yie

Iu Mien

Pronoun

yie 

1. I
2. me

Middle English

Pronoun

yie

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Yola

Alternative forms

• ye, yive

Etymology

From Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan. Doublet of gee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiː/, /jiːv/
• Homophones: ye, yee

Verb

yie (simple past ya)

1. to give
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:

     Y'oure w' thee crookeen, an yie mee thee hoane.

     Give over your crossness, and give me your hand.

Derived terms

• yaate (“gave it”)
• yeeit (“give it”)
• yeeoure (“give over”)

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90