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Definition yean

Etymology

From Middle English *yenen, *?enen, eanen, from Old English *?e?anian, ?anian (“to yean, bring forth young (usually lambs), bring forth as a ewe”) (for the prefixed form, compare Old English ?e?an, ?e?ane (“yeaning”, adjective)), from Proto-Germanic *gaaun?n?, *aun?n? (“to yean, lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg?nós (“lamb”). Cognate with Scots yean (“to yean”), Saterland Frisian bejänne (“to produce; show signs of calving”), West Frisian antsje, eandsje, inje (“to yean”), Dutch onen (“to yean”), Swedish öna (“to yean”, dialectal). Akin also to Latin agnus, Ancient Greek ????? (amnós), Old Irish úan (“lamb”), and to English ewe. See also ean.

Verb

yean (third-person singular simple present yeans, present participle yeaning, simple past and past participle yeaned)

1. (transitive, archaic, of goats or sheep) To give birth to.

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