yarm

Meanings

Verb

• To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
• To scold; grumble.

Noun

• An outcry; noise.

Origin

• From Middle English ȝarmen, ȝermen, from Old English gyrman, ġierman, from Proto-Germanic *germijaną ("to bleat"), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yirm ("to whine, wail"), dialectal Danish jærme ("to lament, shriek"), dialectal Norwegian jerme ("to bleat"), dialectal Swedish jarma ("to lament, shriek"), Icelandic jarma ("to whine, complain, bleat"). Compare Albanian jerm ("to rave, be delirious").
• From Middle English ȝarm, from ȝarmen.