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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Ȝell,) Yell, Yeal, n.4 (Var. of Ale n. ale.) —1691 Hawick Arch. Soc. (1905) 13.
Mor for 3 chapins of yeal … a quart of yell … yeal 3 and tipe yeal
