Middle English Dictionary Entry
yarme n.
Entry Info
Forms | yarme n. Also (NWM) ȝarm. |
Etymology | Prob. ON (cp. OI jarmr bleating, screaming), but cp. Wel. garm shout. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A loud noise, an outcry;
(b) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)971 : Such a ȝomerly ȝarm of ȝellyng þer rysed, Þerof clatered þe cloudes.
b
- a1400(1323) Court R.Ambree in Archaeol.Cant.29106 : Johannis Yarme.