Sc. dial. var. AE a., one, only. Hence Yaefauldness, ‘onefoldness,’ simplicity.
a. 1771. Bonny Hind, viii., in Child, Ballads (1884), I. 446/2. I’m Lord Randal’s yae daughter, He has nae mair nor me.
1864. J. Brown, Jeems the Doorkeeper, 8. His absolute downrightness and yaefauldness.
