foryeild
Scots
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To repay; recompense
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forȝelden inherited from Old English forġieldan (pay for, give up, repay, requite, forfeit, reward) prefix from Scots yeild.
Origin
Scots
yeild
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foryield English
- yield English
- Vergeltung German
- gelten German
- vergelten German
- gelden Dutch, Flemish
- vergelden Dutch, Flemish
- vergelding Dutch, Flemish
- *frageldaną Proto-Germanic
- forġieldan Old English
- foryelden Middle English
- forȝelden Middle English
- vergelden Middle Dutch
- vergelten Middle High German
- yeild Scots
- forjelda Old Frisian
- ferjäilde Saterland Frisian