yernen

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English geornan, girnan, from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną.

Verb

yernen

  1. to yearn; to yearn for
  2. to lust after
    • c. 1300, Anonymous, "Alison" (as printed in The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):
      Ichabbe y-yerned yore
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to wish
  4. to ask

References

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