yode en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /jəʊd/
Etymology
From Middle English yode, variant of yede, from Old English ēode, from Proto-Germanic *ijj-, a suppletive past tense form to Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), and further from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”). Cognate with Latin eō (“go”), Russian идти (idti, “go”). The modern pronunciation (for expected /juːd/, /jʊd/) is likely a spelling pronunciation, though influence from the vowel of go is also possible.
Meanings
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(form-of, obsolete, past) simple past of go; went.
form of go
Sir Aglovaile through the churchyard those; Sing, All alone I lie Little recked where'er he yode, All alone, up in the sky.
1858, George MacDonald, chapter 19, in Phantastes: A Faerie Romance: