Glossary (words starting with Y)
yauds
mares
yawning
gaping (OED yawn v, 1)
ycleped
called (a poetic archaism)
yclept
called, styled
yellows
a figurative meaning for jealousy, derived from "yellow", the colour traditionally emblematic of jealousy (The OED cites Every Man In His Humour, where Ben Jonson makes aural (and in terms of the printed text, a visual) pun which explains wittily the connection between the psychological state and the colour: "You have a spice of the jealous yet both of you, (in your hose I mean)". The quotation is to be found only in the Quarto text of 1601 (5.3.389-390), see Herford and the Simpsons, vol.III.)
yeoman
a man holding a small landed estate, one who cultivates his own land, usually of respectable standing
yet
nevertheless
yet
still
yield
grant, allow, concede (OED yield v, 18c, where this instance is among examples given for usage in this sense between 1571 and 1907)
yield
consent (OED v. 17a)
yoke-fellow
comrade, partner; derives from ‘a contrivance, used from ancient times, by which two animals, esp. oxen, are coupled together for drawing a plough or vehicle; usually consisting of a somewhat curved or hollowed piece of wood fitted with "bows" or hoops at the ends which are passed round the animals’ necks, and having a ring or hook attached to the middle to which is fastened a chain or trace extending backward by which the plough or vehicle is drawn’ (OED yoke n, 1)
yond
yonder: that one there
yonker
young nobleman or youth (Dutch in origin)
youngling
youth, juvenile
younker
young man
younker
a young nobleman or gentleman of high rank (originally Dutch or German); often spelt "junker"
youth
youthful wantonness, folly or rashness (OED 3)
y’
you