yon

yonder.

Adverb

  1. yonder.

Origin

From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener.

Derived

hither and yon

Determiner

  1. Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
    • He went to climb yon hill.
    • Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. - 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […],...
    • "[…] Yet first let me close yonder shutters; the slanting rain is beating through the sash. I will bar up." "Are you mad? Know you not that yon iron bar is a swift conductor? Desist." - 1856, Herman Melville, The...

Phrase

  1. Acronym of yarn over needle.
    • Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […] - 2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting, page 222:

Pronoun

  1. That one or those over there.
    • As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be about us' Jean, was...