▪ I. † yerr, n. Obs.
In 3 ȝeor, ȝur, 4–5 ȝerre.
[f. next.]
A loud or harsh cry, yell, howl.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 306 Mid tisse schulen þe uorlorene worpen a swuch ȝeor [MS. T. ȝur, MS. C. ȝei] þet heouene & eorðe muwen beoðe grisliche agrisen. a 1225 Juliana (Bodl. MS.) 51 [He] bigon swa te ȝuren þat monie weren awundret hwet tet ȝur were. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 5042 So did his princes..With ȝedire ȝoskingis & ȝerre ȝett out to grete. |
▪ II. † yerr, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹyrran, 3 yeorre, ȝure (pa. tense pl. ȝurren), 4–5 ȝere.
[OE. *ᵹierran, ᵹyrran str. vb., f. echoic stem gar-: cf. garre, yarr, etc.]
intr. To make a harsh noise, creak, roar, rattle; to cry out loudly, yell, howl.
| a 1000 Andreas 374 Strengas ᵹurron. a 1100 in Napier O.E. Glosses (1900) 194/13 Garrio, ic [sc. a file] ᵹyrre. c 1205 Lay. 28358 Ȝurren þa stanes Mid þan blod-stremes. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 2041 Þer me mahte iheren Þe heaðene hundes ȝellen & ȝeien & ȝuren. a 1225 Juliana (Royal MS.) 50 Monie weren awundret hwet te ȝuring mahte beon. c 1275 Sinners Beware 325 in O.E. Misc. 83 He yeorreþ & heo gredeþ, Þe feondes heom forþ ledeþ. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 4745 Vmquile he noys as a nowte as a nox quen he lawes, Ȝarmand & ȝerand a ȝoten him semed. |