Gearn

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gern; es;

GEARN

n. YARN, spun wool; pensum, lāna nēta :-- Gearn pensum, stāmen, lāna, Cot. 85. Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36. [Dut. garen, n. thread, yarn : Ger. M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. garn, n. fīlāmen : Dan. Swed. garn, n : Icel. garn, n.] DER. nett-gern. gearn