yill

English

Noun

yill (plural yills)

1. (archaic, dialect, Ireland) A yell.

Verb

yill (third-person singular simple present yills, present participle yilling, simple past and past participle yilled)

1. (archaic, dialect, Ireland) To yell.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu; cognate with English ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪl(ː)/

Noun

yill (plural yills)

1. ale
2. beer

References

• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “yill”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]