Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of earn.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To grieve; to feel sad.

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  • verb intransitive, obsolete To grieve; to feel sad.

Etymologies

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From Middle English, from ermen, from Old English yrman. See yearn.

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  • To grieve; to feel sad.

    May 12, 2008