yarm

See also: Yarm

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English gyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *germijaną (“to bleat”), of unknown origin. 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”).

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

• ARMY, Army, Mary, Mayr, Myra, army, mary

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Tocharian B

Noun

yarm

1. measure, measurement