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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YEAN, v.i. To bring forth young, as a goat or sheep; to lamb. [Obsolete or local.]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English yenen, from Old English *ge?anian, from Old English ge-, perfective prefix + ?anian to yean; akin to Latin agnus lamb, Greek amnos Date: 1548 to bring forth young — used of a sheep or goat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. archaic bring forth (a lamb or kid). Etymology: perh. f. OE geeanian (unrecorded, as Y-, eanian to lamb)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yean Yean, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Yeaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Yeaning.] [AS. e['a]nian, or gee['a]nian; perhaps akin to E. ewe, or perhaps to L. agnus, Gr. ?. Cf. Ean.] To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean. --Shak.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Lamb, bring forth a lamb.