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yett

English

Etymology 1

Noun

yett (plural yetts)

  1. (Scotland, Tyneside) Gate.
    • 2015, Douglas Nicholas, Throne of Darkness, page 126,
      The outer yett was closed, and a torch burned in a socket set in the gatehouse wall beside the archway. A guard stepped up, peered through the yett at Guillaume, and nodded to someone off to the side.

Etymology 2

Adverb

yett (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of yet
    • 1608, Kalenders of the Starre Chamber, extract republished 1840, J. Payne Collier (editor), Lord Bacon and the Star Chamber, in The Egerton papers: A collection of public and private documents, chiefly illustrative of the times of Elizabeth and James I, from the original documents, page 431,
      So when the L. Chauncellor or Keeper passeth anie patent by imediate warrant, yett the fees of the Clerke of the Seale and Signett are ordered to be awnswered, and yett theie doe noething for them.

References

  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]

Anagrams

  • tyet

Scots

Etymology

From English yate, obsolete form of gate.

Noun

yett (plural yetts)

  1. gate
    • 1983, William L. Lorimer (translator), John's Gospel: 10, 1-2, The New Testament In Scots, page 179,
      Trowth an atweill, I tell ye, onie-ane at comesna intil the bucht at the yett, but sclims in somegate else, is a thief an a reiver. The man at comes in bi the yett is the shepherd o the hirsel.

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gett

English

Etymology 1

From Scots gaet.

Noun

gett (plural getts)

  1. (Northern England, Tyneside, derogatory) A nasty person.
  2. (Northumbria) A child, especially a mischievous one.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew ????? (g??).

Noun

gett (plural getts)

  1. Alternative form of get (Jewish writ of divorce)

References

  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Scots

Noun

gett (plural getts)

  1. A naughty child, a brat.

References

  • Small Dictionary of Scots (Lallans) words

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

gett

  1. supine of ge.

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