Definition of YED

yed

Meanings

Plural: yeds

Verb

  • To speak; sing.
  • To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
  • To contend; wrangle.
  • To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
  • To be associated with a place or locality.

Noun

  • A saying.
  • A falsehood; leasing.
  • A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
  • A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English ȝedden, ȝeddien, from Old English ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), from ġiedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).

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