"yean" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-us-yean.oga Forms: yeans [present, singular, third-person], yeaning [participle, present], yeaned [participle, past], yeaned [past]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English *yenen, ȝenen, eanen, from Old English *ġeēanian, ēanian (“to yean, bring forth young (usually lambs), bring forth as a ewe”) (for the prefixed form, compare Old English ġeēan, ġeēane (“yeaning”, adjective)), from Proto-West Germanic *gaaunōn, *aunōn (“to yean, lamb”), from *aunōną (“to yean, lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”). Cognate with Scots yean (“to yean”), Saterland Frisian bejänne (“to produce; show signs of calving”), West Frisian antsje, eandsje, inje (“to yean”), Dutch onen (“to yean”), Swedish öna (“to yean”, dialectal). Akin also to Latin agnus, Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), Old Irish úan (“lamb”). See also ean. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*yenen}} Middle English *yenen, {{inh|en|ang|*ġeēanian}} Old English *ġeēanian, {{cog|ang|ġeēan}} Old English ġeēan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gaaunōn}} Proto-West Germanic *gaaunōn, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂egʷnós||lamb}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”), {{cog|sco|yean||to yean}} Scots yean (“to yean”), {{cog|stq|bejänne||to produce; show signs of calving}} Saterland Frisian bejänne (“to produce; show signs of calving”), {{cog|fy|antsje}} West Frisian antsje, {{cog|nl|onen||to yean}} Dutch onen (“to yean”), {{cog|sv|öna||to yean|pos=dialectal}} Swedish öna (“to yean”, dialectal), {{cog|grc|ἀμνός}} Ancient Greek ἀμνός (amnós), {{cog|sga|úan||lamb}} Old Irish úan (“lamb”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} yean (third-person singular simple present yeans, present participle yeaning, simple past and past participle yeaned)
  1. (transitive, archaic, of goats or sheep) To give birth to. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-yean-en-verb-7E1ZFYhP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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