yarm

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”), Danish dialectal jærme (“to lament, shriek”), Norwegian dialectal jerme (“to bleat”), 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. (Britain dialectal) To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
2. (Britain dialectal) To scold; grumble.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.

Noun

yarm (plural yarms)

1. (Britain dialectal) An outcry; noise.

Anagrams

• Army, Mary, Mayr, Myra, army, mary

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Tocharian B

Noun

yarm

1. measure, measurement