yarm

See also: Yarm

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English gyrman, ġierman (“to cry, mourn, cry out, roar, lament”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *germijaną (“to bleat”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yirm (“to whine, wail”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish dialectal jærme (“to lament, shriek”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norwegian dialectal jerme (“to bleat”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish dialectal 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.

Noun

yarm (plural yarms)

1. (UK dialectal) An outcry; noise.

Anagrams

• Army, Mary, Mayr, Myra, army, mary

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Tocharian B

Noun

yarm

1. measure, measurement