yernen

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== Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English geornan, girnan, from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną. === Verb === yernen to yearn; to yearn for to lust after c. 1300, Anonymous, "Alison" (as printed in The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900): to wish to ask === References === “yernen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.