yird

See also: Yird

Scots

Alternative forms

yerd, yirth

Etymology

From Middle English yerd, from Old English ġeard, from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz. Cognate with English yard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɪrd/

Noun

yird (uncountable)

earth, sod, soil, topsoil, mould, loam
ground

Verb

yird (third-person singular simple present yirds, present participle yirdin, simple past yirdit, past participle yirdit)

to bury, to inter

References

“yird” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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