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▪ I. yarm, n. Now dial.|jɑːm|
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A discordant outcry; a scream, yell.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 971 Such a ȝomerly ȝarm of ȝellyng þer rysed. 1898Shetl. News 26 Mar. (E.D.D.) Da yarms an' spittin' o' da cat.
▪ II. yarm, v. Now dial.|jɑːm|
Also 4 ȝerme, 9 yerm, yirm.
[OE. *ᵹierman, ᵹyrman.]
intr. To utter a discordant or mournful cry; to scream, yell, howl; to wail.
c1000Lambeth Ps. xxxvii. 9 Ic ᵹyrmde for ᵹeomrunge heortan minre. 13..S. Cristofer 119 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 456 Þe fende bygane to crye & ȝarme. a1400Morte Arth. 3911 Than cho ȝermys and ȝee[s] at Ȝorke in hir chambire. a1400–50Alexander 4745 Vmquile he noys as a nowte as a nox quen he lawes, Ȝarmand & ȝerand.
1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 178 In hels abisse: Where they may yaule and yarme til that they burst. 1680Hickeringill Curse ye Meroz 26 A Holder-forth may Yawle and Yarne [sic]..'till his Lungs..ake. 1808Jamieson, To yirm, to whine, to complain; also, to ask in a querulous tone; implying the idea of continuation. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Yarm, Yawm, to shriek or yell. a1835Hogg Miser's Warning xxii, They yermit and flaitte a summer's day. |