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yarm¹

  • /jɑː(ɹ)m/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m

Where it comes from

From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English ġyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *jarmijaną, *jarmōną (“to bellow, bleat”). Cognate with Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), dialectal Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), dialectal Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), dialectal Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”). Compare Albanian jerm (“to rave, be delirious”). Compare English yammer.

verb yarms · yarming · yarmed

  1. UK, dialectal To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
  2. UK, dialectal To scold; grumble.

yarm²

  • /jɑː(ɹ)m/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m

Where it comes from

From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.

noun yarms

  1. UK, dialectal An outcry; noise.

Yarm³

  • /ˈjɑː(ɹ)m/

proper noun

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4112).

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@misc{yarm_2026,
  title = {yarm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yarm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}