† 1. Surrendered (as a prisoner); that has surrendered or submitted; hence, submissive. Obs.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, III. 96. With lok doun cast & vmbele & ȝoldyn chere.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 539/2. Ȝolde manne, yn werre, daticius.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, XIX. ix. 787. I wylle neuer aryse vntyll ye take me as yolden & recreaunt.
a. 1547. Surrey, Eccles., iv. 107. The yolden goost His marcy doth requyre.
1553. Brende, Q. Curtius, v. 86. His promis keaping towards ye yelden, his clemencie towardes prisoners.
2. Wearied, exhausted. Sc.
a. 1508. Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 220. [He] with a ȝoldin ȝerd, dois ȝolk me in armys.
15[?]. Christ’s Kirk, 151, in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Cl.), 287. For hir saik he wes nocht yoldin.
1836. M. Mackintosh, Cottager’s Dau., 62. O deed quo’ William I am youden now.
