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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yif, from Old English ġif, from Proto-Germanic *jabai.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
yif
- (West Country) If.
Anagrams
Middle English
Conjunction
yif
- If.
- 12??, Thomas of Erceldoune, Sir Tristrem
- "Wite thou wele his wille; / Know well what he intends / To wende with him thou say, / And yif he loveth the stille, / "Thou do Tristrem away" / Biseche him he se thertille, / Thi fo is Tristrem ay.
- 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, Boethius and Troilus
- And at the laste, yif that any wight wene a thing to ben other weyes thanne it is, it is nat only unscience, but it is deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.