obs. ff. EWE sb.1; also attrib.

1

1459–60.  Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 320. Pro emend. unius muri juxta le yowecote.

2

1521–2.  Churchw. Acc., Croscombe (Somerset Rec. Soc.), 36. Ed. Wynsor geve unto the chorch ij. yows the prisse iijs. iiijd.

3

1566.  in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 1584, 208/2. Pastura lie yow-flokkis sive aliarum ovium quarumcunque de Pawinshill.

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