yeldrin

English

Alternative forms

yoldrin, yaldrin, yowdrin, yaldring (Scotland)

Etymology

Alteration of earlier yowlring, equivalent to yellow +‎ ring.

Noun

yeldrin (plural yeldrins)

(archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland) The yellowhammer.
- 1834, “The moral of flowers”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 35 (review of The Moral of Flowers by Rebecca Hey), page 811:

Anagrams

dry line, dryline, line-dry, nerdily

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