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yauld

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[yawd, yawld, yahd, yahld] / jɔd, jɔld, jɑd, jɑld /

adjective

Scot. and North England.
  1. active; vigorous.


Etymology

Origin of yauld

First recorded in 1780–90; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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You get a coble, and a yauld old Celt, its master, and are rowed across to Inchmahome, the Isle of Rest.

From Spare Hours by John Brown

Od, ance I gat a wee soupled yestreen, I was as yauld as an eel.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott

Ay," said the village folk, "we've gotten the auld man back, and dod! he's clean yauld!

From The Setons by O. Douglas

If I was young and yauld like you I wad gang into the Hoose, and I wadna rest till I had riddled oot the truith and jyled every scoondrel about the place.

From Huntingtower by John Buchan

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