[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yearn \yearn\ y~ern, v. t. imp.  p. p. yearned; p. pr. 
   vb. n. yearning. also earn, ern; probably a corruption of
   oe. ermen to grieve, as. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman,
   fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to d.  g. arm, icel. armr,
   goth. arms. the y- in english is perhaps due to the as. ge
   see y-.
   to pain; to grieve; to vex. obs. "she laments, sir, for it,
   that it would yearn your heart to see it." --shak.
   1913 webster

         it yearns me not if men my garments wear. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
yearned yearning y- 

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