yern

== English == === Alternative forms === yearn === Etymology === From Middle English yern (“willing, eager”), from Old English ġeorn (“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): /jəːn/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Homophone: yearn === Adverb === yern (obsolete) eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly. ==== Usage notes ==== For the adverb, the form yearnly can also be found, but is much rarer. ==== References ==== “yern”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. The Dictionary of Early English A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 4th ed. 1960 (originally 1894) 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 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝern, ȝerne, ȝieren, yeern ȝarne, jarne, yarne, yharne (especially Northern) === Etymology === From Old English ġearn, from Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of garn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɛːrn/ IPA(key): /jaːrn/ (Northern) === Noun === yern (uncountable) Yarn; a length of fibre used to weave. Synonym: garn ==== Descendants ==== English: yarn Middle Scots: ȝarne Scots: yairn ==== References ==== “yarn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2018.