irennen

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

iernen, ȝernen, yernen

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

to run (to or towards somewhere)
(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,
(of milk) to curdle

Descendants edit

English: yern, yearn
Scots: yern, yirn

References edit

“irennen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.