1) Exclusively Anglo word 2) Exclusively Saxon word 3) Word of purely Anglo origin 4) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/yex
Yex intransitive verb [ Middle English ʒexen , yesken , Anglo-Saxon giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [ Written also yox , yux .] [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] « He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose.» Chaucer. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/5
Yex noun [ Anglo-Saxon geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Confer Yex , intransitive verb ] A hiccough. [ Written also yox , and yux .] [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] 'The excessive yex .' Holland. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Y/5