Sc. Also 8 eeldin, 9 yeildin, yeelin’, eelin. [? For *even eilding, one of even eild (ELD sb.) or equal age with another. Cf. evineld, evin eild = contemporary in Douglas, Æn., III. xii. 42.] A contemporary in age. Also attrib.
1728. Ramsay, Phœnix and Owl, vi. You, a Species by your sell, Near Eeldins with the Sun your God.
1787. Burns, Brigs of Ayr, 150. My dear-remember’d, ancient yealings.
1804. Couper, Macguldrochiana, I. xvi. His bonny, various, yeelin’ frien’s.
1808. Jamieson, Yeildins, Yealings.
