# yed

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To speak; sing.
2. To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
3. To contend; wrangle.

## Etymology
From Middle English ȝedden, ȝeddien, from Old English ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), from ġiedd (“song, poem, saying, proverb, riddle, speech, story, tale, narrative, account, reckoning, reason”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yed