irennen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English gerinnan, giernan, equivalent to i- +‎ rennen.

Verb

irennen (third-person singular simple present iernþ, present participle ierniende, first-/third-person singular past indicative iarn, past participle ironne)

  1. to run (to or towards somewhere)
  2. (of celestial bodies) to move through the sky
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 7–8:
      The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne / Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
      The tender shoots and leaves, and the young sun / His half-course in the sign of the Ram has run,
  3. (of milk) to curdle

Descendants

  • English: yern, yearn
  • Scots: yern, yirn

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