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yerning

yerning is the present participle and gerund of yern.

Meaning of yern

Adverb

yern

  1. (obsolete) eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly.
    • I am not afraid of death, and when my time comes I'll go yern.

Questions about yerning

What is yerning the present participle and gerund of?
Yerning is the present participle and gerund of yern.

Words near yerning in the dictionary

  1. yermosols
  2. yermulke
  3. yermulkes
  4. yern
  5. yerned
  6. yerning
  7. yerns
  8. yernut
  9. yernuts
  10. yero
  11. yeron

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yerning (page history and authors); yern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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