yogh

[ yohkh ]

/ yoʊx /

noun

the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly).

Origin of yogh

1250–1300; Middle English yogh, yok

Words nearby yogh

yod, yodel, yodle, yoga, yoga pants, yogh, yogi, yogini, yogurt, Yogyakarta, yo-heave-ho

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Example sentences from the Web for yogh

Yogh and thorn are alphabetized as g and t. I and J are alphabetized together.
King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady|Various
Chipping Walden, of the Saxon word ᵹipping (or ghipping) uses the insular 'g' (ᵹ), variant of (lowercase) yogh (ȝ).
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine|Raphaell Holinshed
Except for yogh, h-stroke and paired , unusual letters appear only in the editorial material (introduction, notes and glossary).
King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady|Various
Yogh is used in dictionary headwords; the others occur only in etymologies.
A Concise Dictionary of Middle English|A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat

British Dictionary definitions for yogh

yogh

/ (jɒɡ) /

noun

a character (ȝ) used in Old and Middle English to represent a palatal fricative very close to the semivowel sound of Modern English y, as in Old English ȝeong (young)

this same character as used in Middle English for both the voiced and voiceless palatal fricatives; when final or in a closed syllable in medial position the sound approached that of German ch in ich, as in knyȝt (knight). After the 14th century this symbol became the modern consonantal (semivocalic) y when initial or commencing a syllable, and though no longer pronounced in medial position it is preserved in many words by a modern gh, as in thought

Word Origin for yogh

C14: perhaps from yok yoke, referring to the letter's shape

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单词	yogh
释义	yogh [ yohkh ] / yoʊx / noun the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly). Origin of yogh 1250–1300; Middle English yogh, yok Words nearby yogh yod, yodel, yodle, yoga, yoga pants, yogh, yogi, yogini, yogurt, Yogyakarta, yo-heave-ho Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yogh Yogh and thorn are alphabetized as g and t. I and J are alphabetized together. King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady\|Various Chipping Walden, of the Saxon word ᵹipping (or ghipping) uses the insular 'g' (ᵹ), variant of (lowercase) yogh (ȝ). Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine\|Raphaell Holinshed Except for yogh, h-stroke and paired , unusual letters appear only in the editorial material (introduction, notes and glossary). King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady\|Various Yogh is used in dictionary headwords; the others occur only in etymologies. A Concise Dictionary of Middle English\|A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat British Dictionary definitions for yogh yogh / (jɒɡ) / noun a character (ȝ) used in Old and Middle English to represent a palatal fricative very close to the semivowel sound of Modern English y, as in Old English ȝeong (young) this same character as used in Middle English for both the voiced and voiceless palatal fricatives; when final or in a closed syllable in medial position the sound approached that of German ch in ich, as in knyȝt (knight). After the 14th century this symbol became the modern consonantal (semivocalic) y when initial or commencing a syllable, and though no longer pronounced in medial position it is preserved in many words by a modern gh, as in thought Word Origin for yogh C14: perhaps from yok yoke, referring to the letter's shape Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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