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Old English
Etymology
From ȳþ (“wave”) + lād (“course”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ȳþlād f (nominative plural ȳþlāde or ȳþlāda)
- (poetic) voyage, crossing
- Gode þancedon þæs þe him yþlade eaðe wurdon. ― They thanked God that the voyage had gone easily for them. (Beowulf ll. 227-8)