y-

a prefix occurring in certain obsolete words (ywis) and esp. in archaic past participles: yclad. Also, i-.

[ME y-, i- (reduced var. a-), OE ge-, prefix with perfective, intensifying, or collective force; c. OFris, OS ge-, gi-, Goth ga-, G ge-; cf. perh. L com- COM-]

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