All 31 Uses of
yield
in
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II
- And when King Mark wist that it was Sir Launcelot, and came so fast upon him with a spear, he cried then aloud: I yield me to thee, Sir Launcelot, honourable knight.
Book 10 *yield = give
- And when this old man had said thus he came to one of those knights, and said: I have lost all that I have set in thee, for thou hast ruled thee against me as a warrior, and used wrong wars with vain-glory, more for the pleasure of the world than to please me, therefore thou shalt be confounded without thou yield me my treasure.
Book 15
- Then the good man called Gawaine, and said: It is long time passed sith that ye were made knight, and never sithen thou servedst thy Maker, and now thou art so old a tree that in thee is neither life nor fruit; wherefore bethink thee that thou yield to Our Lord the bare rind, sith the fiend hath the leaves and the fruit.†
Book 16yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Then as they stood talking there came knights well armed, and bade them yield them or else to die.
Book 17yield = give
- It is none need to tell if they were glad; and them he saluted, and they yielded him honour and good adventure, and everych told other.
Book 17yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- And that was not to the worldward, for anon he yielded him to a place of religion of white monks, and was a full holy man.
Book 17 *
- And then Sir Mador prayed that knight to save his life, and so he yielded him as overcome, and released the queen of his quarrel.
Book 18
- And so at the hour of noon Sir Gawaine yielded up the spirit; and then the king let inter him in a chapel within Dover Castle; and there yet all men may see the skull of him, and the same wound is seen that Sir Launcelot gave him in battle.†
Book 21yielded up = produced or showed
- And therewith Sir Launcelot kneeled down and yielded him up his sword.†
Book 10
- And therewith Sir Tristram kneeled adown, and yielded him up his sword.†
Book 10
- for ye be set in such a way ye are disposed shamefully; for Sir Tristram is the knight of most worship that we know living, and therefore I warn you plainly I will never consent to do him to the death; and therefore I will yield my service, and forsake you.†
Book 10
- Therewith came Elias and bade the king yield up the castle: For ye may not hold it no while.†
Book 10
- Sir Elias, said the king, so will I yield up the castle if I be not soon rescued.†
Book 10
- And ever Sir Tristram said to Sir Elias: Yield thee.†
Book 10
- Sir Alisander overcame him with three strokes, and there would have slain him had he not yielded him.†
Book 10
- And therewith he raced off his helm and said: Corsabrin, yield thee or else thou shalt die of my hands.†
Book 10
- Then Sir Bromel cried Sir Bors mercy, and yielded him.†
Book 11
- Upon this covenant thou shalt have thy life, said Sir Bors, so thou go unto Sir Launcelot upon Whitsunday that next cometh, and yield thee unto him as knight recreant.†
Book 11
- CHAPTER V. How Sir Bors made Sir Pedivere to yield him, and of marvellous adventures that he had, and how he achieved them.†
Book 11
- THEN Sir Bors thought he should no more go into that chamber to rest him, and so Sir Bors dressed him betwixt the knight and that chamber door, and there Sir Bors smote him down, and then that knight yielded him What is your name?†
Book 11
- So Sir Bors made him to swear at Whitsunday next coming to be at the court of King Arthur, and yield him there as a prisoner as an overcome knight by the hands of Sir Bors.†
Book 11
- And then the king yielded thankings to God, of His good grace that he had sent them.†
Book 13
- And all they said: Fair sweet Father of heaven come and visit us, and yield unto us everych as we have deserved.†
Book 15
- Then said Gawaine: Ye must yield you as an overcome man, or else I may slay you.†
Book 16
- So in his withdrawing he fell upright, and Sir Bors drew his helm so strongly that he rent it from his head, and gave him great strokes with the flat of his sword upon the visage, and bade him yield him or he should slay him.†
Book 16
- That yielding, said they, shall be noyous to you.†
Book 17
- And then they said: This gentlewoman must yield us the custom of this castle.†
Book 17
- And therefore there shall be no more battle, but to-morn I shall yield you your custom of this castle.†
Book 17
- And then he was buried; and as soon as he was buried Sir Percivale yielded him to an hermitage out of the city, and took a religious clothing.†
Book 17
- And then he cried upon him aloud: Most noble knight, Sir Launcelot du Lake, save my life, for I yield me unto you, and I require you, as ye be a knight and fellow of the Table Round, slay me not, for I yield me as overcome; and whether I shall live or die I put me in the king's hands and yours.†
Book 19
- And then he cried upon him aloud: Most noble knight, Sir Launcelot du Lake, save my life, for I yield me unto you, and I require you, as ye be a knight and fellow of the Table Round, slay me not, for I yield me as overcome; and whether I shall live or die I put me in the king's hands and yours.†
Book 19
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)