v. Obs. Forms: 1 aʓieldan, aʓyldan, 4 ayild, aȝeld, 5 ayelde. [OE. aʓieldan, f. A- pref. 1 up + ʓieldan to YIELD, give.] To yield up.
a. 1000. Soul’s Complaynt, 91. Þæt þu ne scyle … riht aʓieldan.
c. 1325. Rembrun, 475 (Halliw.). Ayild the to this knight.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 2444. ‘Þef,’ saide he … ‘aȝeld þe, þov schalt dye,’
c. 1450. Paper Roll, in 3rd Rep. R. Comm. Hist. MSS., 280/1. To ayelde up … the seid towne of Anyoies.
