yeld

yeld
/yeld/, adj. Scot. and North Eng.
1. barren; sterile.
2. (of a cow) not giving milk, from being in calf or from age.
[bef. 1100; ME; OE gelde barren; c. G Gelt; akin to GELD1]

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