English Explanatory Dictionary

yern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of yearn.

Pronunciation

/jəːn/

Word forms

yern yearn yerns yerning yerned

Etymology

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.

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