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Adverb [English]

IPA: /jəːn/ [UK]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yern||willing, eager}} Middle English yern (“willing, eager”), {{inh|en|ang|ġeorn||eager}} Old English ġeorn (“eager”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gern}} Proto-West Germanic *gern, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gernaz}} Proto-Germanic *gernaz, {{cog|da|gerne||gladly}} Danish gerne (“gladly”), {{cog|nl|gaarne||with pleasure, gladly}} Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure, gladly”), {{cog|de|gern||willingly, gladly}} German gern (“willingly, gladly”), {{cog|is|gjarn||willing, keen, eager}} Icelandic gjarn (“willing, keen, eager”), {{cog|is|gjarna||willingly, readily, gladdly}} Icelandic gjarna (“willingly, readily, gladdly”), {{cog|sv|gärna||willingly, gladly}} Swedish gärna (“willingly, gladly”) Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} yern
  1. (obsolete) eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-yern-en-adv-eIaRpL-g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yearn

Verb [English]

IPA: /jəːn/ [UK] Forms: yerns [present, singular, third-person], yerning [participle, present], yerned [participle, past], yerned [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yern||willing, eager}} Middle English yern (“willing, eager”), {{inh|en|ang|ġeorn||eager}} Old English ġeorn (“eager”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gern}} Proto-West Germanic *gern, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gernaz}} Proto-Germanic *gernaz, {{cog|da|gerne||gladly}} Danish gerne (“gladly”), {{cog|nl|gaarne||with pleasure, gladly}} Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure, gladly”), {{cog|de|gern||willingly, gladly}} German gern (“willingly, gladly”), {{cog|is|gjarn||willing, keen, eager}} Icelandic gjarn (“willing, keen, eager”), {{cog|is|gjarna||willingly, readily, gladdly}} Icelandic gjarna (“willingly, readily, gladdly”), {{cog|sv|gärna||willingly, gladly}} Swedish gärna (“willingly, gladly”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} yern (third-person singular simple present yerns, present participle yerning, simple past and past participle yerned)
  1. Obsolete form of yearn. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: yearn
    Sense id: en-yern-en-verb-hRHvK7RL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yearn

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yerned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yerned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yern (third-person singular simple present yerns, present participle yerning, simple past and past participle yerned)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "yearn"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English obsolete forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of yearn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yearn",
          "yearn#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jəːn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)n"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "yearn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "yearn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yern"
}

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