geornan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeornian, ġiernian, ġiornan, ġiornian, ġyrnan, ġirnan, ġernan

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje͜or.nɑn/, [ˈje͜orˠ.nɑn]

Verb

ġeornan

1. to desire, beg, yearn

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeornan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeornan	ġeornenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeorne	ġeornde
second person singular	ġeornest, ġeornst	ġeorndest
third person singular	ġeorneþ, ġeornþ	ġeornde
plural	ġeornaþ	ġeorndon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeorne	ġeornde
plural	ġeornen	ġeornden
imperative
singular	ġeorn
plural	ġeornaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeornende	(ġe)ġeorned

Descendants

• Middle English: yernen
  • English: yearn

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geornan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.