yon

Etymology

From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz.

adj

1. (dated or dialectal) That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight.
   He went to climb yon hill.
   "[…] 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 Lightning Rod Man
   His head... his head... his face... it wisnae there. Nae black curly hair, nae eyes - I've never seen eyes sae blue as Joe's. Irises blue as yon sky. Blown tae smithereens... his gorgeous, bonny head, no there. 2012 Spring, Gerda Stevenson, “Federer versus Murray”, in Salmagundi

adv

1. (dated or dialectal) yonder.

pron

1. (dated or dialectal) 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 not yon an awfu' speech o' our bairn's to young Jock Allanson last night?" 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet