[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
(See also under Ȝ, at the end of G and I.)
y first y, III, 3, (Child #114 A) 15: ae, one. See a, ae.
yad III, 483, (Child #187 C) (Child #187 D) 5, 9: jade, mare.
yae I, 446, (Child #50 A) 8, 9: ae, only. II, 183, (Child #73 A) 17: every. See a, ae.
yard, yerde I, 287, (Child #30 A) 63; III, 75, (Child #117 A) 397: rod, stick.
yard o stane I, 466, B (Child #53 B) 23: perhaps, garden stane, something being meant equivalent to the fountain stane of A 23, at which the lady was christened.
yare, ȝare II, 261, (Child #82 A) 6; III, 98, (Child #119 A) 24: ready.
yate, yeat, yett I, 68 f., (Child #5 A) 23, 69; II, 336, P (Child #93 P) 2; III, 268, (Child #157 B) (Child #157 C) 15; V, 28, (Child #268 A) 60: gate, jates, jatis, III, 99, (Child #119 A) 61, 62.
yatid I, 334, 10: granted. (A.S. géatan).
ychon III, 101, (Child #119 A) 88: each one.
ydrawe III, 91 a: drawn.
ydyght, idyght III, 62, (Child #117 A) 131, 132: prepared, made, fabricated, adjusted. III, 75, (Child #117 A) 392: made ready.
yeaman See yeman.
yeard-fast, yird-fast II, 88, (Child #63 B) 11; 94, 8; 97, 15: fixed firmly in the earth.
yearl II, 191, (Child #73 F) 20: earl. See yerl.
yeat IV, 68, D (Child #200 D) 1: gate. See yate.
yebent III, 308, (Child #162 A) 25: bent.
yede, yeede, yeed, yed, jede, yode, yod pret. of gang, gae, go, I, 211, (Child #18 A) (Child #18 B) 37; III, 73, (Child #117 A) 346; 76, 408; 83 and 86, 160; 99, 60; 110, 18; 163, 69: went.
yee III, 297, (Child #161 A) 39: eye.
yeen I, 333, (Child #38 G) 2: towards, on.
ye feth i faith.
yeff, yeffe V, 79 f., (Child #273 app) 17, 51, 53, 54: if.
yeffell III, 109, (Child #121 A) 6; 111, 34: evil, ill.
yeffor See yeuer.
yeft III, 70, (Child #117 A) 295: gift.
yeldyde surrendered.
yellow-fit yellow-foot[ed].
yeman, yeaman III, 22, (Child #116 A) 4; 24, 43; 25, 51; 28, 121; 30, 165, 170; 56, 1, 3, etc.: yeoman.
yemanry, yemanrey, yemenrey, yeomanry, yeomandree, yeomandrie, yeomendry III, 58, (Child #117 A) 45; 110, 23; 113, 83; 123, 19; 157, 51; 186, 14; 192, 23; 204, 31: class or company of yeomen; what is in accordance with a yeoman's principles, idea or character.
yend III, 110, (Child #121 A) 17: yond, yon.
yenoughe enough.
yeomanry, yeomaudrie etc. See yemanry, yemanrey.
ye'r V, 306 b, 2: ye are.
yerde See yard.
yerl, yerle, yerlle, yirl, yearl III, 298, (Child #161 A) 62, 60; 308, 19; 309, 33; IV, 298, G c 11: 354, 7: earl.
yerly III, 307, (Child #162 A) 7: early.
yerning I, 334, 10: desire.
ye'se ye shall. See B.
yestreen II, 20, (Child #58 A) 7; 21, 7; 22, 6; 23, 7, etc.; V, 299 a, 1: yesterday even, yesternight. See streen.
yet, yett I, 204, (Child #17 C) (Child #17 D) (Child #17 E) 11; 207, 20; 465, 11, 15; 472, 17, 18, 21; III, 269, (Child #157 C) (Child #157 D) 11; 270, 15: gate. See yate.
yett-pin IV, 483 b: bolt, or latch, of a gate.
yeuer, yeffor III, 113, (Child #121 A) 82; V, 79, (Child #273 app) 33; 80, 62: ever.
ygeve V, 298 a: given.
yield IV, 514, 9: grant, concede.
yill III, 449, (Child #181 B) 8; IV, 481, 6; V, 99, (Child #275 B) (Child #275 C) 9: ale.
yird-fast See yeard-fast.
yirl IV, 69, (Child #200 E) 9: earl. See yerl.
ylk a I, 328, 46: each, every. See ilka.
ylke III, 61, (Child #117 A) 95: same. See ilk.
yll with grete, III, 26, (Child #116 A) 90: in much distress.
ymet III, 85, 72: measured.
ympe tree I, 216 a: a grafted fruit tree; here, perhaps, apple, see I, 340 a.
ynowe III, 113, (Child #121 A) 80: enough.
yo V, 296 a: you.
yo V, 296 a: your.
yode, yod, youd pret. of gang, gae, go, I, 333, (Child #38 G) 1; II, 138, (Child #67 A) 12; 265, 9; 483, 7; III, 110, (Child #121 A) 25: went, good, III, 464, (Child #185 A) 4. gude, V, 153, 1. See yede.
yolden III, 282 b: surrendered.
yon such a blast as yon, III, 4, (Child #114 A) (Child #114 B) 7: that.
yonders III, 187, b (Child #141 A) 13; 193, b 17; 259, 16, 17; 264, A b, c 17: yonder.
yont I, 431, (Child #47 D) (Child #47 E) 3; II, 82, (Child #62 J) 51: beyond, lie yond, yont, II, 82, (Child #62 J) 49; 168, 12; IV, 345, (Child #238 H) (Child #238 I) 11; 494, 40: further off.
you, yowe IV, 195 f., (Child #217 C) (Child #217 D) 1, 4, 10, 12, 17; 198, F 6; 206, 1; 261, 20: ewe.
youd II, 138, (Child #67 A) 12: went. See yode.
young son of a babe just born, I, 183 f., (Child #15 A) 32, 45, 47; II, 89, (Child #63 B) (Child #63 C) 35; 91, 30, 33, 35, D 29; 92, 22; 93, 9-12, etc.; called auld son, being the oldest because the only one, I, 184, (Child #15 A) (Child #15 B) 3, 8, 9. See auld son, old son.
yowe-bucht See bucht.
yowre V, 78 f., (Child #273 app) 7, 15: our. (But owre twelve times in the same piece, howre six.)
y-slaw p.p. of slay, III, 28, (Child #116 A) 140.
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