Yede

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yode \Yode\, obs. imp. of Go. [OE. yode, yede, [yogh]ede,
     [yogh]eode, eode, AS. e['o]de, used as the imp. of g[=a]n to
     go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr.
     'ie`nai, Skr. i, y[=a]. [root]4. Cf. {Issue}.]
     Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also {yede}.] See {Yede}.
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           Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yode. --Cursor
                                                    Mundi.
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           Then into Cornhill anon I yode.          --Lydgate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yede \Yede\, obs. imp.
     Went. See {Yode}.
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           All as he bade fulfilled was indeed
           This ilke servant anon right out yede.   --Chaucer.
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     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}.
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                 [He] on foot was forced for to yeed. --Spenser
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