† yedev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To go, proceed.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)]
nimeOE
becomec885
teec888
goeOE
i-goc900
lithec900
wendeOE
i-farec950
yongc950
to wend one's streetOE
fare971
i-wende971
shakeOE
winda1000
meteOE
wendOE
strikec1175
seekc1200
wevec1200
drawa1225
stira1225
glidea1275
kenc1275
movec1275
teemc1275
tightc1275
till1297
chevec1300
strake13..
travelc1300
choosec1320
to choose one's gatea1325
journeyc1330
reachc1330
repairc1330
wisec1330
cairc1340
covera1375
dressa1375
passa1375
tenda1375
puta1382
proceedc1392
doa1400
fanda1400
haunta1400
snya1400
take?a1400
thrilla1400
trace?a1400
trinea1400
fangc1400
to make (also have) resortc1425
to make one's repair (to)c1425
resort1429
ayrec1440
havea1450
speer?c1450
rokec1475
wina1500
hent1508
persevere?1521
pursuec1540
rechec1540
yede1563
bing1567
march1568
to go one's ways1581
groyl1582
yode1587
sally1590
track1590
way1596
frame1609
trickle1629
recur1654
wag1684
fadge1694
haul1802
hike1809
to get around1849
riddle1856
bat1867
biff1923
truck1925
the world > movement > progressive motion > move along [verb (intransitive)]
goeOE
lithec900
nimOE
fare971
shakeOE
strikea1000
gangOE
gengOE
seekc1000
glidea1275
wevec1300
hove1390
drevea1400
sway?a1400
wainc1540
discoursea1547
yede1563
trot1612
to get along1683
locomove1792
locomote1831
1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) xxx Yeding forth, anone An horrible lothly lake we might discerne.
a1578 Drant in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) Years yead away, and faces fair deflower.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 145 They wander at wil, and stray at pleasure, And to theyr foldes yead at their owne leasure.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K7v Then badd the knight this Lady yede aloofe.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 116 Downeuet..(perhaps so called) of downe yeeding, as hauing a steep hill.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 174 Yet she, poore soule, was sore adread Into the horrid cell to yed.
1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes iii. ix. sig. Gi Vnneath thilke borrells May well ne yede, ne stand.
1768 H. Downman Land of Muses xii Early the morn we will forth yede yfere.
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