obs. ff. EWE sb.1; also attrib.
145960. Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 320. Pro emend. unius muri juxta le yowecote.
15212. Churchw. Acc., Croscombe (Somerset Rec. Soc.), 36. Ed. Wynsor geve unto the chorch ij. yows the prisse iijs. iiijd.
1566. in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 1584, 208/2. Pastura lie yow-flokkis sive aliarum ovium quarumcunque de Pawinshill.