yelven.

/jɛlv/

Forms: Also 1600s yelf, 1800s yilve.

Etymology: Metathetic < Middle English ȝevel < Old English geafel fork, more directly represented by dialect yeevil , evil n.³, in use along the Celtic border from Cheshire to Cornwall.

dialect.

A dung- or garden-fork.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork

forkc1000

graip1459

prong1492

crotch1539

evil1642

yelve1688

prong fork1765

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 430 Hi..hine ufan mid isenum geaflum ðydon.

a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 241/36 Forcelle, gæfle, dictae quod frumenta celluntur, i. commouentur.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lxx[ii]. (Tollem. MS.) Hey..is houe, turnid and wende with pikes, ȝeuels [1495 forkees] and rakes.]

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 173/2 Yelf or Yelve, an Iron with three fork ends, by which Dung is taken from the Beast, and the house made clean.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 337/1 A Yelve Iron with two Ends.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 337/1 With the same Forke or Yelve, (or Evill, as some call it).

1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 622 Yilve, a dung fork, an evil, as we more commonly call it.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Yelve..a garden-fork.

Derivatives

yelve v. to use a yelve.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (intransitive)] > dig

delvec1000

digc1320

spit1393

fork1647

yelve1817

graft1823

spade1869

spud1889

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > dig > dig with fork

fork1647

prong1785

yelve1817

1817 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (1818) 32 Yelve, to dig chiefly with the yelve.

1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Yelve, a potato fork... Yelve, v. to dig, chiefly with the yelve.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	yelve
释义	yelven. /jɛlv/ Forms: Also 1600s yelf, 1800s yilve. Etymology: Metathetic < Middle English ȝevel < Old English geafel fork, more directly represented by dialect yeevil , evil n.³, in use along the Celtic border from Cheshire to Cornwall. dialect. A dung- or garden-fork. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork forkc1000 graip1459 prong1492 crotch1539 evil1642 yelve1688 prong fork1765 c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 430 Hi..hine ufan mid isenum geaflum ðydon. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 241/36 Forcelle, gæfle, dictae quod frumenta celluntur, i. commouentur. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lxx[ii]. (Tollem. MS.) Hey..is houe, turnid and wende with pikes, ȝeuels [1495 forkees] and rakes.] 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 173/2 Yelf or Yelve, an Iron with three fork ends, by which Dung is taken from the Beast, and the house made clean. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 337/1 A Yelve Iron with two Ends. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 337/1 With the same Forke or Yelve, (or Evill, as some call it). 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 622 Yilve, a dung fork, an evil, as we more commonly call it. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Yelve..a garden-fork. Derivatives yelve v. to use a yelve. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (intransitive)] > dig delvec1000 digc1320 spit1393 fork1647 yelve1817 graft1823 spade1869 spud1889 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > dig > dig with fork fork1647 prong1785 yelve1817 1817 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (1818) 32 Yelve, to dig chiefly with the yelve. 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Yelve, a potato fork... Yelve, v. to dig, chiefly with the yelve. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1688
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