yaud

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yaud

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From Middle English yald, ȝald. Originally used to mean "mare", then "old mare". From Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde).

This term influenced and was influenced by jade, but is considered etymologically distinct by some references, while others consider the two terms to be variants of one another.

noun yauds · yade

Northern England, Scotland A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare. "[…]Nay by my faith, if you be so heavy, I will content me with the best of you, and that's the haunch and the nombles, and e'en heave up the rest on the old oak-tree yonder, and come for it with one of the yauds."
Similar: jade
Northern England, Scotland A slovenly woman.

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@misc{yaud_2026,
  title = {yaud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yaud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}