† yeie, v. Obs.
Forms: 2–3 ȝeiȝe, 3–4 ȝeie, yeie. 4 ȝeye, ȝyȝe, yeye.
[OE. *ᵹ{iacu}eᵹan, *ᵹéᵹan = WFris. geije to cry out, ON. geyja to bark, to blaspheme:—*gaujan, f. *gau (cf. ON. -gá barking, blasphemy, as in guðgá).
Prob. related forms with -t- suffix are Du. guiten to bark, scold, G. dial. gauzen, gäuzen to yelp, scold, ON. gaunta to boast, prate.]
1. intr. To cry out, shout.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 43 Summe þer wepeð..and swiðe reowliche ilome ȝeiȝeð. c 1205 Lay. 27750 Þa ȝeiden lude Alle Rom-leode. Ibid. 29563 Heo..seoððe ȝeiden him on Mid ȝeomerliche stanen. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 162 Ifont ter swiðe feole ȝeinde & ȝurinde. a 1225 Juliana 44 Þeo ilke þat beoð stalewurðe..ȝeornliche ȝeieð [v.r. ȝeiȝeð] efter godes grace to helpe. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xxxix. 111 Thah ich ȝeȝe upon heth. c 1320 Cast. Love (Halliw.) 1541 The loude cry and ȝeiyng That heo wolleth with loude stevyn Ȝevyn. 13.. Northern Passion (G1) 139 Men ne sschulle noth yeye þos longe. 13.. [see yederly]. |
2. trans. To utter in a loud voice; to call out; to announce for sale in a loud voice, to ‘cry’.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 66 Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware. Ibid. 126 For þi we ȝeieð to him iðe Paternoster, ‘Et dimitte nobis debita nostra’. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1265 Þes keiser..wodeliche ȝeide: Hwet nu, unwreste men. |
3. To ask for, as with a loud voice.
| c 1320 Cast. Love (Halliw.) 358 How Mercy here sistur heore herte ȝyȝth. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 67 Syþen riche forth runnen to reche honde-selle, Ȝeȝed ȝeres ȝiftes on hiȝ. |