Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yern

Yern \Yern\, v. i. See 3d Yearn. [Obs.]

Yern

Yern \Yern\, a. [OE. [yogh]ern, [yogh]eorne, AS. georn desirous, eager. See Yearn to long.] Eager; brisk; quick; active. [Obs.] ``Her song . . . loud and yern.''
--Chaucer.

Wiktionary
yern

vb. (obsolete form of yearn English)

Usage examples of "yern".

Dyfid darted out of the pack and ran a hundred yards, to jerk a yern root from the ground.

John Carp did begyn to make furnaces over the gate, and he used of my rownd bricks, and for the yern pot was contented now to use the lesser bricks, 60 to make a furnace.