yolden, yold, ppl. a. Obs. exc. Sc.
Forms: see yield v. A. 3.
[pa. pple. of yield v.]
† 1. Surrendered (as a prisoner); that has surrendered or submitted; hence, submissive. Obs.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. 96 With lok doun cast & vmbele & ȝoldyn chere. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 539/2 Ȝolde manne, yn werre, daticius. 1470–85 Malory Arthur xix. ix. 787, I wylle neuer aryse vntyll ye take me as yolden & recreaunt. a 1547 Surrey Eccles. iv. 107 The yolden goost His marcy doth requyre. 1553 Brende Q. Curtius v. 86 His promis keaping towards y⊇ yelden, his clemencie towardes prisoners. |
2. Wearied, exhausted. Sc.
| a 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 220 [He] with a ȝoldin ȝerd, dois ȝolk me in armys. 15.. Christ's Kirk 151 in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Cl.) 287 For hir saik he wes nocht yoldin. 1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Dau. 62 O deed quo' William I am youden now. |