A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Ȝarn(e)ful, adj. [ME and e.m.E. ȝeorrnfull (Orm), yeornfulle (c1275), yernfull (a1566), yearnfull (1583), OE ᵹeornfull.] Full of yearning, eagerly desirous (til or to do something). — a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi 780.
Scho sa ȝarnful wes thar-til That scho til wildirnes has socht a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx 45.
For he wes ȝarneful God to ples
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