yaplyadv.
Chiefly Scottish and northern.
Actively, nimbly; readily, eagerly. In modern Scottish: hungrily.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly
lighteOE
lightly?a1200
wightlyc1330
deliverlya1375
swipperly?a1400
wakerly?a1400
wighta1400
yaplya1400
featlyc1400
nimblyc1450
lightsomely1561
nimble1568
wimbly1594
yarelya1616
yare1622
featilya1640
agilely1663
cleverly1686
spry1855
lissomely1902
spryly1905
cattishly1913
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > eagerly
cofeOE
coflyc1000
greedilyc1200
heterlya1225
eagerlyc1380
titea1400
yaplya1400
prestc1400
willesfullyc1400
frecklyc1440
agogc1450
angardlyc1540
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adverb]
hungerlya1584
starvedly1606
starvingly1662
hungrily1693
yaply1768
esuriently1883
a1400 Pistill of Susan 228 To the ȝate ȝaply þei ȝeoden wel ȝare.
a1400–50 Wars Alex. (Dublin) 1393 And þai ȝopely ayayn ȝeldyn þaim swythe.
c1400 Rule St. Benet (verse) 1674 A souerayn aw forto be-hald Ȝapli vnto ȝong & ald.
c1440 York Myst. xxx. 231 We muste yappely wende in at þis yate.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 68 Unto their supper they right yaply fa'.
Derivatives
ˈyapness n. hunger.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun]
hungerc825
appetite1303
famec1515
sharpness1581
suction1615
meat-will1643
sucking1656
sharpsetness1673
esurition1678
stomach-worm1788
hunger-pain1820
yird-hunger1825
appetizement1826
yapness1828
esuriencea1834
peckishness1871
sinking feeling1890
1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch iv. 35 My yapness and stiff appetite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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