Defn: Eager; brisk; quick; active. [Obs.] "Her song . . . loud and yern." Chaucer.
YERNE
Yerne, adv. Etym: [OE. ýeorne. See Yern, a.]
Defn: Eagerly; briskly; quickly. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
My hands and my tongue go so yerne. Chaucer.
YERNUT
Yer"nut`, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. jordnöd, Sw. jordnöt, earthnut. Cf.
Jarnut.]
Defn: An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d). [Written also yarnut.]
YERST
Yerst, adv.
Defn: See Erst. [Obs.] Sylvester.
YES Yes, adv. Etym: [OE. yis, ýis, ýes, ýise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. geá yea + swa so. sq. root188. See Yea, and So.]
Defn: Ay; yea; — a word which expresses affirmation or consent; — opposed to Ant: no.
Note: Yes is used, like yea, to enforce, by repetition or addition, something which precedes; as, you have done all this — yes, you have done more. "Yes, you despise the man books confined." Pope.