georn

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz (“willing, eager”), whence also Old Saxon gern, Old High German gern, Old Norse gjarn.

• IPA^(key): /je͜orn/, [je͜orˠn]

ġeorn (comparative ġeornra, superlative ġeornast)

1. eager
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ne sċeal nō tō hātheort, · ne tō hrædwyrde,
     ne tō wāc wiga, · ne tō wanhȳdiġ,
     ne tō forht, ne tō fæġen, · ne tō feohġīfre,
     ne nǣfre ġielpes tō ġeorn, · ǣr hē ġeare cunne.

     Should not be too wrathful, nor too hasty in words,
     nor too weak warrior, nor too careless,
     nor too fearful, nor too joyful, nor too eager for money,
     nor ever too eager of pride, before he would know enough.

• dōmġeorn (“eager for glory”)
• ġeornful
• ġeornfulnes (“eagerness”)
• lofġeorn (“eager for praise”)

• Middle English: ȝeorn, yern
  • English: yern (obsolete)