yed verb 5noun 4forms 3 verb5 •(dialect, UK) To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib. •(dialect, UK) To contend; wrangle. •(dialect, UK) To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners. •(dialect, UK) To be associated with a place or locality. •(no longer used) To speak; sing. noun4 •(dialect, UK) A falsehood; leasing. •(dialect, UK) A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground. •(slang, old-fashioned) A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.All of which sprang (crawled?) from the fertile skull of yed, no doubt it is something in my Radius. — 1952 •(no longer used) A saying. formsyedded · yedding · yeds