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ybake - Baked.

yboiled - Boiled.

ybrayed - Ground.

ybroke - Broken.

ybrulyd - Broiled.

ycolouryt - Colored.

ycolowrd - Colored.

ycuver - Covered.

ydo - Done (added).

ydraw - Drawn, pulled apart.

ydyced - Diced.

yfarced - Stuffed. (from French)

yfoundred - Melted. (from French)

yfoundyt - Melted. (from French)

ygrounden - Ground.

yleesshed - Sliced.

ymber day - Ember day. One of the fasting days of the Christian calendar.

ymyed - Minced.

ynogh - Enough.

ypocras - Hyppocras. A sweet, spiced wine, or the spice mixture used to make it.

ypylled - Peeled.

yrchons - Hedgehogs.

yren - Eggs. (from German). Also sometimes iron - as in "Take a shouell of yren ...".

ysode - Boiled.

ysodyn - Boiled.

ysop - Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis). A member of the mint family.

yswengyd - Whisked.

yswonge - Whisked.