How do you pronounce yold?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjoʊld/.

Where does yold come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/ˈjoʊld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

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"The soring clouds into sad showres ymolt; So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt"
"to yield him loue she doth deny, Once to me yold, not to be yold againe […]"

From Middle English yold (“yielded”), from Old English ġeald (“yielded”), 1st and 3rd person preterite of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”).

yolden (alternative)

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