What is eager; brisk; quick; active. [Obs.] "Her song . . . loud and yern." Chaucer called?
yern — Eager; brisk; quick; active. [Obs.] "Her song . . . loud and yern." Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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