different between yean vs yeap

English

Etymology

From Middle English *yenen, *?enen, eanen, from Old English *?e?anian, ?anian (“to yean, bring forth young (usually lambs), bring forth as a ewe”) (for the prefixed form, compare Old English ?e?an, ?e?ane (“yeaning”, adjective)), from Proto-West Germanic *gaaun?n, *aun?n (“to yean, lamb”), from *aun?n? (“to yean, lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg?nós (“lamb”). Cognate with Scots yean (“to yean”), Saterland Frisian bejänne (“to produce; show signs of calving”), West Frisian antsje, eandsje, inje (“to yean”), Dutch onen (“to yean”), Swedish öna (“to yean”, dialectal). Akin also to Latin agnus, Ancient Greek ????? (amnós), Old Irish úan (“lamb”). See also ean.

Verb

yean (third-person singular simple present yeans, present participle yeaning, simple past and past participle yeaned)

1. (transitive, archaic, of goats or sheep) To give birth to.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:yean.

References

Anagrams

• Enya, ayen

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Etymology

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Adverb

yeap (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of yep
   • 2003, Rick W. White, Comes Like a Raging Fire

     I told her, "Yeap. I'm here on vacation." We both smiled, as she told me, "Me too."

   • 2009, Terri Lee Ryan, Life Is One Big To-Do List: A Woman's Life After 40

     Yeap, I'm coming back in my next life as a daughter of one of my friends. I would never have to worry about looking ugly.

Anagrams

• PAYE, Paye, Peay