Yern vs. Yearn — What's the Difference?

(obsolete) eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly.

To have a strong, often sad longing

Obsolete form of yearn

To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness

See 3d Yearn.

To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

Eager; brisk; quick; active.

(specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.

(intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.

To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.

To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.

(transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.

To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).

To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).

Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.

Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.

To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.

To make (cheese) from curdled milk.

A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.

To pain; to grieve; to vex.

To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

To curdle, as milk.

To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.

Desire strongly or persistently

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

Have affection for; feel tenderness for