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yern
English
Alternative forms
- yearn
Etymology
From Middle English yern (“willing, eager”), from Old English ?eorn (“eager”), from Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.
Cognate with Danish gerne (“gladly”), Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure, gladly”), German gern (“willingly, gladly”), Icelandic gjarn (“willing, keen, eager”), Icelandic gjarna (“willingly, readily, gladdly”), Swedish gärna (“willingly, gladly”). See also yearnful and yearnfully.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /j??n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Homophone: yearn
Adjective
yern
- (obsolete) Willing, eager, covetous, swift, nimble, earnest.
- But of her songe, it was so loude & erne
As any swalowe syttynge on a berne
- But of her songe, it was so loude & erne
Adverb
yern
- (obsolete) eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly.
- 1865, Frederick James Furnivall, A Royal Historie of the Excellent Knight Generides
- Who was so hardie and so stern? Tel me now, I pray you yern
- c. 1515, unknown The Buke of the Sevyne Sagis
- All the people cried yern? God Master, now defend thy bairn.
- 1513, Gavin Douglas, The Eneados
- The black swarm ower the fields walks yerne
- 1865, Frederick James Furnivall, A Royal Historie of the Excellent Knight Generides
Usage notes
For the adverb, the form yearnly can also be found, but is much rarer.
References
- yern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Dictionary of Early English
- A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
- The Middle English Dictionary
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Verb
yern (third-person singular simple present yerns, present participle yerning, simple past and past participle yerned)
- Obsolete form of yearn.
Anagrams
- NYer, Nery, reyn
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yeri
English
Noun
yeri
- (Tamil areas of India) A lake
Anagrams
- Irey, Iyer
Anguthimri
Noun
yeri
- (Mpakwithi) feather
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 189
Turkish
Noun
yeri
- accusative singular of yer
- third-person singular possessive of yer
yeri From the web:
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- what yerim mean
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- what does yeri mean in korean
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