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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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YAMAL, n. Also yamil, yammal, -el; yamalt (Ork.), yammald, jamald (Jak.). One born in the same year as another, a contemporary (Ork. 1845 Stat. Acc.² XV. 96; Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928), I.Sc. 1974); in Sh. also a twin (Ib.). Phrs. to be yammals wi, to be of the same age as (Ork. 1905 E.D.D., Ork. 1974). [′jɑməl(t)]Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. viii. 319:
Da Ald Chiel an' Pontius warna jeust yamals bit dey waar seek cronies.Ork. 1915 Old-Lore Misc. VIII. i. 39:
Gin sheu an' 'er man waar onything like yamals.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
This is a yamalt o' mine. We were yamalts.Ork. 1949 E. Marwick Anthology Ork. Verse 131:
Nae kinsman raised, nor wife, nor weeping w'ain, But we, his yamils, this memorial stane.