different between yed vs yfed

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

From Old English ?ef?d, past participle of f?dan.

Participle

yfed

1. (obsolete) past participle of feed

Anagrams

• defy

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh yuet, from Old Welsh iben (impf.), from Proto-Celtic *?ibeti, from Proto-Indo-European *píph?eti.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /??v?d/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /??vad/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /??v?d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?i?v?d/, /??v?d/

Verb

yfed (first-person singular present yfaf)

1. to drink

Conjugation

Mutation