All 5 Uses of
yield
in
Beowulf - (translated by: Gummere)
- For gracious I deem my Hrothulf,{17b}willing to hold and rule nobly our youths, if thou yield up first, prince of Scyldings, thy part in the world.†
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- The feud she avenged that yesternight, unyieldingly, Grendel in grimmest grasp thou killedst, — seeing how long these liegemen mine he ruined and ravaged.†
- Nay, though the heath-rover, harried by dogs, the horn-proud hart, this holt should seek, long distance driven, his dear life first on the brink he yields ere he brave the plunge to hide his head: 'tis no happy place!†
- Yet in the end it ever comes that the frame of the body fragile yields, fated falls; and there follows another who joyously the jewels divides, the royal riches, nor recks of his forebear.†
- Grim was the answer, easy to get, from the youth for those that had yielded to fear!
*yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
Definitions:
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(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced