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yaud

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[yawd, yahd] / jɔd, jɑd /

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.


Etymology

Origin of yaud

1350–1400; Middle English yald < Old Norse jalda mare


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Then Murray on the auld grey yaud, Wi' winged spurs did ride, That auld grey yaud a' Nidsdale rade, He staw upon Nidside.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

The husband answered nothing, but continued thumping at the nolt with his "hey," and "yaud," and "phew"—every ejaculation having the effect of an objurgatory attack on the dame herself.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

“Hey, Batty, lad!—far yaud, far yaud!” cried a voice by his side.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by John Mackay Wilson

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