| yammer |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geomerian |
| Definition = | to lament, to groan. |
| Middle English = | yameran |
| yard |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gierd | gyrd |
| Definition = | a unit of measure. |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geard |
| Definition = | an enclosed area; a yard, a court. |
| Middle English = | gerde | yerde |
| Definition = | a unit of measure. |
| Middle English = | yerd |
| Definition = | an enclosed area; a yard, a court. |
| yarn |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gearn |
| Definition = | any fiber spun for knitting or weaving. |
| yarrow |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gaeruwe | gæruwe |
| Middle English = | yarowe | yarwe |
| ye |
| Anglo-Saxon = | ge |
| Middle English = | yhe |
| yea |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gá |
| Middle English = | ye | yo |
| yean |
| Anglo-Saxon = | eánian |
| Middle English = | genen |
| year |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geár | ger |
| Middle English = | year | yer |
| yearn |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gyrnan |
| Middle English = | yernan |
| yeast |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gist | gyst |
| Middle English = | yest |
| yeld |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gelde |
| yell |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gellan | giellan | gyllan |
| Middle English = | yellan | yolle |
| yellow |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geolo | geolu |
| Middle English = | yeiwe | zelu | zeoluh |
| yelp |
| Anglo-Saxon = | gielpan | gilpan | gylpan |
| Definition = | to boast, to talk noisily. |
| Middle English = | yelpen |
| Definition = | to boast, to talk noisily. |
| yeoman |
| Middle English = | yeman | yoman |
| yesterday |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geostran | geostrandæg |
| Middle English = | yistredai |
| yet |
| Anglo-Saxon = | giet | gieta |
| Middle English = | yete | yit |
| yew |
| Anglo-Saxon = | íw | yew |
| Middle English = | ew |
| yield |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geldan | gieldan | gildan |
| Middle English = | yelden |
| yoke |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geoc | gioc | ioc |
| Middle English = | yok | zok |
| yolk |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geolca | gioleca |
| Middle English = | yelke | yolke |
| yonder |
| Middle English = | yender | yonder |
| yore |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geara |
| Middle English = | yore | youre |
| you |
| Anglo-Saxon = | eow |
| young |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geong |
| Middle English = | yonge | yung |
| youngling |
| Middle English = | yongling |
| your |
| Anglo-Saxon = | eówer |
| yours |
| Middle English = | youres |
| youth |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geóguth |
| Middle English = | youthe |
| yule |
| Anglo-Saxon = | geohol | geol | giul | iul |
| Definition = | Christmas, the feast of the nativity. |