All 9 Uses of
yield
in
The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald
- The sea routes will yield their distances to his true son, Penelope's true son,- I doubt another's luck would hold so far.
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *yield = give
- Then Demeter of the tasseled tresses yielded to Iasion, mingling and making love in a furrow three times plowed; but Zeus found out and killed him with a white-hot thunderbolt.
Chpt 5 (definition 2)yielded = gave in (agreed to what was asked)
- I take no raft you grudge me out to sea.
Or yield me first a great oath, if I do,
to work no more enchantment to my harm.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)yield = give
- Let instant death upon it shine,
and she will cower and yield her bed-
a pleasure you must not decline,
so may her lust and fear bestead
you and your friends, and break her spell;
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- Old contender, will you not yield to the immortal gods?
Chpt 12 (definition 2)yield = give in
- No one would use this ground for training horses, it is too broken, has no breadth of meadow; but there is nothing meager about the soil, the yield of grain is wondrous, and wine, too, with drenching rains and dewfall.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)yield = amount produced
- Odysseus moved aside, yielding his couch, but from across the room Telemakhos checked him: "Friend, sit down; we'll find another chair in our own hut."
Chpt 16 (definition 2)yielding = giving up
- The bow unbending made his thin hands yield, no muscle in them.
Chpt 21 (definition 2)yield = give way
- He yielded to her, and his heart was glad.
Chpt 24 (definition 2) *yielded = gave in (agreed to what was asked)
Definitions:
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(1) (yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2) (yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up