yird

[ yird ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. earth.

Example Sentences

I canna understand, said he, what for a this fykeries about a lump o yird?

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By this time the day, or rather evening, had darkened down, and the yird drift had become choaking and perplexing.

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I wish our fonds were well oot of them, and in yird and stane, which is a constansie.

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