. Daily Times 24 Aug. 3/7 Some grand young Boars and Yelts for sale at moderate prices.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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