georn

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ġiorn === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz (“willing, eager”), whence also Old Saxon gern, Old High German gern, Old Norse gjarn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /je͜orn/, [je͜orˠn] Rhymes: -e͜orn === Adjective === ġeorn (comparative ġeornra, superlative ġeornast) eager ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dōmġeorn (“eager for glory”) ġeornful ġeornfulnes (“eagerness”) lofġeorn (“eager for praise”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ȝeorn, yern English: yern (obsolete)