a. Obs. rare. In quots. yorn-, yhern-. [f. YEARNING ppl. a. + -LIKE, rendering L. desiderabilis.] Desirable.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter, xviii. 11 [xix. 10]. Yornand-like over þe golde. Ibid., cv. 23 [cvi. 24]. And for noghte þai had þe land Þat yhernandlike was in þar hand.
