ˈyoldring, ˈyeldring Sc. and north. dial.
Also youldring, yowdring, yoldrin, yaldrin, -an, yeld(e)rin, yieldrin.
[Variant of yowlring.]
(Also yellow y.) A yellow-hammer.
| 1790 Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Yold-ring, a yellow-hammer. North. a 1810 Tannahill Midges dance aboon the burn ii, While weary yeldrins seem to wail Their little nestlings torn. 1815 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (1826) 37 Three yaldrin's eggs. 1820 Scott Abbot xvii, You heed me no more than a goss-hawk minds a yellow yoldring. 1865 Alex. Smith A. Hagart's Househ. v, The yellow yelderin builds in dry banks. |