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Old English · verb

geornan

Normalised ġeornan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈje͜or.nɑn/
[ˈje͜orˠ.nɑn]
Syllables
ˈje͜or · nɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
yearnbeg

Meaning

  1. to desire, beg, yearn

Conjugation

Conjugation of geornan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġeorneġeornde
2nd singular ġeornestġeornstġeorndest
3rd singular ġeorneþġeornþġeornde
Plural ġeornaþġeorndon
Subjunctive
Singular ġeorneġeornde
Plural ġeornenġeornden
Non-finite forms of geornan
Form
Infinitive ġeornan
Inflected infinitive ġeornenne
Imperative singular ġeorn
Imperative plural ġeornaþ
Present participle ġeornende
Past participle ġeornedġeġeorned

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *girnijan (“to be eager for, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną (“to desire, want”), from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”)) + *-janą (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives).

Descendants

yearn

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