irennen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- iernen, ȝernen, yernen
Etymology
From Old English gerinnan, giernan, equivalent to i- + rennen.
Verb
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,
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- (of milk) to curdle
Descendants
- English: yern, yearn
- Scots: yern, yirn
References
- “irennen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.