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

• “yernen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.