yarm

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English ġyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *jarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *jarmijaną, *jarmōną (“to bellow, bleat”). Cognate with Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), dialectal Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), dialectal Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), dialectal Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”). Compare Albanian jerm (“to rave, be delirious”). Compare English yammer.

Verb

yarm (third-person singular simple present yarms, present participle yarming, simple past and past participle yarmed)

  1. (UK dialectal) To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
  2. (UK dialectal) To scold; grumble.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.

Noun

yarm (plural yarms)

  1. (UK dialectal) An outcry; noise.

Anagrams

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Noun

yarm n

  1. measure, measurement

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