yie

Iu Mien

Pronoun

yie 

  1. I
  2. me

Middle English

Pronoun

yie

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of ye (you)

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English ȝiven, from Old English ġiefan. Doublet of gee.

Verb

yie (simple past ya)

  1. to give
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13:
      Y'oure w' thee crookeen, an yie mee thee hoane.
      Give over your crossness, and give me your hand.

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 90
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