Old English · noun

gearn

Normalised ġearn

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /jæ͜ɑrn/
[jæ͜ɑrˠn]
Syllables: jæ͜ɑrn (1 syllable)
Modern English: yarn

Meaning

yarn

Declension

Declension of gearn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġearn	ġearn
Accusative	ġearn	ġearn
Genitive	ġearnes	ġearna
Dative	ġearne	ġearnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórnom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“tharm, gut, intestine”). Cognate with Old Saxon garn, Old High German garn, Old Norse garn.

Descendants

yarn

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