yie

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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 yeven, yiven, from Old English ġiefan. Doublet of gee.

Pronunciation

Verb

yie (simple past ya)

  1. to give
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:
      Y'oure w' thee crookeen, an yie mee thee hoane.
      Give over your crossness, and give me your hand.

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 90
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