yern
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yern
- /jəːn/ UK
Sounds like yearn · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n
Where it comes from
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.
adverb yearn
- eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly. I am not afraid of death, and when my time comes I'll go yern.
verb yerns · yerning · yerned · yearn
- Obsolete form of yearn.yearn
