different between yauld vs yaud

English

Alternative forms

• yald

Etymology

From Middle English yeld, from Old English ?ilde (“valuable, of worth”), from Proto-Germanic *gildiz (“valuable, valid, wholesome, precious”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eld?- (“to pay for, repay”). Cognate with Scots yauld (“active, strong, mighty”), Old Norse gildr (“of full worth, size, measure, or quality; full; complete; absolute; great”) (whence Icelandic gildur (“valid, thick, prominent, important”), Swedish gild (“stout, of full size”), Danish gild (“brawny, of full size, fine”). Related to yield.

Adjective

yauld (comparative yaulder or more yauld, superlative yauldest or most yauld)

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Vigorous; strong; healthy.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Active; sprightly; alert.
3. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Supple; active; athletic; nimble.

Anagrams

• Dulay, Dyula

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?]. Originally used to mean "mare", then "old mare". From Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha ????? (el?de) or Erzya ????? (el?de).

This term influenced and was influenced by jade, but is considered etymologically distinct by some references, while others consider the two terms to be variants of one another.

Noun

yaud (plural yauds)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
   • 1814, Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'tis Sixty Years Since, 1821, Volume 2, page 98,

     " […] Nay by my faith, if you be so heavy, I will content me with the best of you, and that's the haunch and the nombles, and e'en heave up the rest on the old oak-tree yonder, and come for it with one of the yauds."

   • a. 1835, James Hogg, Seeking the Houdy, 2006, The Collected Works of James Hogg: Contributions to Annuals and Gift-books, page 60,

     " […] Get on, my fine yaud, get on! There is nothing uncanny there."

     Robin coaxed thus, as well to keep up his own spirits, as to encourage his mare; for the truth is, that his hair began to stand on end with affright.

   • 1846, Moses Aaron Richardson, The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurrences, page 106,

     […] he threw it overboard, subjecting it to a spell, that it never should be removed save by the co-operation of "Two twin yauds, two twin oxen, two twin lads, and a chain forged by a smith of kind."

Synonyms

• (old horse): jade

References

Anagrams

• yadu