English Explanatory Dictionary

yarm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
  2. To scold; grumble.
noun
  1. An outcry; noise.
name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4112).

Pronunciation

/jɑː(ɹ)m/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yarm.wav /ˈjɑː(ɹ)m/

Word forms

yarm yarms yarming yarmed

Etymology

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.

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