yote

verb — 2 senses

yote

verb

/ˈjəʊt/

Etymology From Middle English yoten, yeten (“to pour”), from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian joote (“to pour”), West Frisian jitte (“to pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour”), German gießen (“to pour”), Danish gyde (“to pour”). Related to gush, geyser.

1

UK, Dialectal To pour water on; pour in.

2

Archaic, Dialectal To steep.

  • Chapman My fowls, which well enough I, as before, found feeding at their trough Their yoted wheat.
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