"yarm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /jɑː(ɹ)m/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yarm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yarms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m Etymology: From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ȝarm}} Middle English ȝarm, {{m|enm|ȝarmen}} ȝarmen Head templates: {{en-noun}} yarm (plural yarms)
  1. (UK dialectal) An outcry; noise. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-yarm-en-noun-I-5aeKpB Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /jɑː(ɹ)m/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yarm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yarms [present, singular, third-person], yarming [participle, present], yarmed [participle, past], yarmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ȝarmen}} Middle English ȝarmen, {{m|enm|ȝermen}} ȝermen, {{inh|en|ang|ġyrman}} Old English ġyrman, {{m|ang|ġierman|t=to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament}} ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jarmijan}} Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jarmijaną}} Proto-Germanic *jarmijaną, {{m|gem-pro|*jarmōną|t=to bellow, bleat}} *jarmōną (“to bellow, bleat”), {{cog|sco|yirm|t=to whine, wail}} Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), {{cog|da|jærme|t=to lament, shriek}} Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), {{cog|no|jerme||to bleat}} Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), {{cog|sv|jarma||to lament, shriek}} Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), {{cog|is|jarma||to whine, complain, bleat}} Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”), {{cog|sq|jerm||to rave, be delirious}} Albanian jerm (“to rave, be delirious”), {{ncog|en|yammer}} English yammer Head templates: {{en-verb}} yarm (third-person singular simple present yarms, present participle yarming, simple past and past participle yarmed)
  1. (UK dialectal) To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-yarm-en-verb-uhp7aEkj Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK dialectal) To scold; grumble. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-yarm-en-verb-PgWRfWky Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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