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▪ I. yearning, vbl. n.1|ˈjɜːnɪŋ|
[f. yearn v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of yearn v.1; intense longing or desire after, for, † of, to, or to do something; an instance of this.
c897ælfred Gregory's Past. C. v. 45 Mid ðære ᵹierninge [v.r. ᵹirninge] ðara smeaunga Godes wisdomes anes. a1050Liber Scintill. xi. (1889) 59 Se na wiðsæcð middanearde þam eorðlicre æhte ᵹegladað ᵹyrnincg [L. ambitio]. a1225Ancr. R. 114 His þurst nis nout buten ȝirnunge of ure soule hele. Ibid. 130 Þuruh ȝirnunge of heorte to heouenliche þinges. 13..Cursor M. 10513 (Gött.) Þi ȝerning gode and þi prayere, Es comyn now to goddes ere. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1127–8 Outher yhernyng of þe flesshe of man, Or yhernyng of eghe,..Or pride of lyfe. 1357Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 507 A urangwise wilnyng Or yernyng to hafe any kyns gode that us augh noght. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 742 Thai, to fullfill hys ȝarnyng, Become his men euirilkane. a1395Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxi, The yernyng of thyn herte to Jhesu. c1440Promp. Parv. 536/2 Ȝarnynge, or ȝernynge, or desyrynge, desiderium, optacio, exoptacio. a1450Ratis Raving 975 It makis the knawleginge, And ledis the at thi ȝarnynge Fra place to place, quhar þow wald be. 1821Byron Cain iii. i, Such melancholy yearnings o'er the past. 1836Kingsley in Life & Lett. (1878) I. 33 Her restless yearnings after future things. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Mr. Peters's Story, A strong disposition to doze, And a yearning to seek ‘horizontal repose’. 1848Dickens Dombey xliii, Her doubts and fears between the two; the yearning of her innocent breast to both. 1850Tennyson In Mem. cxvi, Less yearning for the friendship fled. 1872Liddon Elem. Relig. i. 24 That Being to Whom the highest yearnings of his inmost self constantly point.
b. transf. (contextually) An object of intense desire.
c1430Hymns Virgin (1867) 23 Take to þee al myn entente Þat þou be to me myn ȝerninge. 1869Mozley Univ. Serm. ii. (1876) 40 The great yearning of prophecy was the total destruction of idolatry.
†2. The baying of hounds. Also transf. Obs.
1531Elyot Gov. i. xviii, If they wold use but a fewe nombre of houndes, onely to harborowe, or rouse, the game, and by their yorning to gyue knowlege whiche way it fleeth. 1576Turberv. Venerie lxv. 181 When they beginne to baye, (whiche in the earth is called Yearnyng). 1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 53 Thee skrich rings mounting, increast is the horror of armoure, From sleepe I broad waked,..And to the shril yerning with tentiue greedines harckned.
3. The state of being moved with compassion.
1603Florio Montaigne ii. xi. 247 Amongst all other vices, there is none I hate moore, than crueltie... But it is with such an yearning [F. mollesse] and faint-hartednes, that if I see but a chickins necke pulld off,..I cannot choose but grieve. c1625Bp. Hall St. Paul's Combat i. Wks. 1634 II. 441 Of pitty and yearning of bowels. 1647S. M[oore] (title) The Yernings of Christs bowels towards his languishing Friends. 1690Norris Beatitudes (1694) 134 All that inward Feeling and Yerning of the Heart and Soul at a pitiful Object.
4. attrib. † yearning-meat, the meat for which one yearns.
a1300Cursor M. 3684 ‘Fader’, he said, ‘sitt vp and ete, I ha broght þi ȝerning mete.’
▪ II. yearning, vbl. n.2 Sc. and north. dial.|ˈjɜːnɪŋ|
[f. yearn v.2 + -ing1.]
Rennet. Also attrib.
1371–3Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 577 Pro yernyng et Chesecloutes emp. pro vaccaria. 1581–2Inv. in Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 172 Yerens [? yernens], oitemeell, and onions 13s. 4d. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. App., Earning, or Yearning, a name used in several parts of the kingdom for rennet. 1788W. Marshall E. Yorksh. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Cheslip-skin, the calf's bag, used in making yerning. c1820[see earning vbl. n.3 2]. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss. s.v., A plant used in North Tindale to curdle milk for cheese is called yerning grass. 1825Jamieson s.v., The yirnin is the maw or stomach of the calf.
▪ III. yearning
obs. var. earning vbl. n.1 (1 b).
1581B. Rich Farew. E j, With her yearnynges to helpe to releue hym.
▪ IV. yearning, ppl. a.|ˈjɜːnɪŋ|
[f. yearn v.1 + -ing2.]
1. a. That yearns; characterized by longing desire or compassion.
1627Drayton Agincourt cccx, These yearning cryes, that from the Caridge came. 1652Benlowes Theoph. iv. lxxiii, This Devota breaths out yerning Cries. a1704T. Brown Two Oxf. Schol. Wks. 1730 I. 10 Some tenderhearted virgin..who with yearning bowels will offer me her best assistance. 1819Keats Fall of Hyperion i. 39 Appetite More yearning than on Earth I ever felt. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede xlv, The two pale faces..: one with a wild hard despair in it, the other full of sad, yearning love. 1873E. E. Hale In His Name viii, As if the Holy Spirit had sent the immediate answer to his yearning prayer. 1891W. C. Russell Marriage at Sea iv, A full-rigged ship..with yearning canvas and ocean-worn sides.
transf.1865Swinburne Poems & Ball., Anactoria 228 By the yearning in my veins I know The yearning sound of waters.
†b. yearning mood: optative mood. Obs.
1522J. Vaus Rudim. Gram. Bb ij (Jam.), Optatiuo modo, yarnand mode.
†2. Of hounds: see yearn v.1 4. Obs.
1706J. Philips Cerealia 190 As the tall stag..quits his lair, And flies the yearning pack which close pursue.
Hence ˈyearningly adv.; (nonce-wd.) ˈyearningness.
1840New Monthly Mag. LIX. 402 She felt yearningly enough for both. 1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 197 The geranium growing in the cottage window yearningly stretches out its tender leaves..to the smiling sunshine. 1894Hall Caine Manxman v. iii, He looked at it lovingly, fondly, yearningly. a1916H. James Sense of Past (1917) 304 The ideal thing for dramatic interest..would be that there is just one matter in which..he betrays himself, gives himself away..it should..affect her..with but a finer yearningness of interest. |