different between yed vs yem

English

Alternative forms

• yedd

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?edden, ?eddien, from Old English ?ieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), from ?iedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).

Verb

yed (third-person singular simple present yeds, present participle yedding, simple past and past participle yedded)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To speak; sing.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To contend; wrangle.

Derived terms

• yedding

Etymology 2

From Middle English ?ed, from Old English ?iedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).

Noun

yed (plural yeds)

1. (archaic) A saying.
2. (Britain dialectal) A falsehood; leasing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”). Influenced or conflated with Middle English eardien (“to dwell, inhabit”), from Old English eardian (“to live, dwell, be inhabitant, occupy”). More at earth.

Alternative forms

• yerd, eard

Verb

yed (third-person singular simple present yeds, present participle yedding, simple past and past participle yedded)

1. (Britain dialectal) To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
2. (Britain dialectal) To be associated with a place or locality. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• yedder
• yedding

Noun

yed (plural yeds)

1. (Britain dialectal) A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.

Etymology 4

Blend of your +? editor

Noun

yed (plural yeds)

1. (dated, fandom slang) A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.

Anagrams

• Dey, Dye, d'ye, dey, dye

Volapük

Conjunction

yed

1. (Volapük Rigik) yet, nevertheless, but, however

English

Etymology 1

See hyem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?m/

Adverb

yem (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) Alternative spelling of hyem

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese y?m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??m/

Noun

yem (plural yems)

1. (fashion) A Vietnamese form of underbodice; a dudou, its Chinese progenitor and equivalent.

Synonyms

• dudou, tu-tou (Chinese contexts)

Hypernyms

• bodice, bib

Translations

References

• Griffiths, Bill (2004) A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN, page 191

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Surface etymology ye +? -m.

Noun

yem (definite accusative yemi, plural yeml?r)

1. fodder

Declension

Derived terms

• yeml?m?k

Further reading

• “yem” in Obastan.com.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

yem

1. (Northern, northern East Midlands) Alternative form of þem (“them”)

Etymology 2

Noun

yem (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yeme (“attention, care”)

Etymology 3

Noun

yem (plural yemes)

1. Alternative form of eme (“uncle”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic.

Noun

yem (definite accusative yemi, plural yemler)

1. fodder