YODE
Etymology
Verb
yode
(obsolete) simple past tense of go; went.
Anagrams
• Deyo, Yedo
Source: Wiktionary
Yode, obs. imp. of Go. Etym: [OE. yode, yede, , , eode, AS. eóde, used as the imp. of gan to go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr. i, ya. Issue.]
Definition: Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also yede.] See Yede. Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yoke. Cursor Mundi. Then into Cornhill anon I yode. Lydgate.
YEAD
Yead, v. i.
Definition: Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede. [Obs.] Years yead away and faces fair deflower. Drant.
YEDE
Yede, obs. imp.
Definition: Went. See Yode. All as he bade fulfilled was indeed This ilke servant anon right out yede. Chaucer.
Note: Spenser and some later writers mistook this for a present of the defective imperfect yode. It is, however, only a variant of yode. See Yode, and cf. Yead. [He] on foot was forced for to yeed. Spenser
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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